Jun 29, 2010
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Lower prices on cabinets than Retail stores!

Retail Store Secrets- Find Out What They Don’t Want You To Know!

The biggest misconception of the building supply super store is that their prices are the best around. When you compare their prices to other local stores you will find that their prices might be better on the high volume items, but they are making their money on the accessories or larger ticket items. These stores will lead you in with a few low sale prices in their weekly flyers; they are banking on the fact that once you are there for the deals, you will end up picking up other products as well.

I found this out when I started shopping for kitchen cabinets. I was shopping for stock cabinets, and I was amazed at how of an inventory Home Depot and Lowes kept. When I asked a sales associate, he confided with me and said that Home Depot purposely will carry only a few choices of kitchen cabinets and the rest have to be special ordered. Of course these special order cabinets cost more money and make more money for the store. I then traveled to Lowes and found an even worse selection.

This was before I knew anything about RTA Cabinets or being able import them directly.   Once I discovered the world of RTA, it changed my buying habits and saved me a ton of money on the rental properties that I was working on.

The next secret I found was to avoid buying your kitchen counter tops at the big chain supply stores. I found that local kitchen stores carry the same thing but for far less in price. Look in your yellow pages and see what is out there. You’re bound to find some local stores that will actually care about saving you money and are willing to work on tighter margins to get your business.

The final item is the flooring for you kitchen. Again think local stores and avoid the super store. You will be tempted by prices at the big box retailers, but if your going with ceramic tile, prices are relatively the same and the small stores will more likely give you a discount because your giving them business. Lumber Liquidators are popping up everywhere for hardwood flooring, but you can actually get an even better deal if you know exactly how many square feet you will need and you shop the discount building supply stores for closeout deals.

Keep all of this in mind and you will successfully save a ton of money on your new kitchen.

 

Source: RTAcabinetstore.com by Gary Nealon

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Jun 27, 2010
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Discount Kitchen Cabinets- A Lower Price Doesn’t Mean That You Have to Sacrifice Quality

As the price of wood continues to increase, so does the cost of products such as kitchen cabinets. “Cheap” cabinets no longer applies to the description of discount cabinets or rta cabinets. Find out how you can still get a great looking kitchen at a discount price and your neighbors will never be able to tell the difference!

 As the price of wood continues to increase, so does the cost of products such as kitchen cabinets. “Cheap” cabinets no longer applies to the description of discount cabinets or rta cabinets. Find out how you can still get a great looking kitchen at a discount price and your neighbors will never be able to tell the difference!

With the demand for cheaper building materials and the rapid housing boom a couple of years back, many kitchen cabinet manufacturers started looking overseas for a way to make a cheaper kitchen cabinet. In order to conform to the KCMA standards (Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association), they required the kitchen cabinet manufacturing plants overseas to increase the quality of the materials they used and increase the durability of the kitchen cabinets.

Discount kitchen cabinets or Discount kitchen cabinets or RTA Kitchen Cabinets up until this time had been made of fiberboard or particleboard, with staples or dowels holding the cabinets together. Many of the cheap kitchen cabinets at that time had a veneer surface that would warp or buckle when it came in contact with too much water. Because of these inferior features, they didn’t compare to the cabinets that were being manufactured in the U.S.

With the improvements to meet the standards of the KCMA, discount kitchen cabinets are now being built with solid plywood sides, solid wood face frames and doors. and cam locks to hold the cabinet together. Cheap Cabinets is no longer the right description for rta kitchen cabinets. With the improvements in design and function, Cheap Cabinets is no longer the right description for rta kitchen cabinets. With the improvements in design and function, discount cabinets started being imported by more and more companies to provide an alternative to the name brand manufacturers in the US that were asking, in some cases, 2-3 times as much for their kitchen cabinets as discount kitchen cabinet importers were. Even the big box stores started carrying their own lines of rta kitchen cabinets or discount cabinets, in both knockdown and pre-assembled form.

There are some drawbacks to buying discount kitchen cabinets… most manufacturers only carry 5-6 different styles or finishes, which limits your choices. In order to get discount cabinets at their cheapest price, you have to buy them rta or ready-to-assemble, which requires additional time and labor to assemble them.

The good news is that with the cam lock assembly, most discount cabinet lines only require a screwdriver to assemble them. So before buying your new kitchen cabinets at retail price, may sure you stop to take a look at discount kitchen cabinets or rta cabinets. Thanks for improvements, it is now possible to get cheap kitchen cabinets at a discount price.

Source: RTAcabinetstore.com by Gary Nealon

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Jun 27, 2010
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Affordable or Custom Cabinets for Charlotte, NC?

Deciding If Custom Cabinets are Right for You

Custom kitchen cabinets a large financial investment, which in today’s housing market may not always get you the return on your investment that you would expect.  While most home renovations will add value to your house, spending too much money or making your house too personal can actually prevent you from getting your investment back out of your house.

1. Property Value– A kitchen remodel is normally a good financial investment, but your property value and property values around you can have an affect on whether or not custom cabinets are right for you. Your investment should be proportional to the value of your house. Investing over $50,000 into a kitchen or a house that is worth $600,000 make a lot more sense, but putting the same amount into a house that is worth $200,000 may not make a lot of sense. 

If your house is in an older community or an area that hasn’t started to be redeveloped, a high end kitchen can put your house out of the price range of comparable houses in your area, which means you may not get your investment back. In a situation where your property value is lower than others in your area, custom cabinets may be what you need to increase the value of your house. .

2. Budget– Custom cabinets alone can cost anywhere from $25,000 to as much as $100,000 for a kitchen full of cabinets. With that in mind, you have to consider whether you really need custom cabinets to achieve the kitchen of your dreams, or can you use semi-custom or stock cabinets to achieve a similar look for less.  The biggest difference between custom cabinets and stock cabinets is that you can have cabinets built to any size or shape you might need.  In most situations, stock cabinets, which traditionally come in 3″ increments, can easily fit just about any application. 

3. Kitchen Use– Simply put, how often will your kitchen actually get used? In most dual income homes, fewer meals are actually being cooked, and more take and delivered meals are being consumed.  With your families lifestyle in mind, a high-end kitchen may not fit your families needs or lifestyle. If you don’t plan on actually using your kitchen, do you really have to invest in custom cabinets?

There are plenty of other factors that could affect your decision as to what type of cabinets to buy, but these three should be the biggest factors.   In addition, you should consider the time line of your project (since most custom cabinet manufacturers require several months to build the cabinets). If not, there are plenty of other options on the market that can give you the same look, quality, and durability as custom cabinets at a much lower cost.

Source: RTAcabinetstore.com by Gary Nealon

www.LKNcabinets.com offers FREE kitchen cabinet quotes for the greater Charlotte, NC area