Bought a house, estimated the renovation budget plus 10-15% for inevitable extras, and we set aside 5000 EUR for the kitchen!!!!
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
That’s how it started... at first, I was in a bit of shock, but we still had time. First step: remove all the walls for a new layout—I need space...
Let’s start with the (according to the agent) move-in ready property. The small kitchen, just under 8 square meters (about 86 square feet), had its 1970s pass-through removed. The wall including the kitchen door is gone! The wall next to the cellar stairs is gone too! Actually, the entire slanted wall, nearly 7 meters (23 feet) high, removed completely...
The window had to go as well since we needed a different working height than the standard 90 cm (35 inches). New screed installed, we switched to underfloor heating, all electrical wiring and water pipes are new.
After almost six months, the realization slowly sank in: the kitchen budget will not exceed 5000 EUR, so we had to look for a used kitchen... something special, but very cheap.
The search criteria: within a 100 km (62 miles) radius, up to 1000 EUR, because I still want new appliances.
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daniel1985ffo19 Mar 2021 08:09Your objections are very valid.
But at some point, we also reached our limits 😉
But at some point, we also reached our limits 😉
I’d like to leave my mark here as well.
After 18 years, I still think it looks pretty nice.
The built-in refrigerator recently stopped working. So we had to get a new one. It wasn’t easy to find one only 60cm (24 inches) deep. We quickly slid the cabinet unit to the left and repurposed the built-in refrigerator space by installing a jalousie cabinet and built-in drawers. The blender is then tolerably loud.
After 18 years, I still think it looks pretty nice.
The built-in refrigerator recently stopped working. So we had to get a new one. It wasn’t easy to find one only 60cm (24 inches) deep. We quickly slid the cabinet unit to the left and repurposed the built-in refrigerator space by installing a jalousie cabinet and built-in drawers. The blender is then tolerably loud.
@Pierre: In the 80s and 90s, people would have said "cool" instead. Language changes—often, if not mostly, starting with youth slang. That’s normal, and has always been the case.
That’s why dictionaries like the Duden are descriptive, not prescriptive (even though schools teach us otherwise), and it is now in its 28th edition.
That doesn’t mean I’m not annoyed by filler words like "Bruder" and "Digger." Compared to those, "tight" is still pretty okay.
That’s why dictionaries like the Duden are descriptive, not prescriptive (even though schools teach us otherwise), and it is now in its 28th edition.
That doesn’t mean I’m not annoyed by filler words like "Bruder" and "Digger." Compared to those, "tight" is still pretty okay.
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Pinkiponk19 Mar 2021 09:12manohara schrieb:
...I really appreciate your advice and will try to apply it in our new build kitchen. Thanks for that. 🙂manohara schrieb:
The basin itself should ideally have a rounded interior, as it is easier to clean that way.For me, that is absolutely awful and always makes me frown whenever I see those round ones, since I consider them a design flaw in terms of functionality 🙂
Tastes and experiences really do vary that much.
manohara schrieb:
Sinks with square inner corners have the advantage that (for some) baking trays fit better. I clean baking trays maybe once a week at most. I clean the sink itself several times daily.A (larger) sink with rounded corners can be cleaned just as well and just as quickly. Having to use the bathtub to clean baking trays or similar items because larger tools don’t fit properly into round sinks is a much more annoying task 😉
But yes, to each their own 🙂