Geelong Gent

It was a fair and open question. To put it in context our neighbours have just had their kitchen done at a cost of just over $200k. But in % terms its about 5% of its current market value. Thats what I was getting at assuming rightly or wrongly that price range of Rowville and Caroline Springs is around the $380k to $450k mark. If your property is more or less just take it in context of %.

Of course some people will go out a little more than others for personal choice of stone v wood v ?. But thought it worth extending the discussion on what upper limit. Some lurkers may be thinking oh I live in R or CS and was only going to spend $20k is that sufficient?.

And yes the people around us (Gascone estate, Malvern East) are decent And for the record I do consider Rowville a decent choice I'll refrain from further comment on CS.

Hebe

But you didn't have to name suburbs - just say - what is your house worth and what percentage is the kitchen going to be.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

...but it did give him the chance to imply how much his house is worth though.

aasmith1957

We put our own kitchen in the house that we had built for us last year.They quoted $17,000 for bog basic cabinets,no soft drawer runners,no overhead cabinets or appliances. As we were going to sell it and not move into it (going back to scotland) hubby fitted one himself from IKEA ( solid oak doors).Now most people will think it is crap because you say IKEA but personally you are paying for someone to do the design work,and the fitting.You can see my kitchen on another post from a few days ago.Won't be offended what anyone thinks.We bought an appliance pack during the sales at Retravision, and the cooker hood was from e bay for $230 including postage!! hasn't got top name but most companies re badge things and they come from the same factory.I personally couldn't justify spending $40,000 on a kitchen which will become dated within a few years even if we had been intent on staying here.Our kitchen probably cost around $10,000 all up.Plumbing and electrics were done through the builder to our requirments and were included with house price.
If the people spent $200,000 on a kitchen the house must be worth a couple of mil ,if they were to sell (not saying they would) but they have over capitalized.

Amazulu

Kind of backs up my statement. An Ikea kitchen is something you put in an investment property or a house you are fixing up to sell.

No much from Ikea is designed to last.

JackTheLad

We're near the end of renovating a rental property and here's the breakdown for the new kitchen:

7 linear meter underbench cupboards, 3 linear meter wall cupboards, 1 3/4 sink, tapware, laminex top $7,000, fully installed
oven, cooktop, rangehood DeLonghi package $2,100
tiling, plumbing, electric work - don't know how much as we're quoted for works for the whole house

It's certainly not top of the range but is nice enough to last at least 10-15 years. As I know the cabinetmaker's wife very well, I'm pretty sure I would have to pay $2-3k more if I got someone else to do the job. For stone benchtop, add $2000+, depending on size and quality.

I've been to Freedom Kitchen, Kitchen Connection and Ikea, and for a similar kitchen, the quotes (without appliances) were about $11,000, $9,500, and $7,000, respectively, without installation.

I've also looked at both new and secondhand kitchens on eBay. There're some nice bargains there if you have the time to compare.

Good luck and have fun.

Mrs JTL

aasmith1957

What about the kitchens that are put in by run of the mill builders not prestige builders? also houses that 1st time homebuyers are building,surely they wouldnt pay $40,000 for a kitchen (mabe iam being an old stinge).Anyway if you lived in the uk in average price house say 250,000 pounds would you pay 10% of its value or more for a kitchen? Maybe it is my age now, but a fancy kitchen means nothing, been cooking and cleaning them for so long that the appeal and shine of an impressive kitchen does nothing for me

If you saw some of the kitchens nah houses in Jurien you would be horrified.Lots or holiday homes,sea changers,retired farmers (loaded but living in shite looking and dangerous beach shacks) etc.

The Crow

Blimey - our IKEA stuff has lasted for years and years I think it's great if you have a limited budget.

The_Pom_From_Aus

Geelong Gent;

have you been to either suburbs you have mentioned at all, i can imagine NO. so its easy to make comment if you have gone by others before.??? the rest is shit think before you put your mouth into gear.??

the place where you live is that the best in the world.??

Siren & Brian

After all this I still stand that you can get a decent kitchen for $15,000 and not from Ikea.

Oh and btw I have 42 to get installed next month

scrubbedexpat055

Rule of thumb used to be around 10% of value.

Personally, I think thats a useless rule, but hey ho..........

For typical refit of a kitchen, retaining most existing services, $20,000 should see you good including new appliances (Oven, hob extract and dw). Fridges are excluded as these vary massively.

From friends places in the UK, nothing wrong with ikea units. They bought worktops elsewhere as the ikea price was a bit rich.

We are at the bottom end of the scale, having bought a repossesion in the UK in February. Kitchen restored by hours of cleaning with sugar soap, new sink unit and mixer (B&Q), and refurb Neff double oven from Ebay for £100.

At the other end, a friend is currently >£50,000 down on his custom built kitchen. Each to their own.

Have fun looking

Pete

aasmith1957

Actually the house cost $200,000 to lock up.no flooring,tiling,bathroom fitments, kitchen cabinets etc,paving,fencing,landscaping,decorating,hot water system (think i have included it all).Originally we were going to stay here but we then decided to go back to UK.
The house was already started by then.I wasn't willing to pay mega bucks for a kitchen that seriously wouldn't have got our money back on.It isn't an investment property built house,if i had wanted that i would have done a house and land package through cottage builders,not designed it and had a more expensive builder do it.We had a carpenter (who works on triple story homes $2m+ hubby worked with him) build our last kitchen down in Quinns Rocks.It was lovely but in all honesty wasn't worth what was charged.

BadgeIsBack

Most of the cost is the design and fit so I can see where the people doing it cheap come from. Where you save, you can get better fittings. Even an expensive kitchen is likely to be MDF.

Percentage does not necessarily fit as a small 3 bed cottage in Malvern will be twice the price of a place in Rowville and might be the smallest family house in that market.

Geelong Gent - I reckon Malvern is one of the best places to live in the world.

Geelong Gent

Actually I have been to all the suburbs I mentioned. Have no idea what your comment after relates to?

herrchook

Thanks again for all the advice on kitchens guys, it was really, really useful. Will let you know how it goes if we decide to go ahead.

Wasn't it nice to see that the thread kept on topic and wasn't used as yet another attempt at suburb bashing?