Hi everyone,
Our 'it's only cosmetic, a lick of paint and it'll all be sorted out', house has turned into a bit more a project... The long and short of it is that the dream £9k - 12k new kitchen is off the cards.
However, our whole house will need work doing this year and this will result in redecoration and new flooring in the majority of areas including the kitchen diner.
The current fitted kitchen was put in in 1980. It's fake walnut wood coloured, and while I don't mind it, it is falling apart a bit and getting a bit tatty. The floor is currently bare concrete (with holes in it), and there is plaster missing from the walls at present, so I can't leave the whole room well alone and revisit it all at another time unfortunately. I'm concerned that the fitted kitchen will look awful once everything is else is sorted out and pristine.
If you were in this situation would you either:
A) Accept that the current kitchen is staying until we can save up for the dream kitchen, (approx 5-8 years I reckon, or until it properly breaks and we have to rethink our financial options), fit a cheap new floor and decorate.
Or
B) Buy a new budget style kitchen now (£3-£5k I reckon) so the whole house is sorted in one go, and spend a bit more on flooring etc. so it's en-keeping with the rest of the house, in the hope that this new kitchen will last a decade or so, and we'll be in a position to fit our dream kitchen then, when we'll probably redecorate some of the rest of the house again anyway...
Thanks in advance!