Is Installing a Custom Kitchen in Your Home Worth It?
This is a question that everyone asks themselves when considering installing a custom kitchen in their home. We perfectly understand that a project of this type should not be taken lightly, since it represents an investment in family finances and there are many factors that come into play when determining the final price of it.
Factors Influencing the Price of a Custom Kitchen
The price of a kitchen can vary greatly, depending on how well-equipped and personalized it is desired. The elements that most influence the price are:
Prior preparations for installation: In some cases, it is necessary to carry out movements of gas, water, and even electrical outlets so that your kitchen is more functional. In the same way, have some extra adjustments contemplated regarding the base where the kitchen is mounted and, above all, the measurements.
Floor: This stage is a great opportunity to renovate the floor of your house. You can select it thinking about the style you want your kitchen to reflect without forgetting its resistance and ease of cleaning. We recommend being advised by a professional since there is a wide variety of designs, formats, and of course prices.
Foundation: It is important to take into account that all kitchens require a base to be supported. The durability of your kitchen depends a lot on this, because supporting the cabinet on a base made of an unrecommended material will generate a nest of rats and cockroaches.
Pest control: Before starting with your kitchen, it is important that you fumigate to get rid of cockroaches, termites, and ants. This is important because it can prevent you from having to disassemble your kitchen after it has been installed.
Cabinetry: In this section of the kitchen, it is difficult to point out all the options because there are too many. It varies in the type of material with which they are made, as well as in the style of doors and handles used.
Materials: We find natural woods such as cedar, mahogany, huanacaxtle or parota, oak, and others, as well as prefabricated ones such as moisture-resistant, MDP, MDF, melamine chipboards, among other compressed materials.
Styles: Each kitchen has its own very unique style and personal taste. The most popular today are modern ones, although rustic or vintage style ones never go out of style.
Handles: A fundamental decision in a kitchen is to choose with or without handles. This will depend on both comfort and the impression you want your kitchen to make. Within them, there are innumerable designs in different materials, sizes, and shapes; there are smooth, turned, straight, matte finish, satin, chrome, there are in black, white, silver, and gold that is back in trend. They end up being a very special touch in each piece of furniture.
Countertop: The countertop is one of the most significant elements of our kitchen. I dare to say that it is the icing on the cake. There are three main types of materials: quartz, granite, and Formica, in that order, the value of each of them.
Quartz: It is the most trendy one and is characterized by its durability, its antibacterial properties, its wide variety of plain colors, and its marble-like veining that undoubtedly makes it the best material of the three.
Granite: On the other hand, being a natural stone, it has very exotic colors and shapes.
Formica: Finally, the most economical material, Formica, which now with its square finishes and its avant-garde colors can give your kitchen a modern touch.
Appliances: An important cost to consider is that of appliances. Your kitchen must have at least a refrigerator and a grill. The prices of refrigerators can range from $10,000 pesos for the simplest ones, to the most extravagant ones of $500,000 pesos that have screens with the internet and some others with special measurements.
Other appliances that we can find in our kitchens are built-in ovens, microwaves, dishwashers, wine coolers, and even built-in coffee makers. All of these appliances will make your kitchen look like it's on another level.
It is important to define the equipment before starting with your kitchen since these will be taken into account for the preparation movements and for the proper manufacture of our furniture.
Decoration: Now that you have gone through the process of making movements, seeing your kitchen and your countertop installed, the most important thing remains: choosing all the decoration that your kitchen will have. It depends on each one to give your space its unique and special touch; of course, always hand in hand with your designer who will be there to advise you. Here we must take into account the type of coating
