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Id rather be a poor man filling my pot via the sink than have parents living with me

Noodleface said:

Id rather be a poor man filling my pot via the sink than have parents living with me

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You're also not from a culture where the children help take care of their parents when they are elderly.

GuardianX said:

Ehh, a pot of water isn't light and a pot filler makes sense in certain homes (High value) or professions of home-owner.

My uncle who did catering for years remodeled his home and added a pot filler over his stove. Mind you the pots he is filling aren't small, they are the massive pots that are a foot and a half deep at least. His pot filler was basically at the height Vinen had his at (but installed correctly).

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Yeah the height was kinda a shocker for me. Its pretty much code.

Falxy-US said:

So, I'm looking at a 4-plex investment property. Each kitchen is identical, except this one has the bad orange vinyl tile while the rest have some other stone looking vinyl tile. My question is what cost effective thing could you do to upgrade the kitchens? There is a small dining area behind where I was standing to take this pic.

My thoughts:

1. Obviously the cabinets kind of suck, I was thinking new doors and paint it all white, but that's an upkeep thing that will need re-painting and it's more maintenance. Maybe just generic wood colored doors?

2. I'm "in good" with my granite lady bc she's done so much work for me at my house. I was considering seeing what leftover granites she has that could be used for the countertop.

3. Light fixtures (can't see them in this pic)

4. (this kitchen a floor would be nice)

Really none of that need to be done, they're move in ready, just curious what you would do to "add value"?

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I did a Kitchen at one of my rentals that was about that size for $4.5k, but I replaced all the appliances and put in a dishwasher. Looks like you would be able to salvage your appliances.

Paint & Primer- $120
Sheet Vinyl Flooring and new Baseboards- $400
Countertops- $1000
Cupboards- $1600
Sink Basin/Faucet Fixture- $400


1952 original Kitchen. The cupboards were metal and super heavy. Most of them had be dented and damaged over the years. The interiors were rusty and generally disgusting. The sink was showing years of corrosion and the faucet leaked out the base if you turned the water pressure too high. The floor was linoleum and had chips in it all over the place. The outlets were not GFCI. The counter-top was showing water rot along all the edges and seams.
On the opposite wall from the sink was the wall with the oven and refrigerator. Both were functional but aged and had years of grease build up. I cleaned them up as much as I could, but I still wasn't real satisfied with them. The hood didn't work at all. More visible chips in the floor.
The demo and removal begins.
Everything removed, walls primed, GFCI outlets installed, and electrical for the new Dishwasher is run. The baseboard around the room all come off.
The new flooring goes down. This entailed taking precise measurements and pre-cutting the entire sheet outside on the front lawn. Then hauling it in the house and praying to God no mistakes were made.
Continued...

Lowe's design services rendering. New Dishwasher placement.
New cupboards start going into place. Handles installed. Prep'd and ready for the countertop to be laid in place.
Everything in place, new sink cut out and installed, new faucet installed, and Dishwasher setup. New baseboard goes on.
New appliances and hood.

Lanx said:

someone please tell me what you store in that cabinet above the hood? usually it's got a huge pipe in the middle anyway.

worse is the tiny cabinets above the fridge, can't even reach em w/o a step stool.

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Most of the cases I've seen its literally there to just cover up the vent.

Lanx said:

someone please tell me what you store in that cabinet above the hood? usually it's got a huge pipe in the middle anyway.

worse is the tiny cabinets above the fridge, can't even reach em w/o a step stool.

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Midget problems.

As you can see, there is no vent on this hood, the grease and shit just gets trapped into the filters that need to be cleaned occasionally. People store their spices or maybe their blender up there.

Fight said:

Midget problems.

As you can see, there is no vent on this hood, the grease and shit just gets trapped into the filters that need to be cleaned occasionally. People store their spices or maybe their blender up there.

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Eww.

And jesus how tall are you?

Fight said:

Midget problems.

As you can see, there is no vent on this hood, the grease and shit just gets trapped into the filters that need to be cleaned occasionally. People store their spices or maybe their blender up there.

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The only thing I hate about this is that electric cord hanging down

GuardianX said:

Dude, if I was you I would 100% get a faucet that is dependent on a person holding it to enable function.

Meaning they have to have their hand on it to turn it on, the instant they remove their hand it shuts off.

Especially with old people, the amount of times my grandma turned on the faucet and walked away is astounding. Imagine that without a drain...hope for success, plan for failure.

EDIT:

I'm making the assumption that stove faucets don't have a drain.

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THis is an absolutely good point. I'm going to see if I can find an attachment. I looked around and there wasn't anything that matched this.

Noodleface said:

The only thing I hate about this is that electric cord hanging down

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Kinda scary having it exposed above a heatsource TBH. I bet thats not up to code.

GuardianX said:

Could go with something like:


Attached to:


that way you could have the water "Always on" but the switch on the valve would serve as a safety.

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Thanks! I'm going to chat with my plumber and electrican about this. Meeting with them tomorrow anyhow.

Lanx said:

someone please tell me what you store in that cabinet above the hood? usually it's got a huge pipe in the middle anyway.

worse is the tiny cabinets above the fridge, can't even reach em w/o a step stool.

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Hurricane supplies. Oil lamps, a coil of nylon rope, some plastic painters tarps (they fold up small). Stuff like that.

Basically shit that I only need to open that cabinet for maybe once or twice a year.

I mean yeah you could keep them in the garage.

Other stuff would be like pots that you barely ever use. an ice cream maker or something like that.