How
to Remodel Your Kitchen: 9 Steps To A Kitchen Remodel
Hello Friends,
Step 1: Think about what you need
in your kitchen remodel
This step is all about how you use your kitchen
and finding the layout and features that fit your household’s lifestyle. Get
ideas from every resource possible.
Step 2: Research and plan
The best place to start is by formulating what’s commonly referred to
as a scope of work and figuring out your preliminary budget.
Step 3: Find the professionals you will need
Even if you’re going the DIY route, unless
you’re building your own kitchen cabinets and doing your own electrical and
plumbing, you’re going to have to work with a professional at some point.
Step 4: Schematic design
This phase includes sketches, space planning,
preliminary floor plans and elevations showing the layout and cabinet
sizes.
Step 5: Fixture and finish specification
Throughout this process, and probably long
before, you have been saving photos of kitchens you love into your idea books
and folders.
Step 6: Work on design development
This is the stage when you finalize the design
and prepare final floor plans, elevations, mechanical and
electrical drawings, lighting switch plans, and exterior elevations.
Step 7: Get contractor estimates
If you don’t already have a licensed contractor
on your project, your next step is to find one to carry the project through. I
always recommend to my clients to get at least three different contractor
estimates.
Step 8: Get ready for demo
You may be moving out of your house
temporarily, but most homeowners white-knuckle it and try to live in the house
through construction.
Step 9: Surviving the dreaded punch list
It’s inevitable that the contractor may have to
make multiple visits back to the house to finish these items; prepare yourself
for more than one visit and you’ll be fine.
Thanks so much,
ERA Skyline Real
Estate
3376 Harrison
Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84403
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