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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've always done my own renovation, except for one kitchen where I removed a sad wall and added a steel beam:  there's no way I could get 30-35 k for cabinets. Seriously?  What are they, teak?  Rare hardwoods?  I'd probably spend the cash to tear out that soffit if it isn't hiding ductwork, but dear gods.

[b]And someone please tell me how you spend $15k on a stove, refrigerator, dishwasher and microwave. [/b]Do they come with a chef and a maid?

I can see 15-20k for a master bath if I get one of those orgy-sized showers in it:  but again, you need a tub, maybe a separate shower, a John and a sink or two. For 50k I'd expect a cabana boy.

I just redid my grandsons bedroom. Down to the studs, carved a closet out of the eaves and another nook for a bed. Including having the drywall delivered, because I'm too damn lazy to lug it upstairs, so far I have spent just about $700. That includes all new wiring and insulation, and paying someone to mud the drywall. It's my least favorite job. Another $300 will buy paint, clear pine for trim, and switchplate covers:  I've already installed the spiffy hunter fan and other new fixtures.

When I did the kitchen, it cost me all up 2.5k. That included new wiring, insulation, a new window----installed---slate on the floor, a Waterford wood cookstove, the bracing to accommodate it, a 12-hr fire rated wall and cabinets----which I built to fit the rather odd space.

How do you-all spend so much damn money?[/quote]

Do you live in the 1930's?

For those of us who don't do our cooking on woodstoves...we got a Wolf oven, microwave, cooktop an warming drawer an it was more than $10k.  Subzero fridge was $10k over a decade ago.  Dishwasher was $1,200.  Could we have spent less?  Of course.  But that's not what we chose to do.  Our kitchen is not for show - we cook every day and entertain frequently, so we put in it things we wanted. 
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subzero's are the biggest piles of crap consumer reports explains it. Don't buy that shit.[/quote]

Mine is 15 years old at this point and never had a problem.[/quote]

you got lucky

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/homeowners/subzero.html

http://news.consumerreports.org/home/2012/08/are-sub-zero-refrigerators-worth-the-price.html[/quote]

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