Kitchen Remodel – Recommendations?

[an]

[quote=george]Is it worth upgrading to Granite counter tops?

I have friends in Carlsbad who are planning on selling their $650K house soon. They have got multiple bids to upgrade their kitchen counters and backsplash to granite. The bids all came in around $12K. The current counter tops and back splashes are white tile and look quite respectable. Is it worth doing the upgrade or should they keep their list price $12K lower?[/quote]
How big is the kitchen? How many slab would it takes to cover the whole kitchen? For 2 slabs, prices I’ve seen when upgrading my kitchen range from $3k – $10k. If they’re upgrading to sell, I’d assume they’d pick the cheapest granite, right? Which means $3k for 2 slabs, that would be one HUGE kitchen.

[NotCranky]

For budget granite,I have done several counter tops with the 12×12 granite squares.

The last time I found the exact tile my wife and I wanted for $2.50 per square because we bought the end of the lot and was willing to take a few chipped ones.It was “spring green”, which I had seen seeing at about $10 per square foot at the time.In slab it would be much more of course. Chipped edges are cut and used to to fill in smaller pieces. For $350 I got enough to do two decent sized kitchens. I did a coordinated color, full back splash (to the bottom of the upper cabinets and range hood). These were nice Italian tiles and cost a bit, but entire kitchen including a 24 sq ft. Island cost $2000 including labor to install the tile, after I put in the backer board. It has a simple bullnose edge.I have extra tiles in case some get chipped. The grout lines are small and don’t bother me anyway.

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[NotCranky]

For budget granite,I have done several counter tops with the 12×12 granite squares.

The last time I found the exact tile my wife and I wanted for $2.50 per square because we bought the end of the lot and was willing to take a few chipped ones.It was “spring green”, which I had seen seeing at about $10 per square foot at the time.In slab it would be much more of course. Chipped edges are cut and used to to fill in smaller pieces. For $350 I got enough to do two decent sized kitchens. I did a coordinated color, full back splash (to the bottom of the upper cabinets and range hood). These were nice Italian tiles and cost a bit, but entire kitchen including a 24 sq ft. Island cost $2000 including labor to install the tile, after I put in the backer board. It has a simple bullnose edge.I have extra tiles in case some get chipped. The grout lines are small and don’t bother me anyway.

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[NotCranky]

For budget granite,I have done several counter tops with the 12×12 granite squares.

The last time I found the exact tile my wife and I wanted for $2.50 per square because we bought the end of the lot and was willing to take a few chipped ones.It was “spring green”, which I had seen seeing at about $10 per square foot at the time.In slab it would be much more of course. Chipped edges are cut and used to to fill in smaller pieces. For $350 I got enough to do two decent sized kitchens. I did a coordinated color, full back splash (to the bottom of the upper cabinets and range hood). These were nice Italian tiles and cost a bit, but entire kitchen including a 24 sq ft. Island cost $2000 including labor to install the tile, after I put in the backer board. It has a simple bullnose edge.I have extra tiles in case some get chipped. The grout lines are small and don’t bother me anyway.

[img_assist|nid=11046|title=kitchen|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=75]

[NotCranky]

For budget granite,I have done several counter tops with the 12×12 granite squares.

The last time I found the exact tile my wife and I wanted for $2.50 per square because we bought the end of the lot and was willing to take a few chipped ones.It was “spring green”, which I had seen seeing at about $10 per square foot at the time.In slab it would be much more of course. Chipped edges are cut and used to to fill in smaller pieces. For $350 I got enough to do two decent sized kitchens. I did a coordinated color, full back splash (to the bottom of the upper cabinets and range hood). These were nice Italian tiles and cost a bit, but entire kitchen including a 24 sq ft. Island cost $2000 including labor to install the tile, after I put in the backer board. It has a simple bullnose edge.I have extra tiles in case some get chipped. The grout lines are small and don’t bother me anyway.

[img_assist|nid=11046|title=kitchen|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=75]

[NotCranky]

For budget granite,I have done several counter tops with the 12×12 granite squares.

The last time I found the exact tile my wife and I wanted for $2.50 per square because we bought the end of the lot and was willing to take a few chipped ones.It was “spring green”, which I had seen seeing at about $10 per square foot at the time.In slab it would be much more of course. Chipped edges are cut and used to to fill in smaller pieces. For $350 I got enough to do two decent sized kitchens. I did a coordinated color, full back splash (to the bottom of the upper cabinets and range hood). These were nice Italian tiles and cost a bit, but entire kitchen including a 24 sq ft. Island cost $2000 including labor to install the tile, after I put in the backer board. It has a simple bullnose edge.I have extra tiles in case some get chipped. The grout lines are small and don’t bother me anyway.

[img_assist|nid=11046|title=kitchen|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=75]

[Anonymous]

I agree with the comments that have been made below. Remodels are complicated things. I did mine last year. We had several quotes done for us, as everyone should, and we decided to go to a one-stop shop for our materials: http://www.totalkitchenstore.com. They did the design, ordered the materials, and recomended the installer that we ultimately used. I was very happy with the results and would recomend them highly.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the comments that have been made below. Remodels are complicated things. I did mine last year. We had several quotes done for us, as everyone should, and we decided to go to a one-stop shop for our materials: http://www.totalkitchenstore.com. They did the design, ordered the materials, and recomended the installer that we ultimately used. I was very happy with the results and would recomend them highly.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the comments that have been made below. Remodels are complicated things. I did mine last year. We had several quotes done for us, as everyone should, and we decided to go to a one-stop shop for our materials: http://www.totalkitchenstore.com. They did the design, ordered the materials, and recomended the installer that we ultimately used. I was very happy with the results and would recomend them highly.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the comments that have been made below. Remodels are complicated things. I did mine last year. We had several quotes done for us, as everyone should, and we decided to go to a one-stop shop for our materials: http://www.totalkitchenstore.com. They did the design, ordered the materials, and recomended the installer that we ultimately used. I was very happy with the results and would recomend them highly.

[Anonymous]

I agree with the comments that have been made below. Remodels are complicated things. I did mine last year. We had several quotes done for us, as everyone should, and we decided to go to a one-stop shop for our materials: http://www.totalkitchenstore.com. They did the design, ordered the materials, and recomended the installer that we ultimately used. I was very happy with the results and would recomend them highly.

[george]

AN: I guess the kitchen would be considered on the large side and they have an island. Also they got quoted for back splash that goes from the counter all the way up to the cabinets. Don’t know about the quality of the granite, but they got 3 quotes that all came in around the same price. I guess the ultimate question is how much are higher-end granite counter tops worth to a buyer in a $650K home?

[george]

AN: I guess the kitchen would be considered on the large side and they have an island. Also they got quoted for back splash that goes from the counter all the way up to the cabinets. Don’t know about the quality of the granite, but they got 3 quotes that all came in around the same price. I guess the ultimate question is how much are higher-end granite counter tops worth to a buyer in a $650K home?

[george]

AN: I guess the kitchen would be considered on the large side and they have an island. Also they got quoted for back splash that goes from the counter all the way up to the cabinets. Don’t know about the quality of the granite, but they got 3 quotes that all came in around the same price. I guess the ultimate question is how much are higher-end granite counter tops worth to a buyer in a $650K home?

[george]

AN: I guess the kitchen would be considered on the large side and they have an island. Also they got quoted for back splash that goes from the counter all the way up to the cabinets. Don’t know about the quality of the granite, but they got 3 quotes that all came in around the same price. I guess the ultimate question is how much are higher-end granite counter tops worth to a buyer in a $650K home?

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