Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 11^th, 2024 at 5:09pm:


We did a kitchen gut and renew on our 32 year old house.

Went with a kitchen reno specialist company near us. About $24K for removal of old kitchen stuff and installation of all new cabinets, plumbing the new sink doing the tiles and electrical work but we purchased all the new appliances ourselves. So it was around $30K all up. A much larger island bench which we had done in laminate rather than stone.

Very happy with the result.

Well, even my kitchen looks more organised than that.

Marla wrote on Jun 12^th, 2024 at 8:52am:


I like that.
Very lived in comfortable look

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 12^th, 2024 at 5:14pm:


You don't get the smell....

Frank wrote on Jun 12^th, 2024 at 6:41pm:


Very good point. What we have is ok, works pretty well. Colour is dated, overall condition - good.

Yes, we are retired but not bored or watching reno shows on tv.
I am a pretty good handyman but don't want to tackle this job myself. A few repairs here and there is totally different to a new kitchen.
I/we have better more fun things to do too.

Tell Sore End to get stuffed, Sprint! Your house, your business.

Frank wrote on Jun 12^th, 2024 at 8:24pm:


Thanks Frank, very good question.
We have some money and time, intend to stay here for the foreseeable future. The kitchen is the room we use a lot but has not had a refresh for 30 years.
Most other rooms we have improved in the past 15 years.
The kitchen functions well but is well past a refurb.
The fridge alcove is very small making the purchase of a new fridge when this one dies problematic.  Last fridge I bought for here there was only 1 on the market to suit.
The fridge has to be left hand door, less than 650 mm deep, less that 700 mm wide . There are 0 fridges on the market now that will fit in the alcove now that I like/will work.

Found a layout design that suits our kitchen. The corners are the difficult areas.
A tip from a kitchen expert gave me the key to this difficult lock.
Start the design at the busiest corner, work out from there.
We can get the busiest corner to work well.
Just a blind cupboard and then 700 mm wide drawers for pots and pans right beside the oven. Move the oven to the left 250 mm, gives us a 250 mm wider bench beside the new hob. Greatly improving workspace in a busy area..
Blind cupboards give the most space, cheapest but least accessible. Put stuff we don't use much there.
Drawers are good for under waist height areas, maximises the access for stuff we use a lot.

Corner drawers or pull-out kidney trays/ lazy Susans are expensive, reduce the space but make it more accessible. We have to maximise the space.

Sounds good sprint.  Maybe put two shelves and a door in your dishwasher space so that you can use as another cupboard until you get a dishwasher.