Ways To Reduce Your Kitchen Remodeling Costs

Kitchen remodels are one of the best home investments you can make, with studies showing people do them right recoup more than 80 percent of the money spent when they sell their homes. But kitchen remodels also are among the most costly home improvement projects, which makes it important to save money where you can.

Do you own demolition
Tearing out your existing kitchen is a lot easier than putting it back together, and it's an easy way to save on your remodeling project. Most contractors will let you do your own demolition and will discount your project by hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Ask if you can do your own cleanup, too, which can be an opportunity to save hundreds of additional dollars.

Don't move things around
When designing your new kitchen, it's important, if at all possible, to leave water and gas connections and electrical wiring in place. Having to relocate these things will add significant costs to your kitchen project are unlikely to add value unless you are enlarging the space.

Reuse what you can
Just because you are getting a new kitchen doesn't mean you can't use some of the old items from it. For example, if your appliances are fairly new and will match your kitchen's new color scheme, keep them and save thousands of dollars. Cabinets are another thing that can be saved. Cabinets can be refinished and refaced and have new hardware added to take on a new look, which will save you thousands of dollars on your remodel.

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