[quote=jpinpb][quote=bearishgurl][10, 11 and 12: All new kitchen appls (bolded above). jp, since you are our “resident appliance lady,” why don’t you take a stab at this cost – I have no idea . . . lol.
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I would love to give a rough estimate on it, but quite honestly, it varies so greatly from different models. And also depends if they got lucky and found them at an outlet like Sears or even the Standard of Excellence outlet. It goes w/out saying that Jenn-Air and Fisher and Paykel are top-of-the-line appliances and the GE Profile/Monogram are their high end. They will have to pay someone to remove the old and install the new. I’d say the conservative low end estimate for all that would be in the 20k range at least.
The custom window replacements are not cheap. I think your estimate may be low on that if you consider install as well.
Lights and ceiling fans would be higher installed, as well.
Having just done a kitchen remodel, and doing a lot of work shopping around to get deals and negotiate w/people, I do not think that 39k is very high. Those cabinets even have glass in them. Some of those pull handles aren’t very cheap. We did so much of the work ourselves to save money. If they had to hire someone to do all the work, then 39k could actually be low. Those cabinets look like they might be Martha Stewart types.
I also just did my bath and again, BG, 5k is conservative. They have wainscoating on the walls and some very nice tyle design on the floor. This wasn’t lipstick on a pig.[/quote]
Wow, low end estimate for those appliance = $20k? I did a quick search and a similar Jenn-Air fridge seems to be going for ~$2k, the cook top is $1k, the dish washer is $1k, microwave is ~$500. Add that up and I expect those appliances to be around $5k. Am I missing something or is the local stores are marking things up by 3-4x?
I didn’t do any of my kitchen remodel (contractor did 100% of the job), yet I think $39k is too high for that size kitchen. My kitchen have probably 2x the cabinets as this PL home(solid maple), granite counter, marble floors, and it cost me around $25-30k. We all know the cabinets are the most expensive part of the kitchen (mine cost 2/3 of the total cost).
Regarding bath, I just redid mine (retile (travertine shower floor to ceiling: ~$1.5k, 5 feet vanity (solid maple) + granite counter + Kohler sink and faucet; ~$2500, marble flooring: ~$500) add to total of ~$4.5k. If you add in $500 for wainscoting (which I think is quite generous) and it’ll be ~$5k. What are you doing JP to your bathroom that would make $5k be conservative?
