Cabinetry=eighteen. Small kitchen, u-shape, no island, few uppers, many drawers..very high end cabinet maker that made a discount for us-otherwise would be 5 thousands more.

Same cabinetry would cost us around 14 K if done by another carpenter..we knew he's a good one, but our GC really preferred to work with a certain guy.

Went with the custom because small space, felt it will be more smart to go with custom..also because I had a good experience with custom cabinetry..

Countertops-Quartz..were able to get some discount...needed two slabs..fabrication and installation was part of the general remodel so weren't charged..at least not officially lol..don't remember the exact sum but I think 2400 would be probably a realistic number..

Sink-around 400. Faucet plus blah blah blah that goes next to the faucet-same..

Backsplash-ashamed to tell. I love tile. Luckily a) very small space b) I didn't go with the tile that I really wanted..otherwise it would cost twice as much as the countertops, maybe more..So, I did exhibit rational thinking and all))

Appliances-cheapened on appliances. Like crazy. Scratch and dent stove top (btw can't find that scratch lol), won a hood on e Bay, found a floor model of a dishwasher..you get the picture. They're all very nice mid range appliances. I'm not a cook of the century, I just need them working, and not being too ugly (I dislike all the functional things. Appliances, TV's, cars, gadgets..you name it. I can't really want them. I just need them. My family laughs at me, but then it's very convenient for the budget))

If I count them all together..but I can't yet since we haven't decided whether we take our fridge with us, or not. We definitely will reuse the old microwave.

Just to boast that the hood was won by me for a hundred bucks...))

Electrical, flooring, etc-can't say. Part of a big remodel so hard to break the price..

Location-Southern CA.

The blueprints, permits etc-again, part of a general remodel..

The city was a PITA:)

No designer, or anybody like that-just planned it with our cabinet guy. Well, it's a simple kitchen.

Hope it helps.

Most of our installed jobs are between $18,000-$50,000. And we don't supply appliances. Depends on material choices, size of kitchen and amount of labor needed.

(ah..didn't really remodel it. We built it. the house was gutted, so no kitchen anymore. reused the old cabinets for the garage. We did reconfigure the walls a bit..took it from a very open plan for a bit more enclosed..)

Could you at least give us the size of your current kitchen, whether you plan to change anything big structurally, your general location and general house price point?

It's the difference between asking "how much does a car cost", and "how much is a mid-sized non-luxury sedan".

Ours was a complete gut job, down to the studs and removing 2 walls...all new electrical, plumbing, cabinets, sink, flooring, counters, backsplash, appliances, (not high end, Kitchenaid) new window. 18 cabinets including all lower drawers, floor to ceiling pantry cabinet, fridge surround, finished ends, crown. It was completely DIY except electrical which we hired a contractor for. Total cost was just shy of 35k for our 11x15, small-ish kitchen.

We built a 12x12 addition which required modifying the roofline as well as framing, new slab, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, etc. as well as remodeling the former kitchen, dining, laundry rooms.

Total cost was around 35K, we did everything ourselves except build the cabs (custom built, I finished them myself) and granite counters.

Our reno was a DIY and cost about $30,000 CDN but it included more than just our kitchen. Our kitchen/ dining area is 11' x 22', our living room area is 10.5' x 19', and our front entry is 4.5' x 11'.

We took most of our main floor down to the studs so that we could replace our aluminum wiring with copper (2 storey house with a basement). We hired an electrician for that ($6,000). We also Increased our stud walls to 2 x 6" instead of just 2 x 4" so that we could add more insulation. My husband built the cabinet boxes but we ordered the doors and trim from a local cabinet company, and we hired help from a local cabinet installer to help us hang the cabinets and install the crown mouldings ($10,000). They are absolutely beautiful, by the way...and I have 19 drawers, a 1' deep floor to ceiling cabinet along one side of the refrigerator, and another 1' deep cabinet at one end of the island.

We also removed the wall between our dining room and kitchen, moved the wall in the front entry by one foot, and ripped up the flooring in our living room, dining room, front hall and kitchen and replaced it with hardwood ($2500) (tile in the entry ($250)).

We put in a 3' x 7' island, with a sink and dishwasher. My husband did the plumbing, and put in a second small sink next to the stove on a periphery wall.

We put in 39 sq. ft of Bianco Romano granite ($2500). (We didn't do this ourselve...hired a fabricator of course.)

i ordered our sinks from Amazon.ca ($250 and $100). We splurged on our faucets, but I also saved a little by purchasing them from Amazon.ca also ($650 each).

I budgeted $25,000 ....but it was really just an educated guesstimate....it was a number that I felt was reasonably realistic, and one we were ok with spending. When I did my initial estimate, it didn't include our major electrical work, so all in all I think we did all right, even though we did go over budget.

i tried to anticipate all the costs, but it's tough...there's so many little things to remember (cabinet hardware, window coverings, under cabinet lighting, backsplash, island lights, dining table lights, pot lights, new dining room table and chairs, not to mention all the construction materials like plywood for the floors, glue, nails, mortar, grout, paint, etc.)

The $30k does not include the cost of my new fridge and stove because these were purchased a year or two before the Reno started. It does include the cost of a dishwasher ($1100), microwave ($150), and range hood ($250).

i kept a notebook and a running tally of all expenses, and stapled in all receipts. It kept me honest about coming to grips with exactly how much we were spending.

We gutted, strayed foam insulated 2 exterior walls, moved windows, removed a load bearing wall, changed the layout of a medium-ish kitchen for about $8k when it was all said and done. My husband did 90% of the work himself and I did about 10% by putting together RTA cabinets and lots and lots of sweeping up after him.

My current kitchen remodel (condo - one 13-1/2" wall, plus a 10 x 4 island) cost about $45,000, which included labor, Bellmont 1900 cabinets, all appliances (Thermador built-in fridge, Bosch induction cooktop and dishwasher, Fagor oven, Sharp drawer microwave), Ceasarstone counters and Fireclay backsplash. My previous remodel was about $70,000 (and I never really figured out why it cost so much!)

We are remodeling a kitchen that will be ~337 sq. ft. when completed. We are doing the demo and painting ourselves, but have hired a GC to handle the rest.

We are removing some interior walls that divide the current kitchen and dinette, adding a bumped out 8' x 4' counter height window on the sink wall, and a fixed window next to the sliding door. Two islands; prep and seating. Granite countertops (9.5K installed) + cherry wood bench ($650). Our cabinets are cherry by Woodland which is a mid-level line ($28K + $6K for install). Flooring is LVT. Sinks (2) are Silgranit Blanco (~ $300 each). The remodel is running $100K, not including appliances.

Appliances; SubZero 36" refrigerator, Wolf 36" induction cooktop, Vent-a-hood range hood, Wolf combination steam/convection oven, Wolf convection oven, SubZero refrigerator drawers, and a Sharp microwave drawer. I believe we're around $30K here.

We're in Madison, WI.

10K. All new cabinets, floor refinished, appliances. Ikea cabinets; FYI; I'm a former homebuilder/contractor with two teenage sons. Man; I should have had kids earlier....

We created an open floor plan of kitchen, living room, and dining room. We are doing demo and painting, but have hired a GC for everything else.

Structural - Took down two interior walls and closed in another wall. Added a pony wall and another small wall. Took out a closet that had the under house access so had to add a door outside to get under the house.

Electrical - Added 18 can lights, under cabinet lights and a chandelier over the island. Moved electrical for range. Adding electrical to the island.

Plumbing - Moved the sink a few feet. Moved refrigerator (with water for icemaker). Moved gas line for range.

Cabinets - Stained shaker Thomasville from Home Depot on sale ($14K) - custom would have been $22K

Counters - granite - prefab for perimeters, matching slab for the island. - $3700

Appliances - Range, microwave, dishwasher, and vent hood all new. (keeping the old refrigerator until it dies). All midrange appliances, nothing fancy.

Flooring - 800 sq feet of flooring (plus stair noses and t bars). Engineered hardwood at just $7/sq foot - $11000 installed (we will also purchase enough flooring to do the family room at a later time - so that is another $2500 in materials)

Backsplash - $1000

Sink, garbage disposal, air switch, faucet - my silgranit sink was the splurge. - $1000 total.

Permits - $800.

Designer - $450

GRAND TOTAL ~ $65000 - Other estimates were around $90K

We are in Northern California

Before & After, <$25,000

All new appliances, floor, lighting. Lot's of DIY, but not plumbing or flooring, co-op on the electrical with electrician.

Still deciding between a kitchen face lift or a gut. My contractors guess-timate, based on other project we have done together, is that a gut would be in the $100K range. All wood cabinets, high end appliances, quartz/quartzite counters, etc. Area is Southern CA with very high real estate costs.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, we gutted our kitchen including taking down a wall, remodeled a bathroom, moved the laundry and did some additional electrical work for right around $100,000. I would guess the kitchen was about 60k of that. We reused newish appliances, used Barker cabinets, Carrara marble countertops. The kitchen is about 120 square feet.

My kitchen is 11 wide X 24 long. Ours was a total gut job, relocated plumbing, etc. It was 30K. We live in New England where labor costs are high. I went with mid-level wood cabinetry (KraftMaid), mid-level appliances (KitchenAid Architect series) White Ice granite and ceramic subway backsplash, UCL, real hardwood flooring, etc. We pretty much expected to spend what we did.

Oh, we also moved a weight-bearing wall and added a beam and lollycolumns in the basement for support.

rebeccamomof123 - your kitchen came out beautiful! How do you like your kraftmaid cabinets?

Approx. 94 sf of usable space (deducted area of basement door swing): Removed old vinyl and linoleum layers, repaired and finished wood underfloor; took out soffit; all new cabinets, all new (but scratch/dent/floor model) appliances, new granite counter, sink, faucet and undersink trash pullout and organizers, added electrical outlets, undercabinet and ceiling lights (some wiring added, some unchanged); moved gas line; added a window; removed wallpaper then patched/repaired/skimcoated some wall areas; replaced baseboard and repaired door trim. Only DIY was painting, changing electrical outlets/switches to a different color, and outlet covers. Oh, and changing the trim on the windows. Aimed for $15k but came in at about $18k IIRC.

ETA this is in central Ohio: all materials except window, basic construction materials (piping, wiring, wall mud) and labor which were provided by contractor, were purchased by me.

The vast majority of the full kitchen redos that we do are between 45-65K. No DIY. All professionally designed and implemented. I've done as low as 15K or as high as 140K. Those are outliers at the ends of the bell curve.

You need to know the scope of the remodel. Are you:

• adding on $100K+/-, depending upon how much you are adding and how complicated the addition is
• moving walls and changing window locations or sizes $60K+ (unless it interferes with a second story in which case it would be more expensive)
• not touching the size or location of the windows walls or doors, although you may replace the windows and doors, changing cabinets, counter and gloors $30K + using low end cabinets, better cabinets moves you closer to $45K,
• or refacing cabinets, adding new floor and countertop and not moving any utlity outlets $15K.

Do you have the electric outlets every four feet? If not you may need a new electric panel, add $3K....

The cost of new appliances you can estimate.

If your kitchen is older you need to add the cost of asbestos and lead paint abatement to your demolition expense.

One thing I would not bother with as a DIYer, even though it's the easiest thing to do, is the demolition and haulaway. I'd much rather pay somebody to do that really filthy job.

If you are a really talented DIYer selfer, you may be able to reduce your costs to just the material costs (plus plumbing and electric work as most DIYers don't know how to do that) and you could even begin shopping for new to you windows, doors and cabinets and other materials on craigslist and reduce your material costs further.

cyc2001, LOVE my KraftMaid cabinets. I worried a bit about long-term durability, but almost 5 years post-remodel and they are still looking and functioning like new. The photos I posted are from this week, with 5 years of wear and tear. And I mean WEAR and tear. We cook a lot, and have three young kids, and my youngest son in particular climbs and hangs on them all the time. Like all the damn time *sigh*. Anyhow, they were a great decision. We chose the deluxe roll-out upgrades in the drawers and I'm glad we did. One of my big peninsula drawers hold all my heavy pots and pans. And I use the spice pull out every day too.