Apartments
Kitchen Budget and Scope for Apartments
Compare like-for-like scopes by separating base work, specialist items and upgrades before requesting a quote.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- List the functions the finished space must support, then assign items to base scope or upgrades.
- Compare
- Get quantities and materials described consistently across quotes. Ask who covers making good and waste removal.
- Before buying
- Set aside a contingency for survey-dependent work and price likely substitutions before choosing finishes.
Worked example
A quote combines new cabinets, stone counters and upgraded appliances, making alternatives hard to compare.
Request separate line items for cabinet fronts, carcasses, counter material and appliances, then compare equivalent quantities and exclusions.
How to test it
Read the exclusions back with each supplier and ask what must be purchased or arranged separately.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Keep sink, hob and refrigerator on a workable run; place the dining edge outside the main prep aisle.
- Detail
- Use wipeable backsplash and task light over counters, with enclosed bins near cleanup.
- Trade-off
- More tall storage can reduce daylight and make a narrow galley feel closed.
- Measure shaft, appliance and door clearances
- Check counter light and exhaust path
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