Hi all
Our IP (inner melb, 2 bed apartment) is in dire need of a new kitchen! I know this cause we lived there 5 years before moving out, and now we've had tenants in there as well. It's currently an awful navy blue lino uneven floor that needs to come up, plus there is no saving anything really! So new cupboards, bench tops, appliances, cooktops the works.
How on earth do I know where to start or if we are getting ripped off etc!
We don't really have the skills to do a flat pack (but could rip most of it out ourselves except the floor which seems to be glued down) but also don't want to spend a fortune, as it's up 3 flights of stairs on a main road, so the works aren't going to increase the rent that much (but on the other hand, don't want it to look to cheap!). We did contemplate selling but there is a fair whack of equity there so we want to hold on to it. We kind of need to figure it out so we can do it between the next tenants...
Is there a kitchen reno for dummies thread? I did try searching Or what is the average kitchen reno cost?
The bathroom will also need doing eventually but this can wait a few more years..
I'm frazzled just thinking about it!
Thanks heaps as usual!
B
Our IP (inner melb, 2 bed apartment) is in dire need of a new kitchen! I know this cause we lived there 5 years before moving out, and now we've had tenants in there as well. It's currently an awful navy blue lino uneven floor that needs to come up, plus there is no saving anything really! So new cupboards, bench tops, appliances, cooktops the works.
How on earth do I know where to start or if we are getting ripped off etc!
We don't really have the skills to do a flat pack (but could rip most of it out ourselves except the floor which seems to be glued down) but also don't want to spend a fortune, as it's up 3 flights of stairs on a main road, so the works aren't going to increase the rent that much (but on the other hand, don't want it to look to cheap!). We did contemplate selling but there is a fair whack of equity there so we want to hold on to it. We kind of need to figure it out so we can do it between the next tenants...
Is there a kitchen reno for dummies thread? I did try searching Or what is the average kitchen reno cost?
The bathroom will also need doing eventually but this can wait a few more years..
I'm frazzled just thinking about it!
Thanks heaps as usual!
B