Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 3Jan 05, 2011 7:00 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 5Jan 05, 2011 7:28 pm living in Brunswick East, Melbourne with a hubby and a toddler! Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 6Jan 05, 2011 7:35 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 7Jan 05, 2011 7:49 pm living in Brunswick East, Melbourne with a hubby and a toddler! Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 8Jan 05, 2011 7:55 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 12Jan 07, 2011 12:42 pm Recently moved to a 60's home in need of some improvement! http://s797.photobucket.com/user/leenii ... ch%20House Old house: http://s797.photobucket.com/albums/yy25 ... loo/House/ Re: kitchen reno.. where would you cut corners?? 17Jan 12, 2011 7:51 pm Trish woodsmeister hey! am new and this is my first post here! just as a bit of background DH and i are wanting to reno our 20 yr old kitchen.. its horrible, blue laminate cupboards and bench top etc etc we only want to do this to sell the house though.. we are ready to move on.. and feel that the current kitchen would go against us in an auction (we live in melbourne).. therefore we have started to think about what we want.. we have decided to rip it all out and have a new one.. the carcases are horrible and i dont think new doors and bench top would make it nice enough. we want to have ceasar bench tops (or similar) too... are there cheaper alternatives to cearsar that is not laminate? what would you not bother spending money on if you were in my shoes? i think a glass splashback is out (the guy i had from impala come over today reckon glass spashbacks in our kitchen would cost us about 3 thousand) what do you think? i am a total novice at all this and would welcome your tips! TIA Just throwing a cat amongst the pigeons here but a well known real estate agent said at a 'how to sell your house' seminar that it was a waste of time and money updating a kitchen - whatever money you spend you are unlikely to get it back, spend $20k unlikely to get an extra $20k etc and a kitchen that needs renovating is often desirable as the new owners can then put in the kitchen they want - this may have to do with the area I live in opposed to yours Ditto! Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8784 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39767 Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 2473 |