This project took 10 weeks to complete. It was 2 weeks over schedule. Click here for a detailed project cost.
This was an older home (1950's) with a small galley kitchen in Myers Park that had undergone several "handyman" style updates over the years. The kitchen only had 1 plug and the laundry plumbing was sub par. The kitchen had almost no storage or counter space and the laundry room was a mess.
We decided to remove the wall between the laundry and kitchen and relocate the hot water heater so we could add storage, increase counterspace and create a better laundry space. Because the laundry room was visible from the kitchen (and living room) we decided to hide the washer dryer in some cabinets with pocket doors.
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Quote from the client:
" This used to be my least favorite room in the house.... now it's my favorite! "
Probably our favorite part of this project are the washer dryer hidden inside these pocket door cabinets!
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Challenges And Solutions
From the start we knew this project would have a few challenges and we discovered one or two more along the way. This isn't uncommon with older homes... especially ones that have undergone updates perfomed by unqualified contractors as this one had.
Galley Kitchen Timeline
We started design on August 4th, 2022 and completed design on September 8th.
We ordered all materials on September 12 - 14th and by December 15th, 2022 everything, included cabinets had arrived in our warehouse. Cabinet lead times were especially long as we were still dealing with delays from the pandemic.
Proposed project start date: Jan 5th, 2023 - Actual Project Start Date: Jan 5th, 2023
Proposed Completion Date: March 6th, 2023 - Actual Completion Date: March 17th 2023
This galley kitchen project ran more or less but we did finish two weeks after our proposed completion date. There was no single large delay but a few issues made the job run long. The first was an electric change order to correct some sub par electrci work done by a previous contractor. A delay in countertop fabrication cost us about a week and having to modfiy the washer dryer cabinets took a couple of days as well.
Budget vs Final Price
The initial budget we presented for this project was $93,561.00. The final fixed price proposal we presented was for $105,880.
One reason for the increase from budget to final contract price was that the original budget proposal did not include removing the wall but during design we decided that was the best options.
Change Orders
We put a lot of effort into design and planning to avoid unexpected change orders. However on this project we did discover sub par electric work after demo. This had to be corrected so a change order was created for $2641.00 so the project total came to $108,521.00
Galley kitchens are small but efficent. The tall cabinets in this layout add a lot of storage and that allowed us to go wtih open shelving on the sink wall
