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Posted by Roman371 on March 19, 2006, 11:16 am
I am finalizing plans for a new home (built by Morrison) in Austin,
Tx... The kitchen is nice but the standard kitchen lacks granite
countertops, backsplash, and I want to add an "L" to the end of the bar
(about 10 sq ft), bringing the total counterspace to 40 sq ft. The
additional cost for the builder to do the above is about $6,000.00.
Should I just get the standard formica install, and have a professional
come in after and save a few $$$$? Appreciate any experience in
installs this size. Thanks
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Posted by bambam on March 19, 2006, 11:43 am
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>I am finalizing plans for a new home (built by Morrison) in Austin,
>Tx... The kitchen is nice but the standard kitchen lacks granite
>countertops, backsplash, and I want to add an "L" to the end of the bar
>(about 10 sq ft), bringing the total counterspace to 40 sq ft. The
>additional cost for the builder to do the above is about $6,000.00.
>Should I just get the standard formica install, and have a professional
>come in after and save a few $$$$? Appreciate any experience in
>installs this size. Thanks
The best I can give you is a ballpark ...and a very large ballpark at
that.
A reasonable price here for mid grade granite countertops, 3/4 inch,
doubled at the lip, with sink and faucet cutouts is about $80
Canadian a square foot. Which suggests your countertop would cost
3200. Add 300 to 600 for underslung sinks and another 300 for an
appropriate faucet. Add another five or seven hundred for the
extended base cabinets.
That's in Calgary, Canada. My (annecdotal) experience is that
the costs are about the same to most places in the U.S.
Here, builders take a strong markup on "not standard" materials and
do not deduct the cost of the substituted for item. e.g. If your home
includes lino and you want tile, they charge for the lino and again
for the tile. It is probable that you are paying for
formica and again for granite.
In your case, I would guess you are paying a couple of thousand
premium . In my view, it is not worth two thousand dollars to take
a kitchen apart after the house is complete.
Your mileage may vary. Greatly.
Ken
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Posted by Roman371 on March 19, 2006, 11:52 am
Ken, good perspective, thanks for the reply.
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Posted by Tony Hwang on March 19, 2006, 4:03 pm
bambam@nospam.tnx wrote:
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>>I am finalizing plans for a new home (built by Morrison) in Austin,
>>Tx... The kitchen is nice but the standard kitchen lacks granite
>>countertops, backsplash, and I want to add an "L" to the end of the bar
>>(about 10 sq ft), bringing the total counterspace to 40 sq ft. The
>>additional cost for the builder to do the above is about $6,000.00.
>>Should I just get the standard formica install, and have a professional
>>come in after and save a few $$$$? Appreciate any experience in
>>installs this size. Thanks
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> The best I can give you is a ballpark ...and a very large ballpark at
> that.
>
> A reasonable price here for mid grade granite countertops, 3/4 inch,
> doubled at the lip, with sink and faucet cutouts is about $80
> Canadian a square foot. Which suggests your countertop would cost
> 3200. Add 300 to 600 for underslung sinks and another 300 for an
> appropriate faucet. Add another five or seven hundred for the
> extended base cabinets.
>
> That's in Calgary, Canada. My (annecdotal) experience is that
> the costs are about the same to most places in the U.S.
>
> Here, builders take a strong markup on "not standard" materials and
> do not deduct the cost of the substituted for item. e.g. If your home
> includes lino and you want tile, they charge for the lino and again
> for the tile.
How come???? whenever I requested an upgrade I just paid the difference
over the cost of original spec. May I ask which builder you work for?
(to avoid it in the future, and to tell friends about it)
I never paid like that when I had my houses/cabin built.
It is probable that you are paying for
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> formica and again for granite.
>
> In your case, I would guess you are paying a couple of thousand
> premium . In my view, it is not worth two thousand dollars to take
> a kitchen apart after the house is complete.
>
> Your mileage may vary. Greatly.
>
> Ken
>
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Posted by Roman371 on March 19, 2006, 6:24 pm
The builder is Morrison. They do not disclose what the cost of the
original spec was, but alot of the upgrades seem to have healthy margin
built into them, which is what prompted my original message. Thanks
for the above feedback.
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>Tx... The kitchen is nice but the standard kitchen lacks granite
>countertops, backsplash, and I want to add an "L" to the end of the bar
>(about 10 sq ft), bringing the total counterspace to 40 sq ft. The
>additional cost for the builder to do the above is about $6,000.00.
>Should I just get the standard formica install, and have a professional
>come in after and save a few $$$$? Appreciate any experience in
>installs this size. Thanks