We gutted and DIYed a 10x12 galley kitchen for $7k. The only contractor we had was for the granite. Estimates from Cabinet Discounters were for $30k, and a design/build company for $50k.

However, I only recommend a DIY kitchen if you're already familiar with that route.

We are doing a reno with a design/build firm for about 60k. Small kitchen but moving appliances/utilities, closing a door and windows and replacing with a single window, patching in and refinishing wood flooring, new cabinets (not Ikea, a mid grade line), new appliances, recessed lighting, and built-in seating area. Includes permits.

We replaced cabinets (Home Depot - not solid wood but not cheapest), counter (quartz), and appliances (Samsung) in our small kitchen for $16k.

Anonymous wrote:One thing you can do is to GC it to cut down the price. Probably 20% off hiring a contractor to handle it all . You can hire a kitchen designer, a handyman , a plumber, an electrician. It's a pain, but you will definitely save. Most flooring places offer an install fee. Also, if you use home depot or lowes (to save $ but avoid the ikea look) - they have an install fee.

Just make sure you know what you are doing.... The kitchen cabinet guy will say the plumber fucked up and put his pipes off center, who will blamethe electrical guy who put a junction box in the wrong place, who blames the nature of the posts. Then you can pay them all to come back a 2nd time to get it right

One thing you can do is to GC it to cut down the price. Probably 20% off hiring a contractor to handle it all . You can hire a kitchen designer, a handyman , a plumber, an electrician. It's a pain, but you will definitely save. Most flooring places offer an install fee. Also, if you use home depot or lowes (to save $ but avoid the ikea look) - they have an install fee.

Cabinets; $28k. All wood, custom. About 25 linear feet uppers and lowers + 10ft lower + 8ft island
Subzero fridge $8k
Wolf $3k
Bosch: $1k
Wine fridge: $1k
Oven: $2k
Hood: $2k
Countertop; $9k, included some extra for baths, but call it $9k
Fancypants imported tile backsplash: $1k (can spend a lot less here if you want)
Lighting: $1k

Call it about $70k for a top of the line kitchen. Do ikea and mid tame appliances and you'll drop it by at least $30K.

Just redid our 14'x10' kitchen. Ikea cabinets on three walls, new appliances, moved plumbing and some outlets, put in recessed lighting, tile floor and quartz countertops. Ikea contractors did the work. We pay right around $25K for everything.

Ikea cabinets on most of three walls of a 10'x12' kitchen with small island, granite countertops, and a marmoleum floor ran us 18k two years ago, including labor. No pipes or wires being moved, although we added outlets. Did no work ourselves but did the design.

This was us exactly! Not an inch of countertop, only a drainboard sink. We gutted it and moved some plumbing to get the sink under the rear window (a weird must-have for me) and did IKEA cabs with nice counters. 40k. We didn't DIY anything but design.

We did not DIY at all and it was less than 20k about 7 years ago. Didn't need new appliances but did need cabinets, counters, tile. I guess it all depends on size and type of materials you are using.

We DIYed everything (had family come to help install cabinets, but DH did all the plumbing, tiling, drywall, etc) except countertop installation. Including most appliances, we spent about $15k, including Ikea cabinets. The only thing we didn't do was bring the gas line upstairs from the basement and install a gas stove, so we still have the old white electric stove from the previous owners. Oh, and the W/D was in the gross unfinished basement, so we installed new water lines/ducting for that in the kitchen too.

It took months, and we had a newborn at the time. I don't recommend it. If we'd had more money, we would have hired a contractor, but it would have been triple the cost, I'm sure.

25-40k would be low. We DIYed absolutely everything and it was about 20k. We had drywall and plumbing experience though.

How big is it? We did ours for $40k gut of a 10x10 space. Also 80 year old house. But I designed it myself. Ordered cabinets myself (plywood sides but not too of the line by any means) 8kOn appliances on sale in feb. labor was 12k but through a family connection. Otherwise it would have been double for the labor alone. No major structural changes. We did remove a non bearing wall.
With a full desIgn build firm they said $60k budget to even start talking to me. Could have been worth it with someone else taking care of the details.

Don't ask....

We are looking at a house with a very, very old kitchen. It doesn't even have counters at all - just a drainboard sink. It would be nice to try to preserve some of the original kitchen, but most likely we'd have to start over because it seems to be in pretty bad shape after 80 years. Want to know how much to factor into our budget for a kitchen update. Thanks!