To: Gianna Santoro
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Sent: hur 5:31:56 PM
Subject: Re: revised kitchen and butler's estimate
yes, agree...I will print and take with me... :)
On May 2, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Gianna Santoro wrote:
Take your time! Read and digest when you can....maybe bringing home would be
easier....
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To: Gianna Santoro
Subject: Re: revised kitchen and butler's estimate
Thank you Gianna!! I have office full of guests and things going on but I promise
to try and study this throughout the day...(boss is in town now so it's always more
Tuff!)
On May 2, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Gianna Santoro wrote:
I have made the several revisions to your kitchen and butler's including bringing the
overall finished height down, changing the wall cabinets to single panel, 4/4" thick doors
and using a melamine box construction instead of plywood. In addition, to offer cost
savings, I've priced your kitchen perimeter and butler's using solid painted, mdf doors
and drawers that will look identical to a wood door with mdf center panel. I've left the
island as walnut. MOF costs less and has its advantages in that it doesn't move the way
wood does thus reducing fine line cracks in paint and doesn't warp the way wood can. I
still have left all the doors and large drawers with 3" wide stiles and rails.
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I made a few other value engineering changes like removing the swing out corner
shelves and changing a few drawer bases to regular cabinets with a shelf, but nothing
that I think will really impact the storage or functionality in the kitchen. You still have
plenty of drawer bases and we could always change out where you have drawers vs.
regular cabinets with shelves as you see fit. While it does depend on the size of the
cabinet, in general, going from a regular base cabinet with 1 drawer with doors and a
shelf to a 3 drawer base cabinet costs $ 130-$150.
Oh...l know you said just one shelf above the sink, but it looks s0000 much better with 2!
Instead of floating shelves, I changed them to a'''/" thick shelf with a 2" front which will
still look nice and helped the price a bit.
As you'll see, the cabinetry, install and freight now all come to $61,546...a big difference
from where we were. If you still have an $85,000 budget for everything except
appliances, this leaves you with just about $23,500. Leave yourself $2500 for sinks and
faucets, $1000 for hardware and the rest for counters and backsplash...just about
$20,000. If you are willing to be flexible with the material choices, which I think you are,
Gaelle and I can help you get a nice look and try to stay as close within your budget as
possible. I took the price of the curved walnut counter off to see if our cabinet
manufacturer would have a more competitive price...I will let you know.
You are getting a ton of cabinetry for the price and think you will be very happy with the
design. Hopefully, you and Ike will decide to move forward with myself and Deane. A
10% retainer ($61,500) will be required to continue with drawings and doing a site
measure. Once drawings are complete and you are satisfied with the design, we'll move
to contract to release drawings which Bob will need to coordinate the mechanicals at
the house.
As always, feel free to call or email me with any questions!
Best,
Gianna
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