Here’s how much a high-end combination living, dining and kitchen area costs
For a growing family, an open and flexible living space is of paramount importance. (After all, a family needs room to share a meal, relax in front of a movie, and store a stroller, to name a few requirements.) And for Mansi, an executive living in Downtown Brooklyn, her condo didn’t fit the bill. Having been converted from a commercial space and full of strange angles and unstable flooring, Mansi’s home needed major changes.
She reached out to Bolster, a New York City company that empowers homeowners to control their major renovation by delivering industry-leading expertise and a radically transparent online platform, to create a new vision for her space. While Bolster gut renovated the entire condo, today’s focus is on the living, dining, and kitchen area, which is 540 square feet in total. Below are the detailed costs of what it took to deliver a bright and airy multi-purpose room for Mansi and her family.
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1. Kitchen System
Mansi opted for a custom designed and built kitchen from Henry Built, a company that creates bespoke spaces to fit a homeowner’s lifestyle. Bolster took the lead on the final installation.
Henry Built materials, design, and build: $40,000
Cabinet installation: $5,200
Countertop installation: $1,170
Build and Material Costs: $46,370
General Conditions Costs: $7,800
TOTAL KITCHEN SYSTEM COST: $54,170
2. Kitchen Appliances
Mansi selected high end finishes to complete the kitchen of her dreams.
KWC kitchen faucets: $860
Wolf Oven: $5,307
Subzero refrigerator: $8,588
Bosch Dishwasher: $1,269
Wolf induction stove: $2,408
Material Costs: $18,432
General Conditions Costs: $3,686
(This includes delivery, handling and installation.)
TOTAL KITCHEN APPLIANCES COST: $22,118
3. Flooring
Because the original flooring was “squishy” and felt unstable, Mansi opted to strip the original materials and replace with high-end PID flooring. The flooring was applied to the entire apartment was priced at $10.64 per square foot in material costs. The flooring was $23.06 per square foot when you include general conditions costs like demolition, debris removal, materials, and installation. This brings the floor to $12,450 for the room in total.
4. Painting
Mansi chose a soft matte white paint for her walls. The materials cost for the paint was priced at fifty cents per square foot. Adding prep and labor, the cost to paint was $5.51 per square foot and $10,498 for the room in total.
Factoring in other costs like carpentry finishings, sitework protection and final cleaning, the total cost of Mansi’s multi-purpose living dining and kitchen space came to $114,121. To uncover the detailed cost of the final project, click here to view the winning bid.
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