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ladynimue

Leaving a partial remodel unfinished?

16 years ago

Hi everyone :) When I posted on the decorating board about our upcoming and unexpected move to Denver, I mentioned that we are caught in the midst of remodeling our kitchen and bath. A couple people then suggested that they would prefer if PO's didn't finish the projects so that they could finish to their own liking. Do you think that's a good idea?

In the master bath we planned on replacing the carpet with tile and installing a new toilet (the old is stained beyond repair). We also wanted to replace the double sinks and counter top, but I think I'll leave those now - they're in good shape except that the sinks have some crazing and stains.

In the kitchen - whew, this is a big one. We tore out a corner wall in preparation for remodel - same floor plan, but new cabs, sink, counters, faucets, etc. Currently the cabs don't match because when we moved in we replaced two base cabs because they were in such bad shape. And of course the end corner we tore out is now unfinished.

What do you think?

Our market is a "hot sellers market" - few homes for sale and many people moving to town. We'll be competing, price wise, with new builds that have 300 to 500 less square footage, and with older homes (like ours) that for the most part have seen no updates, but probably are not torn apart for remodel. I anticipate no troubles with selling, assuming we price appropriately. But we would like as much 'bang for the buck' as we can get :)

Here's a pic of the kitchen corner - it used to be blocked off, with only a small doorway.

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The old kitchen cabs are showing there age on the insides, a few of the doors don't close properly and are warping a bit- but a new paint job would probably make them look decent. Should we simply remove the new cabs and try to replace them with ones similar in look to the old ones, and add new laminate counters? We'll be fixing the tile of course.

The dishwasher is to the left of the sink. We drywalled a door way that used to be there - and planned to move the dw to the right side. So then I could have added a corner base cab and had a longer counter top coming down that corner to the stove. Right now there is nothing where the door way used to be.

The dining room currently looks like this, except that the sideboard has been replaced with a smaller one and our new dining table is large and round. Same chairs.

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I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts!

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