Kitchen Cabinet Refacing - Part 1: Five Easy Steps for Finding a Cabinet Contractor
By Angelique Gervaisangelique.gervais@homeremodelingguide.org
Home Remodeling Guide Columnist
You have decided to go with kitchen cabinet refacing. Now you have to decide whether it is something that you want to do for yourself, if you have the skill and if your time and effort is worth the savings.
Estimate Your Kitchen Cabinet Refacing Costs
In order to get the very best kitchen cabinet refacing cost estimate you will have some homework to do.- Look through the telephone book, newspaper, and the Internet to get a list of kitchen cabinet refacing contractors in your area.
- Speak with friends, relatives and neighbors about work they may have had done on their own homes. From these people you will find out if the contractor provided good work, in a timely manner, and in a professional way. These are especially important. Any negative comments you get about any of the contractors on your list should lead you to either remove them or give very careful consideration to your willingness to take a chance with them.
- Call, e-mail, or visit each of the contractors on your list and ask them for a kitchen cabinet refacing cost estimate. You should find that the contractors are pleased at the request for a kitchen cabinet refacing cost estimate and will supply it quickly. It is true that the better contractors will be busy but they will most likely have someone who is commissioned to do estimate work.
- Take the kitchen cabinet refacing cost estimates and pick the ones that most impressed you.
- Go to the contractors and discuss the kitchen cabinet refacing cost estimate. Find out why they are higher or lower than their competitors. It could be that they will be moved to reduce the quote or that the kitchen cabinet refacing supply contact that they use may provide higher quality product.