Kitchen cabinets question

[Anonymous]

Following the thread on WoodHarbor cabinets. We are considering these for a small kitchen (10 x 12)remodel - 38 l.f. total of cabinets, (21.5 base and 16.5 wall)...19 total cabinet pieces. Half are Breeze line (budget friendly!) and half are WoodHarbor line. Quote is $50K! Nice cabinets but seems way overpriced for semi-custom.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Has anyone found dealer prices offered vary significantly for the same product since dealer markup is always a secret?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Following the thread on WoodHarbor cabinets. We are considering these for a small kitchen (10 x 12)remodel - 38 l.f. total of cabinets, (21.5 base and 16.5 wall)...19 total cabinet pieces. Half are Breeze line (budget friendly!) and half are WoodHarbor line. Quote is $50K! Nice cabinets but seems way overpriced for semi-custom.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Has anyone found dealer prices offered vary significantly for the same product since dealer markup is always a secret?

Is this in DC? We have a small kitchen w/o many uppers, but doing an island and full height pantry, and our quote for Signature (custom) was around 30. I don't know the linear feet offhand.

[Anonymous]

Seems like if your contractor is a distributor (or whatever the word is) for WoodHarbor, you can get a great discount. Our contractor got about 50% off what it would have cost us to order through WoodHarbor because of his preferred status/distributor with them.

For the kitchen, we used Kitchen Bath Studios in Bethesda; and they just gave us a price on the cabinets. I don't know if there was a discount, because I think Signature Cabinets only works with designer people.

Hope you can save some money through a preferred distributor through WoodHarbor!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like if your contractor is a distributor (or whatever the word is) for WoodHarbor, you can get a great discount. Our contractor got about 50% off what it would have cost us to order through WoodHarbor because of his preferred status/distributor with them.

For the kitchen, we used Kitchen Bath Studios in Bethesda; and they just gave us a price on the cabinets. I don't know if there was a discount, because I think Signature Cabinets only works with designer people.

Hope you can save some money through a preferred distributor through WoodHarbor!

How was the pricing on Signature compared to Woodharbor?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the helpful comments, all. Yes, I understood that Wood Harbor licensed dealers (like many, I suppose) would get a substantial discount off the 'list price.' In this case though (and since Wood Harbor doesn't release pricing to homeowners), I have no idea if the General Contractor (who is NOT a dealer for Wood Harbor) is passing on any of that discount or not.
At $50K for 19 semi-custom cabinets--no special doors or interiors---I just didn't believe than number sounds like much of a 'discounted' price! Maybe the only solution is to independently approach another licensed Wood Harbor dealer for a quote? And the quoted price is in Florida.

[Anonymous]

In our last house, which we knew was a 5-7 year proposition, we went with KraftMaid and they were falling off the hinges after 5 years. Paid ~6K in 2017.

This house, which we plan to be in long-term, we went with Decora (amazing color selection). I think our very large kitchen was 37K. Only about a year end, but so far so good.

[Anonymous]

Did people do any comparison shopping on cabinets, like comparing different dealers or lines?

[Anonymous]

Just FYI, Thomasville doesn't exist as it did before. When the parent company went bankrupt, they sold off the name.

[Anonymous]

Might be able to save money and get a higher end look by getting Ikea boxes and ordering higher end doors from somewhere like semihandmade who make products specifically for them.

[Anonymous]

Try Cubitac (made in America) excellent quality and price. We have ours a year and no problem. Fabuwood is another quality value brand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try Cubitac (made in America) excellent quality and price. We have ours a year and no problem. Fabuwood is another quality value brand.

Did you work with a designer for these? I'd like to do a more budget line for our bathroom vanities.

[Anonymous]

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