The kitchen is the heart of the home, and whether you're looking for a minor update or a major overhaul, understanding the costs involved is crucial. This guide breaks down the typical pricing for kitchen remodels and refreshes, offering insights into what you can expect at different budget levels.
Kitchen Refresh: Updating on a Smaller Scale
A kitchen refresh focuses on updating the aesthetics and functionality of your kitchen without a complete overhaul.
- The Kitchen Refresh: This typically involves keeping the existing cabinet boxes but replacing the fronts with new shaker-style wood panels or another style and drawer fronts, including new hardware, usually soft-close.
- You might also replace the cooktop/oven range and refrigerator with new, energy-efficient models, install a mid-priced sink and faucet, replace the countertop, remove and replace or install a backsplash, lighting and new handles or pulls.
- In Atlanta, a kitchen refresh will start at $20,000–$30,000, covering labor costs like drywall installation and materials like replacing cabinet fronts, basic granite countertops, basic lighting, energy-efficient appliances, faucets, and resilient flooring.
Kitchen Remodel: A More Extensive Renovation
A kitchen remodel involves a more significant transformation of your kitchen space.
- Midrange Kitchen Remodel: This entails updating an outmoded kitchen, typically keeping or slightly modifying the layout, including new semi-custom wood cabinets, replacing the island or potentially adding a small one, new countertops, and a standard stainless-steel sink with a standard single-lever faucet.
- It could also include energy-efficient appliances, venting for the range hood, a built-in microwave, a dishwasher, replacing the garbage disposal, lighting, new resilient flooring, and painted walls, trim, and ceiling.
- In Atlanta, a midrange kitchen remodel starts around $40,000-$60,000, including countertops, semi-custom wood cabinets, a stainless steel sink, a backsplash, and updated lighting.
- Major Kitchen Remodel: This involves updating a sn outmoded kitchen new semi-custom to custom all wood cabinets with built-in sliding shelves, stone countertops with ceramic or glass tile backsplash, an undermount sink with designer faucets and a water filtration system, a built-in refrigerator, commercial-grade cooktop and vent hood, wall oven, built-in microwave unit, and low-voltage under cabinet lights.
- It may also include tile or wood-like flooring.
- It may also include a layout change
- In Atlanta, a major kitchen remodel starts around $325 per square foot, or $65,000 for a 200-square-foot kitchen, including custom cabinets, built-in sliding shelves, stone countertops, imported tile backsplashes, commercial-grade appliances, and high-end faucets
A typical price range:
A kitchen, like the owner, is an individual, and each has its challenges. While this may be typical is not unusual for pricing to fluctuate from one home to another.
- The average cost range for a kitchen refresh is between $20,000 - $60,000.
- The average cost range for a midrange kitchen remodel is between $60,000 - $110,000
- A major kitchen remodel costs between $120,000 - $200,000.
Important Considerations
- Cost vs. Value: Keep in mind the resale value of your renovation. For example, a minor kitchen remodel recoups a higher percentage of its cost than a major remodel.
- Enjoyability: How long do you plan on being in the home? 5 years or more, a remodel will see a good return on investment from use and moments shared.
- Pain Point: What is keeping you from enjoying the space as is, and what would be the best remedy to fix that?
- Size of Space: While these are average prices or starting points, the space is another contributing factor that will influence the price.
- Scope of Project: The extent of your renovation will heavily influence the price.
By understanding these pricing ranges and what they include, you can have a better sense of the kitchen renovation project, pricing, and make informed decisions to achieve your dream kitchen.
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