Planning And Designing Kitchens - Professional Advice
Now keep something in mind here, if you do a lot of
cooking, you're going to want to spend a lot of time planning and
designing your kitchen. This is one of the best pieces of advice any
professional remodeling contractor can give to anyone who is thinking
about remodeling the kitchen.
Here's why, let's say for example, you've bought a couple of books on
kitchen remodeling, went down to your local home improvement center and
now have a pretty good idea of what your kitchen is going to look like,
and you're happy with your new design.
You start to get prices from remodeling contractors and pretty soon you
have selected the contractor you are about to use. He orders the
cabinets and notifies you that it will take about six weeks before the
cabinets are going to be ready to install. He knows how important your
kitchen is to you, so he isn't going to tear your kitchen apart and
leave you without a kitchen for five weeks.
So he recommends waiting a few weeks before starting the demolition and
remodeling of your kitchen project. You have now ordered the cabinets
and everything is under way and going as planned. You're actually proud
of yourself and your new kitchen design.
Until you notice something, that doesn't look right... Pay attention and
I mean pay attention to what I'm about to say. You're looking at some
books, you're over at a friend's house, or you're watching one of your
favorite home improvement shows on television, when they show you
something new or explain the proper location of a certain kitchen
appliance.
You start to panic and the next day you contact your contractor and ask
him if he can change something on the cabinets. He notifies you, that he
can try to call the cabinet company, but if they have already started to
work on the cabinets, or ordered any of the materials, this could become
a big problem.
These are problems that kitchen remodeling contractors deal with on a
regular basis. However, asked the customer, you are the boss, but you
will also need financially responsible for anything it's that you
specify to change. Another reason why, it is so important to be
perfectly clear, before you order any cabinets or other kitchen
fixtures.
Sometimes, problems like this can be solved easily. However, other times
it could cost you a small fortune, to move a dishwasher or a set of
drawers. I'm going to say it again, the planning and designing of your
kitchen is the most important part of the remodeling process and don't
forget it.
We've all been here before, we think we have a great plan, until we
noticed something that's missing. I can't stress this enough as a
professional building contractor, make sure that your kitchen design and
plans are finished, before you order anything, especially the cabinets.