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kitchen refacing Michael 01-24-2007
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Posted by Michael on January 24, 2007, 3:48 pm


Hi
I have many years old formica-covered kitchen cabinets and as old
countertop.
Everything is 100 functional but.. aestetically challenging.
I'm planning to sell the house.
My options are (please correct me if I am wrong).
1. Replace this kitchen with new one (Ikea?). Not exactly within my
budget.
2. Repaint it. I doubt it may be done in decent manner.
3. Have it professionally refaced.

I am leaning toward #3.
Here are the questions for experts.
1. What am I looking at $$-wise? Ball park. I want nothing fancy, the
kitchen cabinets are ~14' total length. Laminate countertop.
2. Can anybody recommend cabinets-refinishing company in Boston, MA
(USA) area?
Thank you!
Michael
You can reply directly to: mkogan54231@rcn.com. Make sure to remove 5423


Posted by Main Man on January 24, 2007, 5:18 pm


I'm in UK but we had refaced and new granite tops:
see
http://www.granitetransformations.com/

for worksurfaces


> Hi
> I have many years old formica-covered kitchen cabinets and as old
> countertop.
> Everything is 100 functional but.. aestetically challenging.
> I'm planning to sell the house.
> My options are (please correct me if I am wrong).
> 1. Replace this kitchen with new one (Ikea?). Not exactly within my
> budget.
> 2. Repaint it. I doubt it may be done in decent manner.
> 3. Have it professionally refaced.
>
> I am leaning toward #3.
> Here are the questions for experts.
> 1. What am I looking at $$-wise? Ball park. I want nothing fancy, the
> kitchen cabinets are ~14' total length. Laminate countertop.
> 2. Can anybody recommend cabinets-refinishing company in Boston, MA
> (USA) area?
> Thank you!
> Michael
> You can reply directly to: mkogan54...@rcn.com. Make sure to remove 5423


Posted by Zu on January 24, 2007, 6:04 pm


Michael wrote:
> Hi
> I have many years old formica-covered kitchen cabinets and as old
> countertop.
> Everything is 100 functional but.. aestetically challenging.
> I'm planning to sell the house.
> My options are (please correct me if I am wrong).
> 1. Replace this kitchen with new one (Ikea?). Not exactly within my
> budget.
> 2. Repaint it. I doubt it may be done in decent manner.
> 3. Have it professionally refaced.
>
> I am leaning toward #3.
> Here are the questions for experts.
> 1. What am I looking at $$-wise? Ball park. I want nothing fancy, the
> kitchen cabinets are ~14' total length. Laminate countertop.
> 2. Can anybody recommend cabinets-refinishing company in Boston, MA
> (USA) area?
> Thank you!
> Michael
> You can reply directly to: mkogan54231@rcn.com. Make sure to remove 5423
>
If you're selling the house I believe you won't see a return on this
investment. I believe kitchens, bath, and siding are close in that the
property value increases approximately the same as the renovation cost,
but usually you're better off just asking less on the price. Just my 2
cents.

Posted by Karl S on January 24, 2007, 9:48 pm


On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:04:08 GMT, Zu wrote:

> If you're selling the house I believe you won't see a return on this
> investment. I believe kitchens, bath, and siding are close in that the
> property value increases approximately the same as the renovation cost,
> but usually you're better off just asking less on the price. Just my 2
> cents.

Here is a calculator that shows you are pretty much correct, although if he
doesn't have anything better to do with his time and does the work himself,
he might come out a little further ahead:
http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/renovation/renovation.html

The place might sell faster with a nicer looking kitchen.



Posted by Chris Friesen on January 24, 2007, 7:04 pm


Michael wrote:
> Hi
> I have many years old formica-covered kitchen cabinets and as old
> countertop.
> Everything is 100 functional but.. aestetically challenging.
> I'm planning to sell the house.

I'm with Zu.

Leave it as-is, ask correspondingly less for the house, and let the new
owners modify it to suit themselves.

Chris

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