How much to install a rental kitchen?
Hello. My husband and I are moving towards purchasing a two family home, which is currently being used as a one-family. We would like to use it as a two family, but we would need to add a kitchen to the rental unit. The current space has plumbing and gas hook-ups as well as built…
Hello. My husband and I are moving towards purchasing a two family home, which is currently being used as a one-family. We would like to use it as a two family, but we would need to add a kitchen to the rental unit. The current space has plumbing and gas hook-ups as well as built in cabinetry that we think is usable. The floors are in good shape. It lacks a stove, refrigerator, sink, and probably needs some counter space next to the sink. It also needs to be painted. We are trying to get an estimate of how much it would cost to finish out the kitchen with as much DIY as possible. How much did you spend on your rental kitchens? Is it possible to do this work for less than $10,000? Less than $6,000? Thanks for your input.
Thanks 9:46. I suppose I will have to look into getting one for my new home.
as opposed to handwashing dishes? yes.
although i am sure if you run the dishwasher before it is full, you aren’t saving much water.
Do dishwashers really save on water?
I’m the first poster and I love my dishwasher. Tenant preferred the storage space over a dishwasher. If we didn’t already have a tenant, I too, would have put one in.
Speaking as a 2-fam landlord, very amateur cook, former co-opper, and former tenant, I have to respectfully disagree with Tinarina. 18″ d/w is very frustrating. You may get some 23-year olds who don’t care when they see the apartment, but they will be much happier in the apartmetn with the real deal in the long run. Go to 24″ if you can. Between added rent and water usage saved, a d/w the tenants can really use will pay for itself over time.
As a tenant that is waiting for my landlord to keep part of my deposit, I encourage OP to not skip the back-splash. Big surprise: scrubing splashed food off the wall over the stove and the sink is hell on latex paint.
I second the dishwasher vote–I think it adds good value to a rental for very low cost. And one of the smaller 18″ dishwashers will be just fine unless it’s a really large apartment.
As a sometime renter, sometime owner, I would say you must include a dishwasher to attract most tenants, unlike the first responder. Once I finally had an apartment with one, I’d never again rent or buy one without. Matters more than counter surface material – I’m happy with plain old white formica – but give me a dishwasher!
Guess 2:19 never learned to read, or am I imagining the four specific and detailed answers above?
We spent $6,000 for IKEA, mid-range appliances, butcher block counter (6 ft) incl. $1200 for plumbing and electrical.