New Kitchen Estimate

[RedViking]

Personally I've been looking at Japanese kitchens and how they utilise space so efficiently.

I LOVE Japanese homes, kitchens and designs in general.

 

[RedViking]

I went the other way and instead of plonking in a new kitchen I'm replacing the table top with granite, switched to gas hob, painting the cupboards and other small things like a modern pull-out tap, new shelves in the pantry & broom closet, wicker basket drawer vegetable storage etc.

All, self made & installed by myself and a handy friend who was caught by unemployment due to Covid.

Can't give a price yet as we're not done, but I'm buying stuff as we go along. I mean just now a few places has subway tiles on special, ideal for a modern look backslash.

It does however require extreme patience, as I have threatened on occasion to vacate and only come back once the dust has settled. Working from home under such circumstance is a challenge.

Would love to hear more or even a thread if you wanted on the process and progress.

 

[abudabi]

I went the other way and instead of plonking in a new kitchen I'm replacing the table top with granite, switched to gas hob, painting the cupboards and other small things like a modern pull-out tap, new shelves in the pantry & broom closet, wicker basket drawer vegetable storage etc.

All, self made & installed by myself and a handy friend who was caught by unemployment due to Covid.

Can't give a price yet as we're not done, but I'm buying stuff as we go along. I mean just now a few places has subway tiles on special, ideal for a modern look backslash.

It does however require extreme patience, as I have threatened on occasion to vacate and only come back once the dust has settled. Working from home under such circumstance is a challenge.

Oh do tell where please! I wouldn't mind a nice simple subway tile backsplash.

 

[MidnightZA]

I just used my Architectural software, Archicad. It's about a R100 000 for a license.

But you can do the same with sketchup or Blender I am sure?

Does your software give you the cutting list? If you can get the sizes that need to be cut you can get it done locally and get someone to assemble for you.

That's what I plan to do. I have a design and a rough layout. I just need someone to do a cutting list for me. I could probably assemble myself but I'll also probably break my back doing that

Lumbercity could probably cut and edge. Graniteworx can supply the tops. I was looking at quartz tops on their page, some nice colour options

 

[Ecko_1]

Redid my kitchen about 3 years ago. 3 walls about 3m each and a small breakfast table extension about 1.5m on the non walled side.

Total cost was around R40k including new stove and oven. Alpine white cupboards with wrap doors, granite tops and tiled backsplash.

Cost breakdown
Bosch glass top stove and oven R5500
Granite R10k cash so no vat
Doors R6k
Tiling R2k including labour
Grohe mixer and plumbing R2k
Labour R7k
Wood and other fittings required R9k

I did save a lot as my uncle is a shopfitter by trade and did the job for me. He was also able to refer me to his contacts for better pricing.

 

[RedViking]

Redid my kitchen about 3 years ago. 3 walls about 3m each and a small breakfast table extension about 1.5m on the non walled side.

Total cost was around R40k including new stove and oven. Alpine white cupboards with wrap doors, granite tops and tiled backsplash.

Cost breakdown
Bosch glass top stove and oven R5500
Granite R10k cash so no vat
Doors R6k
Tiling R2k including labour
Grohe mixer and plumbing R2k
Labour R7k
Wood and other fittings required R9k

I did save a lot as my uncle is a shopfitter by trade and did the job for me. He was also able to refer me to his contacts for better pricing.

That is dirt cheap

 

[Ecko_1]

That is dirt cheap

Yeah he did tell me that the arms length cost on a kitchen like mine would be R80 to R90k

 

[Ecko_1]

Yeah he did tell me that the arms length cost on a kitchen like mine would be R80 to R90k

He also saved me on the plumbing and tiler. Brought unemployed tradesmen from his neighborhood to do the work. They were cheap

 

[Ecko_1]

Oh forgot. Also added 2 new plug points and he designed the kitchen completely for me as well.

Took about 5 days to complete.

 

[RedViking]

Oh forgot. Also added 2 new plug points and he designed the kitchen completely for me as well.

Took about 5 days to complete.

Next post better be the photos

 

[Ecko_1]

Next post better be the photos

Excuse the mess. My hookah stuff is laying around as I'm smoking now. Little stove is for hookah coals

 

[RedViking]

Excuse the mess. My hookah stuff is laying around as I'm smoking now. Little stove is for hookah coals

Wowees! I need whatever you are smoking.

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

So I am interested in a property but the kitchen of the place is completely vrot. I have drawn up a rough kitchen using the current layout, however if I were to buy it, I will do a new one to my taste.

Anyone done a kitchen recently and have an idea what this will cost me? Ignore the kitset company as I am just using it as a reference for sizes.

A rough estimate from your experience is perfectly fine, most of us are experts in all trades here.

See attach file.

I redid my kitchen for about R120k.

So this is based in Namibia, so about 15% more expensive… but I had my kitchen remodeled very similar to this. High-End Bosch stove, oven and extractor with a marble tops.

My parents just redid their kitchen, but had it fully imported from Germany. Coats them shy of R300k.

I think anything between R80k to about R100k is your ballpark.

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

I redid my kitchen for about R120k.

So this is based in Namibia, so about 15% more expensive… but I had my kitchen remodeled very similar to this. High-End Bosch stove, oven and extractor with a marble tops.

My parents just redid their kitchen, but had it fully imported from Germany. Coats them shy of R300k.

I think anything between R80k to about R100k is your ballpark.

This is mine.

 

[RedViking]

This is mine.

Hate the depth of fridges and washing machine. you would think by now they have it standarised with 500-600 deep.

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

I redid my kitchen for about R120k.

So this is based in Namibia, so about 15% more expensive… but I had my kitchen remodeled very similar to this. High-End Bosch stove, oven and extractor with a marble tops.

My parents just redid their kitchen, but had it fully imported from Germany. Coats them shy of R300k.

I think anything between R80k to about R100k is your ballpark.

This is my parents.
Note, we had them modeled around the fridges. .

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

Hate the depth of fridges and washing machine. you would think by now they have it standarised with 500-600 deep.

Yeah, I agree. I have a dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, and they pretty much are all the same width. The dryer has less depth. It actually looks okay (apart from one appaliance being white and the others silver.) Don’t have any pictures, as I still have boxes everywhere.

And for my fridge, it’s an obnoxiously large double story unit, the biggest I could find. I’m not a fan of the French door style fridges.

 

[RedViking]

This is my parents.
Note, we had them modeled around the fridges. .

Stunning. I can just imagine that in charcoal grey.

 

[Nicholas Lisse]

Stunning. I can just imagine that in charcoal grey.

In hindsight, the tops should have been grey.
But this thing is fancy. Soft close drawers everywhere. Pop open doors and cupboards. And the corner swing out pot units are quite cool.

 

[RedViking]

In hindsight, the tops should have been grey.
But this thing is fancy. Soft close drawers everywhere. Pop open doors and cupboards. And the corner swing out pot units are quite cool.

I think a darker top would have been awesome. I love German tech.