Ways to Buy
As we mentioned earlier, there are many ways to purchase a kitchen. Let’s look at the five most common ways; then you can decide which method is best for you and your family.
Method One - COMPLETE
With this method you will be working with a kitchen specialist contractor, a company that has designers to help you plan, offers ALL products and ALL services for sale, and installs the complete project, from floor to ceiling. Kenwood Kitchens, Inc. is such a company. A specialist contractor takes on COMPLETE responsibility for the coordination of the entire project. This type of purchase guarantees the quickest installation time for your project, and the minimal amount of your valuable time for our coordination efforts. The greatest benefit of this type of purchase is that you have only one company to hold responsible for any and all problems that may arise. This type of purchase is more expensive than the next four, but its benefits far outweigh the minimal additional cost.
Method Two - DIY
The opposite of Complete is DIY, or Do It Yourself. You design it, buy it, deliver it, unpack it, return the damaged parts, reorder it, redeliver it, and finally install it. If you accidentally drop that hammer on the countertop, you go buy it all over again. An average kitchen takes 160 man-hours to install. That’s a lot of weekends! If you insist, we can help you design, buy, and deliver your new room - and we will even throw in installation advice. With over 30 years of kitchen experience, who better to help you?
Method Three - Be Your Own GC
Yes, you can be your own General Contractor! You accomplish this by subcontracting all the factions of your project. For example, for a typical kitchen you would hire a designer, carpenter, plumber, electrician, tile mechanic, painter and paperhanger. You arrange the purchase of all of your materials, possibly with the help of an Interior Designer that you would hire. And finally, you would coordinate and schedule all these trades before, during and after the installation process, hoping that everyone gets along with each other. But beware; there are pitfalls here. All scheduling is on your shoulders; if the carpenter is held up waiting for the plumber, you will be billed for the time. You will sign 4, 5 or 6 contracts, instead of one. You will be responsible for damaged goods, products on back order, etc. You may save 15-20% off the Complete Method, but you may find the aggravation involved worth much more than that.
Method Four - The Partial
Not everyone can afford to do a complete renovation, or some do not need a complete renovation. Perhaps you need only your countertops replaced, or a new vanity and medicine cabinet. Kenwood Kitchens can help here as well. We do many partial jobs each month, scheduled as we can fit them in. We may not be able to promise an exact start date, but we place just as much care and concern with these partial jobs as we do our full remodels.
Method Five - The Facelift
Come on now, did you ever see a facelift that didn’t look like one? We do not offer the Fancy Fronts partial jobs that you may have seen advertised, basically because they are only an aesthetic change glued over your existing problem. This job will not give you more storage, more countertops, or flexibility. It is expensive for what it is, running from $4,000.00 to $ 6,000.00 for an average job. For that kind of money, you probably can get new cabinets in place of your old!
Those are the five ways to buy. We realize that all of your questions may not be answered as yet. Please ask one of our designer/salesperson’s for more information regarding any of these methods.
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