This is the after - total budget including appliances, benches with inbuilt sinks, lighting - $6K (we splurged a bit 'cos its our PPOR) and we can't find any decent IP to spend our money on :p
this is the kitchen in our PPOR after we took it over from tenants .... Excuse the furry intruders ... the idea was they were allowed in the new place till we renovated then they could become outside dogs... didn't happen :-)
This is the renovation with pre-fabricated stainless benches fitted (overkill for an IP maybe but this was a PPOR) with white knight laminate paint to all other laminate surfaces, the rangehood (previously cream) was spray painted aluminium to match