Kitchen Remodeling Costs Are Secret for a Reason
Kitchen remodeling pros cannot issue kitchen remodeling estimates from afar. It's hard enough giving cost estimates when you're on-site and familiar with the client and the kitchen. But issuing estimates means dealing with a swirl of often-competing factors. Once you think you've got a rough estimate locked down, another factor gets introduced (season, locale, drywall prices are up, you name it) and everything changes once again.What About Cost vs. Value Report?
Homeowners interested in kitchen remodel estimates are usually shuttled to something called the Cost vs. Value Report, issued every year by Remodeling Magazine. Costs across the nation and by region are blended together, with generalized numbers coming out at the end.While the Cost vs. Value Report is valuable, it excludes one thing: your thought process. It's all too easy for homeowners to find an estimate on the matrix, and say, "Well, that must be it! Done!"
But you need to take a more measured approach to the issue of kitchen remodeling costs instead of landing on a single number. Juggle various cost estimates in your head, intersect those data points with what you actually get for that price--and that squishy figure that comes out is your estimate. Sounds complicated? You bet. Kitchen remodeling is complicated.
Hate the Message? Don't Kill the Messenger
That's why I approached remodeling pros who were bold enough to come up with kitchen remodel estimates for a low- to mid-range remodel. And unlike the Cost vs. Value Report, these pros actually specify what you get for these prices.You may be surprised.
