Browse Forums Kitchen Appliances Re: Please help - kitchen appliance budget? 3Oct 30, 2010 1:01 am 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: Please help - kitchen appliance budget? 5Oct 30, 2010 10:33 am 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: Please help - kitchen appliance budget? 12Nov 17, 2010 7:39 am DawnDrifter obviously if you have expensive taste the budget can blow out massively. for us we tried middle of the way and have found that we are starting to edge close to our limit but have 2 majors still to purchase(rangehood and fridge - around 3000-3500max) Sink and tapware could set us back a fair bit too(Some of the Franke stuff is amazing) Loving it so far - just cant wait until they start.. This is the great renovation money pit. You start with a budget. Then you go to some high spec showroom and you must have this and must have that. Before you know it you have added 50% to the price of every item. Problem is once you have seen your dream appliance it is verty hard to accept anything less. We started with an appliance and fittings budget for the kitchen around $10,000. By the time we finished we had spent closer to $20,000. Little things like tapware, sinks, electrical fitting and lighting all added significantly. But at the end of the day, you don't want to be looking at your $40,000 kitchen and thinking "I wish I had spent the extra $300 to get that Francke sink." Coming back to your old stomping grounds, huh? Renovations on a budget can be quite the journey. It's like giving your house a new lease on life. The twist of not knowing… 1 3484 I was being kind to the builder. With the amount charged for the upgrade the builder is probably charging closer to 100% margin. There are a few variables as I… 5 14332 You never have a fridge against wall as you’ve drawn. The doors can’t open past 90 degrees and it’s difficult and maybe impossible to remove drawers 2 15610 |