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lisbu1•

The media won’t load for me 🙁

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absolutebeginnersOP•

Try this link: https://imgur.com/a/ieoRGtc

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lisbu1•

Got it! Looks amazing!!

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Simple-Buy-9488•

No Microwave? Or will it sit in the counter? Asking cause I’m debating on doing something similar but having the microwave double as a vent above the stove.

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absolutebeginnersOP•

Decided the microwave will sit in the corner next to the fridge along with coffee maker, boiler, etc., since that corner is kinda awkward to use for anything else.

I also debated the micro vent but decided I hate the look.

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absolutebeginnersOP•

Click the link for more pics. Full kitchen remodel near LA, CA. $60,000 total cost.

*Moved oven and laundry. Reroute gas, plumbing, exhausts.

*Removed soffit and raised the plumbing from 2nd floor

*14 new ceiling lights and under cabinet lights

*New appliances

*Quartz countertops

*Tile, cabinets, countertop, backsplash, paint, drywall, wiring, plumbing, etc.

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arizona-lad•

Tell us a little about this, please.

Is it DIY, or done by a contractor? Did you run into any problems along the way? If so, how did you solve them? Were you able to stay on time and on budget? What would you do differently, knowing what you know now?

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absolutebeginnersOP•

Sure thing! 100% done by contractor, from demo to appliance install, I pretty much did nothing except design the layout and materials. We were under the gun with a baby on the way in a couple months.

Contractor estimated 8-10 weeks, we came in at 11 weeks (still have some minor finishes to do and final payment to make, the 60K is all inclusive though). We had guys working M-Sat pretty much every week, with only minor delays due to some vacation and sickness from the guys.

Problems:

We originally worried the wall that we took out was load bearing, luckily when we opened it up found out it was not and were able to easily take it out without additional cost. This was a big win cost wise.

Some problems routing water/venting due to load bearing posts under the drywall. Originally had kept the laundry on the other side, but had to make the switch with the Oven to make it work, based on the layout of the structure. We did have to cut into the back of the cabinets by the Sink to facilitate the plumbing, and get around the structural beams.

Soffit - We kindof knew it would contain plumbing, but to avoid having a "step down" to smaller cabinets, we had to cut out all the plumbing and redo it more tightly. This added some costs.

Overall very happy with it, contractor was responsive and generally on time. Bit more expensive than I had planned ($50K), but I also just did everything while it was opened (for example, adding the under cabinet lights I hadn't planned on, and some others). Of course, i picked the most expensive tiles too. I dont think i'd do anything differently, but we'll see once i start to use it.

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