Renovation Education: The Costs Per Item of a Classic Kitchen
A kitchen designer shares the real budget breakdown of a $80,000 kitchen
If you’re confused about the cost of a kitchen, you’re not alone. Here, Helle Olsen of Collaroy Kitchen Centre provides a price breakdown for a classic white kitchen designed and renovated in 2018, so you can see the extent of works and be better informed about costs.
Trade services
Total amount: $10,000
Total amount: $10,000
- Dismantling and removal of old kitchen: $2,000.
- Plastering: $1,000.
- Wiring: $4,000.
- Plumbing: $3,000.
Materials
Total amount: $70,000
Total amount: $70,000
- Cabinetry, including Blum Intivo system: $4,000.
- Smartstone benchtop and splashback: $22,000.
- Glass splashback: $4,000.
- Drawers, cupboard fronts and cabinetry carcasses: $40,000.
Fittings and furniture
Total amount: $1,487
Total amount: $1,487
- Abey tapware: $428.
- Oliveri sink: $745.
- Temple & Webster barstools $314 for two.
What did you save money on?
We reused most appliances and kept the existing floor.
What did you invest money in?
We invested in a striking Smartstone benchtop and splashback, because that’s what your eye is drawn to when you walk into a space.
Reasons for choosing a quality kitchen company
The owner of Collaroy Kitchen Centre, John Olsen, holds a builder’s license, and oversees every job from production to completion. We have a team of highly skilled designers who have been in the business for many years and are experienced in designing kitchens, laundries, bathrooms, wardrobes, entertainment joinery and working with materials, lighting and anything to do with interiors.
If clients choose to include trade work under our contract, they can be assured that we only use licensed and insured contractors. Moreover, if there’s an issue with their kitchen, we promptly address it, that’s all part of the service.
Your turn
Is this the kind of cost you expected for the kitchen in the photos? Tell us in the Comments below. And don’t forget to save your favourite images, like this story and join the conversation.
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We reused most appliances and kept the existing floor.
What did you invest money in?
We invested in a striking Smartstone benchtop and splashback, because that’s what your eye is drawn to when you walk into a space.
Reasons for choosing a quality kitchen company
The owner of Collaroy Kitchen Centre, John Olsen, holds a builder’s license, and oversees every job from production to completion. We have a team of highly skilled designers who have been in the business for many years and are experienced in designing kitchens, laundries, bathrooms, wardrobes, entertainment joinery and working with materials, lighting and anything to do with interiors.
If clients choose to include trade work under our contract, they can be assured that we only use licensed and insured contractors. Moreover, if there’s an issue with their kitchen, we promptly address it, that’s all part of the service.
Your turn
Is this the kind of cost you expected for the kitchen in the photos? Tell us in the Comments below. And don’t forget to save your favourite images, like this story and join the conversation.
More
Craving more kitchen stories? Take a look at these 3 Great Small Kitchens… and How They Did It
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Location: Frenchs Forest, NSW
Year built: 2018
Design: Collaroy Kitchen Centre
Kitchen size: 20 square metres (the walk-in pantry is 5.5 square metres)
Total price of kitchen and walk-in pantry: Approximately $80,000
Creative brief from clients: Light and airy with lots of storage and bench space. The jarrah parquet floor was existing as were the oven, fridge and range hood.
Our client choose top-of-the range materials including polyurethane shadow-pull cabinetry and veined quartz benchtops with thick edges for the kitchen island. The aim was a timeless kitchen; one that will look just as good now as in 10 years’ time.
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