Have to thank the designer and home owners for letting us know the details of these renovations. It turned out that my taste is pretty cheap😂.

“We want cost breakdowns!” “wE Don’T liKE tHe CoSt BReaKDoWN!” Lol, but for real; this sort of video is very helpful. Thank you to the homeowners for graciously pulling back the curtain for us!

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! A special thank you to the homeowners and Maia, who did not gatekeep this valuable information 😌💰

@ssn877

2 жыл бұрын

Lol…so true

The examples were very well selected and explained brilliantly! Even for an absolute outsider it's easy to see now - going back to the low budget project- where money was saved, how and what an effect it has overall. Thank you! To both the designer and all the home owners, a great learning experience!

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for these series, super helpful. I don't understand why people feel the need to comment on someone else's style and taste. I would love to see a similar set of videos on bathroom renos.

I think it's easy to call something dated if it's not going with the current trends. But if you make a kitchen based on trends it'll date in 2 years 🙈 This was definitely a high budget! The owners seem to have gotten everything they wanted out of a kitchen and to their tatse. This is definitely not my style or budget, but the quality and that timeless classic look are definitely there!

@acr3072

2 жыл бұрын

I agree on all accounts. I call my interior design style “eclectic British grandma” and it works really well for my growing family. It’s also arguably timeless as the word “eclectic” can get you pretty far.

Wow I absolutely loved the low and medium budget kitchens. Clean, simple, and not fussy.

During my reno, the designer fee was the hardest to accept. Paying $125-175/hour for all tasks is a hard budget pill to accept. Design work deserves this rate but this is on top of making money on the purchases too (points) along with simple meet ups with contractors (15-30 minutes @$175.00/hr) that don't warrant this high labour rate. In the end I went on my own to design, source and manage trades. It's not for the faint of heart but I believed I had the skill sets from managing people at work. It worked out and the $20k-35k saved was worth it for my case. I could say I missed out on some smaller design details but overall I think I nailed it.

This was beyond informative! I am always trying to piece together budgets but this was an eye-opener. Wow. Thank you so much for doing this series and listening to your viewers. And thanks for featuring my question in the pop-ups I am HUGE fan of this channel.

what an honest, informative and educational video. as a designer (in Israel) i know everybody would appreciate this info that would be relevant for our country. it really helps ppl who want to do reno without designer to know what to look for

I appreciate you breaking it down for us! Awesome

This is a great series and thank you for breaking down all the prices.

I would love a series like this for master bathrooms. Super helpful. Great video!

This was very informative, all beautiful kitchens, the high end one is the price of my entire house lol.

Thanks for doing this transparent video ❤️

Wow. Thanks doing the breakdown

I'm just at the beginning of kitchen reno planning so these videos could not have come at a better time, and from my favourite home design channel too!

This is a great video. Thanks for the breakdown of the information. Nicely done. Nice kitchen, by the way.🥂

Thank you for these videos! I hope you'll do them for all rooms and outside!

These are so SO helpful! I sent it to a number of friends. Thank you so much!!!

Maia, you did an excellent job explaining the breakdowns for all 3 renovations. I love it when a video gets right to the point. Having been a residential appraiser, I always fixate on the return on investment when remodeling. This was extremely informative, and a great way to know whether you are paying too much for each item.

Thank you for sharing all the details. This kitchen is beautifully designed. It is not to my style but I appreciate the quality and the time and effort it took to get this kitchen to where it is now. PS, I'm in love with the blue shower room in this house.

Thank you so much for this breakdown!

great series. hope to see other rooms costs features.

The millwork for the banquet is so much more inexpensive than expected! This is why break downs like this are super interesting and helpful! Thank youuuuu 😊

I think this kitchen could have shown better if it were filmed/staged better. All the under cabinet lighting and island light fixtures turned on, would have added more life to this showing. Light up the stove area to highlight that expensive custom tile work, it all just looks like dark shadows. I think the poor lighting this was shot in is doing this kitchen a disservice. Yes this may be how it looks in "real life", but you are trying to show off a high end kitchen, show it off.

Thank you for sharing. Very informative 👏

Great series. Wowzer on prices. I'd kill for the high end.

This is so very helpful and interesting and I appreciate how accurate it is vs HGTV. A series like this on bathrooms would be great!

200K for a kitchen like that?!!! For that price you could eat out for $80 every day and do it for 6+ years straight and not have any running costs.

@kpr0ck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this breakdown..lol

It’s sooo beautiful 😍

Well done to all parties involved

This is very helpful. Thank you for the breakdown. Now the owners have a kitchen they love! I wonder how much more it would add to the cost to remove a wall that has a support beam to open the kichen.

Awesome breakdown. The kitchen is great, not for me but seems to fit the feel of the house

Nice series, I liked the low and medium kitchens. I was disappointed in the high end. Maybe my expectations were too high. I really enjoyed the series ☺ thank you

Great video, what about the pot lighting? Do these costs incl labour for tile, electricians, plumbing, appliance install? What about drywall, and paint?

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, those costs are included under “construction costs”.

IMO, I find the simplest and lowest budget kitchen to be the best looking of the three.

Could you link the video of the house tour in this and the others too?

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

They’re linked in the description below the video!

I LOVED this video series. Thanks for the transparent and clear breakdown of the costs. And thanks to all the home owners that participated!

Also, completely unrelated to the vid, but the host's hair looks really good 🤍

$92/sq ft for these backsplash??! I’m in shock…

@laliday

2 жыл бұрын

I'd think it's 10, by the way it looks

The host is a great speaker!

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Maia's great!

Thank you for the breakdowns. I cannot imagine paying $200,000 for a kitchen, but if you have the money…

some people really can’t understand the term “taste is subjective” 🤦🏻‍♀️ it may be “ugly” and “outdated” to you, but it’s “beautiful” and “classic” for the home owners. and don’t blame the designers either- I’m sure they did things based on what their clients wanted. none of y’all paid for this kitchen so if you don’t like it either say it politely or just keep it to yourself. on another note, thank you House & Home for this series! Wonderful host and very clear + insightful information and tips :)

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Design IS subjective! And style/taste does not dictate price. The homeowners are indeed happy with their choices and that’s what most important.

You can probably BUY A HOUSE and definitely a small apartment with this budget in some parts of the country. THIS IS ABSURD....

@MsCaterific

2 жыл бұрын

A house WITH LAND! Beyond absurd!! But if I could afford it, I'd totally be 'beyond absurd'. :D

@laliday

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. I don't understand a 60k designer fee either. Don't they get a 10-20% discount on the materials already? So they charge a designer fee for the cabinets, get a discount and charge extra 30% to manage this? Perhaps I'm exadurating, but I don't get it. You know for that price, I'd order appliances myself to save a lot. Also 6k for a vinyl banquette sitting? Over 200k for a kitchen? I'd expect about 100k but not that much

@Person-mh6xq

2 жыл бұрын

It’s only absurd if you can’t afford it. You’re welcome.

I don't see a ~194k kitchen here.... The medium and low budget kitchens actually look better. That being said, If the owner is happy then that's all that matters.

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Aesthetics and style are not indicative of quality or price point.

That kitchen literally looks like a home depot kitchen......wtf

@DavidRamseyIII

2 жыл бұрын

Almost. Home Depot wouldn’t sell such strange colours. This is without a doubt, much worse :)

@naylak5718

2 жыл бұрын

Which home depot sells custom cabinetry with marble? I think people are focusing too much on colors and not considering the labor, high end materials, and customization.

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it!

@JasonMatthewsPlusOne

2 жыл бұрын

Home Depot doesn’t sell framed inset cabinets. I’d go with Bloomsbury Kitchen if I was going high end.

They got ripped off on backsplash. The coloring with the black marble is gonna date itself

Great kitchen and thanks for the info. Pricing is way over the top for me. I am under the impression they could have had something high end for way less money. Is it just me ?

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Depends what "high end" means to you.

@laliday

2 жыл бұрын

@@houseandhome it shows that expensive isn't synonymous with quality or beauty in all regards. Yes it is more expensive to buy quality, but it doesn't have to be that expensive.

Holy Sh&&, I know there is a real person who paid for this but I have to say....what a shame and incredible rip of!!! These people were so taken advantage of. From poor design (Who was the designer) to finishes this is just not right. I mean really folks. $5000.00 for three oversized cumbersome barstools, how the hell can you get talked into those choices?

IT'S A DARK KITCHEN.

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

It was a gloomy day.

@letiziazuniga

2 жыл бұрын

@@houseandhome I APOLOGIZE BUT I THINK THE COLOR OF THE BACKSPLASH WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THAT SPACE. THANK YOU FOR READING ME!!!

4 grand for stool??? Must b rass mad

I’m sticking with IKEA - thanks

Thank for the three videos. I am gearing up to do a kitchen Reno in the spring and doing a lot of research at this point. My luxury items (pot filler, in cabinet lighting and garbage disposal) are a lot lower budget than any of these kitchens. There are things in each of the kitchens that I love, although, I nearly had a heart attack at the final cost of the high end kitchen (it is more than the original mortgage on my home I have had for 7 years). But as you said, each of these homeowners have invested their money to achieve the kitchen to meet their needs and although I would love to have the funds to design my dream kitchen that is not my reality right now. Thanks to all the homeowners for allowing us into both their personal space and financial business as well as the designer for sharing her expertise.

Noooooooo. A completely inflated prices.

Interesting cost breakdown. These people clearly have money to spare because they could have had the same kitchen for a tenth of the cost if they had not gone with customising everything. There is no good reason to pay extra for custom anything.

@UnseenSpirit

2 жыл бұрын

If you have the money then for me, why not spend it if its what you want. Custom will always be expensive but if that's what you want then go for it. Personally I think this kitchen was quite clean and sophisticated.

@MzShonuff123

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I like about it, though. I think it’s easy to click on fancy pictures on Pinterest and think “I’ll bet I can have this on my budget! It’s not a complicated kitchen” but seeing the behind-the-scenes breakdown of the labor makes me rethink those photos and what will be tenable for my 85 sq ft kitchen and budget. I also understand why designers are always using IKEA kitchens! Custom cabinets eat a budget live😂

@BigBird104

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with Skinner. This is why every birthday cake in our house stays blank. WE KNOW whose birthday it is, who cares what it says on the cake you know?

@2323ace2323

2 жыл бұрын

A “blank” birthday cake - wow sounds really special

200,000 dollars on a kitchen that looks like it would be max 30,000??? Damn those home owners got fuckin hoseddddd

The barstool cost makes no sense to me but I'm not rich.

This is a quality kitchen. For design, the best in town is Bloomsbury Kitchen. They can execute on frame inset kitchen like no one else in the gta.

all three were high end in my book. The luxery owners paid more cause they wanted to be extra/nice to haves. I dont think they added any extra value to the home for those selections They just got to say I paid this much for the reno. The basic was little home depot showroom but thats what they paid for and the room they had . they can upgrade items if they need to

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

The extras or “nice-to-haves” definitely added value to * their lives * and that’s all that matters. The homeowners are happy with the decisions they made for their lifestyle.

@KMartha22

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously a picture on the wall is not about adding value to the house. It's not all about adding value though. If the owners plan on living in those homes for years to come they simply want a nice space to enjoy themselves.

@olgadadabayeva3723

2 жыл бұрын

ahh I wish everyone would focus on creating homes that would make them happy rather than “adding value” for someone else who might buy it one illusive day in the future…

People are completely insane paying these outrages prices. Materialistic people,

wow that was not a luxurious looking kitchen at all. im sure the quality's good, but $5k for the ghastly chairs? spend a little more and get gaggenau appliances. the whole look is just pedestrian.

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Taste is subjective. The clients were happy with this aesthetic, that’s all that matters - they were the ones paying for it.

@minigiant8998

2 жыл бұрын

@@houseandhome what's not subjective is squeezing those chairs so close together. there should be at least 20 inches in between the chairs...

@terrywalker2437

2 жыл бұрын

The barstools nor the kitchen look like they should cost that much.

@mybestideas1

2 жыл бұрын

@@houseandhome Maybe the clients were happy but they were taken for the ride - as they probably paid 30% for designer fees - and this is where the designer failed them. They should sue.

the appliance are too expensive.

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a personal choice. The homeowners are happy with how they invested their money.

@olgadadabayeva3723

2 жыл бұрын

As was mentioned in the video, you pay more for custom panel appliances. Which tend to be offered by more high end brands. Also, I personally think when it comes to appliances, quality actually saves money in the long term. Speaking from personal experience of having to deal with “budget builder” appliances 6 years later 😔

Did she say PRO-jects??? Is this show Canadian???

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 🇨🇦

Sheesh, people in these comments are rude as hell. Not a cute look.

And that is designer's work? Patterned inset over the range? That was out of fashion 20 years ago and it is quite trashy today. I feel sorry for the people who paid those fees.

@mizzmolly7649

2 жыл бұрын

I just can't imagine having to scrub in those tile crevices when the grease builds up.

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

A designer’s biggest task will be project management, which is a big task with a project of this caliber (she did redesign the entire main floor).

@KMartha22

2 жыл бұрын

@@mizzmolly7649 don't worry they can probably afford to simply pay someone for the scrubbing

@mizzmolly7649

2 жыл бұрын

@@KMartha22 That was a joke. The home is probably more than $2 million.

@deniseroussel3755

2 жыл бұрын

that is their choice on the design and what they like, it is a personal thing, maybe not your taste but it is also not your money..

That runner is laughable…

Forget the $200k ….this is an ugly kitchen that I would renovate……insane price tag

Yes, I know taste is subjective but this kitchen looks like a “Before”. Where is the “After”?? The colours and design choices look very outdated. I’d love to know who the designer was, just to not hire this person. Bad choices…

This High budget kitchen looks outdated and ugly.. you guys should pick any other kitchen from House & Home past videos.. there's several amazing ones..

@houseandhome

2 жыл бұрын

Not everyone is willing to share such a detailed budget breakdown. Keep in mind that style/aesthetic is not indicative of price or quality. Taste is subjective, and the homeowners are happy with how they spent their money (and that's all that matters!).

@heidi3149

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this series would actually be interesting if they showcased nice spaces… no one’s gonna be looking to this ugly ass kitchen for reference 😭