Inexpensive cabinets for rental property
narob
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Comments (16)Have you considered the Applad white cabs? They are nicer than the cheaper white option and are slab fronts, so you get the contemporary look. They are still very well priced. We actually chose them ahead of the Abstrakt, which were $2k more, because there are fewer seams. IKEA is offering 40% off counters when you buy a kitchen there until the 28th, so check it out. A slab front white will always be a slab front white. If you need to replace doors on a run or even the whole kitchen 10 years from now, it is still ahead of the game from having to redo a whole kitchen. if a door needs replacing and the styles have changed some, you could also try putting a glass front on it if it is in a nice spot for that as the glass will minimize the differences. If not, you may be able to switch it with one that is in a nice spot for glass... Because they were more reasonable upfront, you can't go far wrong....See MoreBudget cabinets for rental property (Ikea, Chinese RTA, or ???)
Comments (28)An alternative strategy, assuming you have the time: craigslist. I own or manage a half dozen rental properties. Mostly I upgrade lighting, etc. , when a place turns over. Over the last decade, I have redone the kitchens in two of the most spacious and desirable rentals, going for good quality used cabinets as opposed to moderately priced but not very nice new cabinets. The first one was a house we were renovating, so I had time to haunt craigslist, ebay, etc. to accumulate the bits of the kitchen while work was being done on other parts of the house. In my prideful frugality, I posted the saga of that kitchen on Gardenweb, at http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2421625/heres-my-recycled-kitchen-show-me-yours The recent one was earlier this year, a pretty large kitchen in a three-unit 1895 building. I did not have so much leisure on this project, but I was able to buy not only cabinets but counters used on craigslist. I cannot say that the results blow me away, but improvement was great, and the worst decision I made was on the floor tile, which is brand new and not cheap but boring. The kitchen put in when the building was renovated in the 1980s had cheap and badly installed tile floors and minimal builders grade cabinets, with uppers only 30" tall in a 9.5 foot high kitchen. The "fancy" bits were a closet depth pantry and an unsealed exposed brick wall where the backsplash would have been been on the non-window side of the kitchen. I do not have photos of the before. For the renovation, I bought good quality maple cabinets with 42" uppers from Baltimore for $2k and a large quantity of used Mont Blanc Silestone from DC, which also ran about $2k with the installation. I used pendant lights instead of cans in the ceiling, because I could not find an affordable cans that work well with such high ceilings. The backsplash tiles -- actually in colors of gold and blue but on such a small scale that they register as textured neutral -- came from Overstock. The several leftover cabinets were adopted via freecycle, along with the original sink and appliances; the leftover Silestone I will use in bathroom of another property. I should say that I am one of those people who likes the idea of designing a kitchen but am a bit too scattered to do it without constraints. The fact of a specific set of cabinets is a context in which other decisions are basically problem solving. This approach would not work for everyone. Some people would say it does not work that well for me either, but I do have fun. Best of luck on your new rental kitchen, whichever strategy you choose....See MoreGranite vs. quartz for rental property
Comments (8)I am a fabricator. "If I were renting a house that was going to cost me many thousands a month, I'd expect quartz. A less expensive rental and granite is fine." In my market the opposite is true. My high end residential work is by far natural stone with quartz relegated to vanity tops and laundry rooms. We do an occasional kitchen in the current fad of white quartz but here that look is already starting to be a bit dated. I believe when the new permanently sealed marble product from Antolini becomes widely available and known to the industry the various white quartz offerings will quickly lose their market position. Real marble is simply more beautiful than any of the efforts by the quartz manufacturers....See Morebest cabinets for rental property?
Comments (2)Why no IKEA? That sounds perfect for the situation you're describing, especially since you can swap out door front easily if needed. If you want to avoid the IKEA look you could look at something like the doors from Semihandmade, but I think you can get a nice look from the standard IKEA fronts, too....See Morenarob
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