I am getting a joiner guy out on Saturday. It's the drawers that make it so expensive.

The kitchen is quite large though, some of those drawers are 900 wide.

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@azureline** wrote:

I am getting a joiner guy out on Saturday. It's the drawers that make it so expensive.

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Get a quote off him too then.  We didn't get so many drawers yet so yep, that's probably the huge difference  😄

I was surprised that the local joiner was not more expensive, given that Bunnings are perceived to be cheap.

I would love a new kitchen but might have to settle for an update. New benchtops, cupboard handles, splashbacks/tiles and a lick of paint. Any ideas how much that would set us back?

My benchtops are just on $1000 for 2. They are a 3000m x 600mm one and a 2200mm x 700mm one.  

Handles , mine are about $12 each

Benchtops seems to cost a fortune imo , ours were around the $1000 mark as well

Yes, the bench top was the most expensive part.

On facebook there are for sale groups and I've seen some good kitchens cheap that could be recycled into great new ktchens. If yours is smaller so you can cut bench top down to size.

This is prob the last kitchen I will get, so I haven't scrimped on it, bought the cupboards, benches, stove etc etc I wanted. It's a weird shaped kitchen, so I had to work with what was there, would have liked an island bench, but it wasn't going to happen.

az, with the stone benchtops, are they porous? Any special instructions for keeping them stain free? Special cleaners?

Later this year we're going to give our kitchen a facelift. Putting the fridge into the pantry, moving a bench along, putting in a bigger stove/oven and adding another small bench on the other side of it. Also going to replace all the stupid vinyl wrap doors that have peeled, they certainly arent made to last!

I have no idea yet Chuk, sorry.