We haven’t sold the house yet. The most common objection has to do with the kitchen; it’s either too small (can’t do much about that), or old-fashioned, or “tired”.
— The old-fashioned part probably has to do with the 60’s style pink-ish Formica.
— The “tired” part has to do with the cabinets …. almost all the cabinets have wear-marks right where the hardware is, I suppose from 15 years of grubby fingers rubbing against the wood. (The wood is stained, not painted.)
Today, a kitchen-dude from a kitchens-only shop in town stopped by to give us an estimate on sprucing up the joint. I told him beforehand that we are selling the place, and are loathe to spend additional monies, and that we want something inexpensive, but without looking cheap-ass. Well! …. he quoted us at $11,000 to resurface the cabinets and install granite counter-tops. Uh huh. Fuck that shit!!