{"id":42441,"date":"2010-03-31T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T10:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=42441"},"modified":"2010-04-06T10:30:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T10:30:57","slug":"ikea-installers-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/03\/ikea-installers-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikea Installers vs GC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>decided to go with Ikea kitchen cabinets for a renovation job.<br \/>\nwill need to get a GC to do some other work in the kitchen.<\/p><p>with that in mind, i need to decide whether to have the GC build\/install the ikea cabinets or have a specialist (e.g., traemand or kitchen couple) do the work. i&#8217;ve received a ballpark estimate of the work from a few of these specialists, and the cost seems a bit ridiculous to me given that all they&#8217;re doing is putting the stuff together and installing them.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;m inclined to have the GC do it all, but my question is are the ikea specialists really that &#8216;special&#8217;?<\/p>\n <span class=\"plp-active-page\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/span> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/03\/ikea-installers-1\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"\">%<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>decided to go with Ikea kitchen cabinets for a renovation job. will need to get a GC to do some other work in the kitchen. with that in mind, i need to decide whether to have the GC build\/install the ikea cabinets or have a specialist (e.g., traemand or kitchen couple) do the work. 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