Maybe his was slate or something then. The tiles were much thinner, like 3/8".

He had the end pieces ground and polished. I'll try and get a pic from him and post here later today if I don't become my boss's whipping boy all day again. I haven't even left for work yet though.

I added 900 sgft to my house all the work was done by me and the Kid.
The kids a licensed contractor, that helps a lot.

I had a basement that I turned into a apartment, we added a full kitchen, a full bath, laundry room, living room and one bedroom.

The basement had nothing in it, just concrete. We did all of the electrical,
plumbing water and gas, all of the framing, all of the concrete work, all the cabinets, all of the tile work all 700 12"x12" tiles, all of the dry wall.

Water heator, water heator closet, all the bathroon fixtures, etc.
Its been up for 10 years and its returned about $60,000 in rents.

Total cost was about $18,000
A friend with money remolded his kitchen and gave me his old cabinets.
I cut them to fit my project and it finished off the apartment.

It took about 1 year to finish, I worked on it after work and all day on the weekends. The kid did about 25% of it.

After that I didn't need the kid anymore and I remolded my kitchen up stairs, new cabinets in some areas and in the other areas I built new cabinet doors and cabinets. I intalled a wood parquet floor in the kitchen and I tilled the counter tops, new sink, faucet, crown moulding, all new paint and then I added a 200sgft extension to my balcony.

That got pergo, which is crap.

I have a lot of money in tools just to do the job. If you don't have the time or the skills or the money to buy the tools do as The Central Coaster says and just do a quick make over of the exsisting kitchen in this market nothing comes back.

I have all the tools I need. We are waiting to hear back from the agent. Once we get their advice we will decide on what to do. May be as simple as refinishing the kitchen rather that a full remodel job.

Yeah even with those tacky looking cabinets, you can still just cut or remove the curvy shit and throw some new knobs/hinges on the existing doors. The counter does look dated, and the linoleum floor has gotta go.

Quote:Worse case thats what we were thinking too. Maybe throw some new doors on though.

I like the curvy shit.

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Yea,CC, I didn't read the website throughly, the bullnose on the granite tiles is 1 1/2, and the tile itself is 3/8th's. That's good, makes it easier to cut.

I found out yeaterday that you can have the tile edges ground and polished for $8 per foot.
I also found out that cheaper tile wet saws (like mine,$79) will cut the 3/8th granite. It's just a little slower than cutting tile.