Kitchen Remodel Design Estimate Tool

Avalon NJ Kitchen

How much will your kitchen remodeling project cost? Pricing includes all cabinets, countertops, appliances, flooring, fixtures, and installation.

Calculating how much a kitchen project will cost is not as difficult as most non professionals might believe. And contrary to what most people might expect it is not the quality of the materials or added construction that makes kitchens significantly more expensive. Quality cabinetry can be inexpensive and removing walls or moving doorways and plumbing adds only a small fraction to the overall cost of a kitchen.

It is selecting professional appliances, unusual cabinet colors or styles, particularly expensive counter tops, or luxury windows, doors or fixtures that can make a budget spiral out of control.

Below is a breakdown on what a small, medium and large kitchen would cost using quality materials such as solid wood cabinetry with soft close doors and drawers, granite, quartz or other types of solid surface counter tops, and stainless steel named brand appliances, professional or luxury appliances. Construction costs will vary greatly by location so we have included a link below to help you adjust you cost to your location. These prices are based on our location in the Philadelphia Suburbs.

Semi Custom cabinets starting cost $7,000 for a small kitchen. Large kitchen $14,000. Custom cabinetry or high end semi-custom cabinetry in a large kitchen $22,000. Stack wall cabinets to the ceiling in that large kitchen with 9 foot or 10 foot ceilings and glass doors above with beaded inset style cabinetry $35,000. Distressing cabinetry, unusual finishes and wood species, or hand drawn cabinet customization adds significantly to the higher priced cabinetry.

Countertops Granite level 1 to 3 or quartz small to medium kitchen $2,000 to $4000. Medium to large kitchen and level 5 or 6 granite, Quartz, or other stone $4,000 to $8,000. Large kitchens with exotic stone countertops, Dexton, glass, or other unusual tops. $10,000 to $15,000.

Stainless steel appliance packages. Small kitchen with name brands $3000. Large kitchen with counter depth refrigerators, slide in ranges, or cooktops and wall ovens $7,000 to $12,000. Professions appliances Subzero refrigeration Wolf, Viking or other professional cooking units expensive hoods and panels for appliances $25,000 including added cabinetry panels. Ultra luxury appliances $50,000 and up.

Flooring, backsplash tile, sinks, faucets, handles, lighting fixtures small kitchen $2,000. Large kitchen more expensive tile and fixtures $4,000. Large kitchens with heated flooring, handmade tiles, stone back-splashes, etc $8,000. Luxury and exotic surfaces, fixures, and lighting. $12,000.

Construction costs for small kitchen including demolition, framing, drywall, electric, plumbing, lighting, tilework, flooring, finish carpentry and cabinetry installation, door and window replacement and painting $15,000. Large kitchen with wall and soffit removal and added construction changes $25,000. Ultra expensive selections for doors and windows and all other materials add an additional $5,000 plus the cost of the expensive doors and windows. Some contractors will be far above these numbers but typically they do no better a job and simply market to more expensive clientele. Home Additions or major home renovations such as moving staircases are significantly more.

Adding all the numbers above you will find that typical small kitchens can cost under $30,000 using ALL quality materials.

Of course if you do work yourself or have existing appliances or don't need some of the items listed you can spend even less. However it is rare that a complete kitchen ever costs much less that $25,000 without the customer doing some tile work and painting.

If you were to take the expensive numbers listed here a large custom kitchen with professional appliances and some luxury features could easily cost $80,000 to $100,000. We have had customers spend $80,000 just on appliances, so there is almost no limit to how much you can spend when you actively spurge on a large kitchen.

Here is a link on Houzz.com that will give you a good guess as to what you will spend on your project for your location. Simply enter your zip code into the calculator and use the middle price number as the small kitchen price in your area. The high end price will be close to the high end costs we describe above.

Hoping you let Main Line Kitchen Design help you spend your kitchen budget wisely.

And particularly when we are all living and eating at home during social distancing we wish you good health and of course . . . BON APPETIT!

Paul, Julie, Ed, Chris, Lauren, John, Tom, and Stacia

Main Line Kitchen Design