These days some people look at the option of remodelling a kitchen by changing certain aspects of an existing kitchen rather than replacing the kitchen. This has some advantages and disadvantages.

The main reason people might opt to go this way instead of a complete re design and a new kitchen is to minimise the cost. Whilst the total cost may be lower than putting an entire new kitchen in, the cost efficiency is almost always lower. This is due to the additional site labour which is more expensive than factory labour and is normally required with renovations of any kind.

In the case where someone is completely happy with every detail of the design of their existing kitchen, then refacing the doors and getting new worktops installed can keep the overall cost down and provides for a nice change in style and colour and the obvious freshening up of the whole kitchen as a result. Granite transformations are just such a company and you can visit the link to inspect their website and the description of how they go about this process.

The disadvantage of remodelling in this way is that with the exception of some minor changes, the layout is kept the same and so any problems with the functionality of the layout remains. If you begin to remodel the layout in addition to resurfacing cabinets and worktops, which some companies will do, then the costs start to climb much closer to the alternative of putting in a new kitchen with a better layout.

There are other disadvantages of remodelling in that at the end of the job having spent quit a lot of money refacing the kitchen, the final result will still have the old cabinets and hardware underneath. Even if new hinges are supplied as some companies do, the old mounting hole positions and other complications with retrofitting can often leave a substandard job.

The remodelling option certainly has some advantages but it is probably not the best solution for that dream kitchen that is totally custom designed and built from scratch.