Affordable Kitchen & Bath

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After a water leak in our kitchen in August, we decided it was time to do a long overdue kitchen remodel. A few years ago we purchased a foreclosure from the bank that was built in 1997. The kitchen had dark cabinets with faux marble Formica that looked the part of a 17-year-old kitchen. Since we were locked into keeping the original footprint of the kitchen, the only options that we had were to either replace or refinish our cabinets. Choosing to refinish our cabinets and working with a budget and not wanting to break the bank completely rebuilding our kitchen; we contacted a big box store and several local companies for quotes. Getting pricing that varied as much as $10,000 from the lowest to the highest price, we decided to go with Lukas and Ben at Affordable Kitchen & Bath. Even though they were not the cheapest, the guys at AKB gave us a-la-cart pricing so we could pick and choose what projects that we could do ourselves to save money. Lukas and Ben were very professional and did a wonderful job. The water damage from the leak was repaired and everyone who has seen our cabinets since thinks that they are new. My wife and I are extremely happy with the outcome and will be calling AKB in a few months to get pricing on redoing a couple bathrooms that still need to be updated. Although their quote was originally higher, we contracted AFB to do everything except the following: 1. We cut down to old bar to make it cabinet height 2. We contracted for the granite counter tops through another provider (one of my business customers) 3. We tiled the back-splash 4. We installed new under and over cabinet LED lighting

I have a very small kitchen so I wasn't anticipating spending more than $10k on a makeover; in fact, I was trying to keep the cost to around $5k or under for cabinet refacing and a new counter/sink. I had quotes from 3 other individuals/companies around town and they were either too sales-like for me or weren't responsive at all. I have to admit I was hesitant about going forward with AKB since I'd not read any review about them on Angie's List or any other website, but I had a good feeling after I met Benjamin to receive the initial estimate. I got the impression that he actually really cared about his work and the job he does and it was more than just a paycheck for him. I really liked how he was even able to give me a ballpark estimate with just some pictures I sent him before he came over to give a true estimate. I initially reached out to Benjamin in late May and we had decided to start work the first week of July (on that note, he also had earlier availability than anyone else I had received a quote from). We wound up pushing that back once we received the final quote as we wanted more time to save money for the job. He started work on our kitchen on a Monday and was basically done by Friday, except for a few items he had to come back to finish up early the next week. He was great about communicating when he would be at the house and did a fantastic job cleaning up each day--we were able to still use our kitchen in the evenings. We did the back-splash ourselves to save money, and after finishing that, I'm just floored at how beautiful this kitchen looks. I even have to force myself to go to sleep and stop staring at my kitchen each night. It was 100% worth the money and I would recommend Affordable Kitchen & Bath to anyone who wants quality work for a great price.