How long should a kitchen remodel last?

[Packard]

I searched Googled to find how long kitchen remodels last.  The most often repeated number is “10 to 15 years”, and since the exact phrasing is used by several cabinet companies, I assume this is being quoted from their trade association research.

Houz uses the number 7 years.

Forbes says that 30% of our landfills is home building/remodeling debris.

Part of the reason is wear on the finish.  Part is cabinet breakdown.  But the biggest portion is trends that have been left behind.

Oddly, to my ears was that the white kitchen is a trend and it may be nearing the end of its appeal.

What factors do you see that could result in kitchen remodel longevity?
https://www.google.com/search?q=typ...l&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m#ip=1

 

[semenza]

Read the title ....... read the opening line ..................  thought  10- 15 years !!!    [eek]  I hope it doesn't take that long!
 
Then ...................  Oh that's not what he's asking.

I was thinking how long would a contractor take.

Seth

 

[Vtshopdog]

My 2-cents on painted white cabinets is me thinks the trend is embraced by the building industry due to lower cost of materials. 

Think something like IKEA furniture maybe, trendy look right now and affordable, but then trash it because it didn’t hold up, a new trendy look has supplanted it and what one is left with is a dated look with disposable quality.

 

[Bencan]

I searched Googled to find how long kitchen remodels last.  The most often repeated number is “10 to 15 years”, and since the exact phrasing is used by several cabinet companies, I assume this is being quoted from their trade association research.

Houz uses the number 7 years.

Forbes says that 30% of our landfills is home building/remodeling debris.

Part of the reason is wear on the finish.  Part is cabinet breakdown.  But the biggest portion is trends that have been left behind.

Oddly, to my ears was that the white kitchen is a trend and it may be nearing the end of its appeal.

What factors do you see that could result in kitchen remodel longevity?
https://www.google.com/search?q=typ...l&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m#ip=1

A kitchen remodel should last 15 years minimum. You’ll start seeing wear and tear (if treated well) after 8-10 years. Of course this is dependant on quality of kitchen. My kitchen I did with ikea (24 and money at the time) just shaker style white and it looks brand new still after 10 years. IKEA uses all disguised Blum hardware and it’s of excellent quality, better than some of the custom kitchen companies in my area

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[Packard]

Read the title ....... read the opening line ..................  thought  10- 15 years !!!    [eek]  I hope it doesn't take that long!
 
Then ...................  Oh that's not what he's asking.

I was thinking how long would a contractor take.

Seth

I came across that information too. 

Although many variables play into a kitchen remodel, most experts estimate that an average kitchen renovation can take anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks. Major renovations that change the footprint of the kitchen or require electrical or plumbing work can take even longer, at an average of 3 to 5 months.

 

[tjbnwi]

A quality build, indefinitely.

Changes in owners, styles, tastes and available accessories will affect the build the most.

Tom

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Mine definitely needs one, but it was last done in the 1950s [eek]
Functionally, it's ok, I've been living with it for 20 years myself.
The carcasses are built-ins that were done when the house was built (1929). The doors were replaced and an additional curio type cabinet was installed in the refresh.
The drawers tip down quite a bit because of the wear on the bottoms of the sides, but does it work? Sure, so the "need" to remodel is really a function of society and our consumer mentality.

 

[nclemmons]

Last kitchen in our home lasted 25 years and still looked great.

We had the cabinet installer come back every other year and do touch-up work on the cabinets and when the home sold, people were amazed at how nice the cabinets looked.

 

[Packard]

I’m refacing my cabinets with new soft close hinges.  I chose black cabinets with chrome hardware. Despite the Shaker style cabinets, they look distinctly modern and distinctly masculine in my opinion.  I am hopeful that the black will keep from looking shopworn as I imagine the white cabinets would in my house.

I hope this update will look fresh in 4 - 6 years when I plan to sell it. 

The raised panel golden oak looked soiled in the areas where I had forsaken the handles and closed the doors using the woodwork.

I tried to master the use of cabinet handles, but in the end I failed.  Black paint is my last hope.

 

[woodferret]

Curious as to what you're using for the black paint (assuming it's at least semi-gloss+).  Black gloss is harder to pull off than white as imperfections scream when light hits it.

 

[squall_line]

Price/neighborhood of the home is another big factor.

Our realtors were telling us that a pre-owned custom-built home in a gated neighborhood that they had listed for $1.2M (in 2019) would likely have its kitchen and master bath gutted after possession but before move-in to the tune of $100k-$200k, because that's the expectation in that price range and most custom kitchens in that price in this area are hyper-specific to the owner at the time ($1M+ is very uncommon around here).

Our 1961 Mid-mod kitchen has had minimal work done to the lowers (add a cabinet where a desk used to be, install a dishwasher), a new laminate countertop, a new wall oven, and nothing done at all to the uppers other than perhaps new pulls and removing the through-attic hood vent, and that was all in the 58 years before we bought it.  We have no plans to do anything except maybe replace the vinyl floor with honest-to-goodness linoleum at some point.  It's period correct and we love it that way.

 

[Packard]

Linoleum has a reputation for having anti-bacterial qualities.  I believe that is true.  For many, many years it was the flooring of choice for medical facilities. I believe poured in place terrazzo has largely supplanted linoleum in that application. 

In small medical offices I occasionally do see linoleum, but in 12” x 12” squares instead of seamless 12’ wide rolls.  The bacteria traps that the joints between tiles makes, will greatly compromise any antibacterial qualities.

Linoleum has color all the way through. So you can get a lot of wear out of linoleum.  If you can find someone to lay it in full width rolls, the longevity will be even longer. 

They have added some quirky new colors to the linoleum palette they look interesting, but they will probably read as “trends” 10 years from now.