Fit out or renovate a kitchen while controlling your budget

As part of building a house or renovating one’s home, the “kitchen” item should be considered in the expenditure budget.

Replacing a dilapidated kitchen that turns out to be neither functional nor to your liking, optimizing the layout of the room and making it warmer, satisfying a desire for change… so many reasons that may lead you to want to modify an existing kitchen or to make your dream kitchen.

Control the budget for a kitchen in its image

In order to optimize the budget allocated for renovate your kitchenthere are a few simple tricks.

• The first tip is to do as little “heavy” work as possible. For example, do not change the location of water inlets or electrical outlets. Likewise, you should know that if you want your new kitchen to be located in another room of the house, it involves greater costs.
• Reuse existing elements. If your renovation project is all about refreshing the look and feel of the room, maybe a few licks of paint and a little decorating will do the trick. If your desires for change relate more to the functional aspect, then in this case you will have to consider changing the furniture and the general structure.
• Make a plan. Nothing like knowing exactly what you want. Today, online 3D configurators allow you to virtually bring your ideas to life before you make your final decision. This intermediate stage has the advantage of filtering out certain desires which ultimately prove to be impractical or, on the contrary, of giving rise to new ones.

Opt for the fully equipped

Once the overall structure of your kitchen is installed, you will have to think about the different equipment that will make it functional. And this is where the budget can catch fire.

The solution ? Privilege a fully-equipped kitchen which includes in its price the wall units, the base units, the central island if there is one as well as all the household appliances.

Centralizing all these expenses will save money and time. You won’t need to visit multiple stores and buy individually. The hob, oven, microwave, fridge and freezer as well as the dishwasher are among the appliances included in the overall price.

And if you fear that the fully equipped model is not personalized enough, rest assured: it is possible to select finishes to your liking such as the size of the storage units, the material of the worktop or the style of the taps, the door handles… The goal? Guaranteeing you a result that meets your wishes!