Updating a Timber Look Kitchen

I have a dine in kitchen in a IP apartment. I am looking to freshen up the property to prepare it for sale. The kitchen is in great condition but I am wondering about paying for a "resurfacing" job to turn this kitchen white that is currently a beech colour. Additionally I would have a tiler come in and do a subway tile splash back.

I am looking for opinions on whether to bother making changes or leave as is.

P1000202 by Up The Creek posted 27th Jul, 2021 at 10:19 AM

 

Talk to your real estate agent. How much would it cost versus how much extra would you get?

Even with a paint job, it's still somewhat a dated kitchen so is the new owner likely to rip it out anyhow?

 

Like @Lizzie said, there's no point in spending money on it if it won't get you a better result. Speak to an Agent and get their opinion first.

 

Not sure you will get the $$$ back and then someone may not like it anyway. The white appliances are bland. against a white spashback and blind. White says "budget"

 

Without updating the appliances, the kitchen will still look old and/or budget reno ... and appliances can start to get into "ching ching" territory.

Besides, the timber look is coming back

 

Music to my ears. Could you elaborate this please (how you were able to form this view) thanks.

 

Infill the gap between the top of the cupboards and the ceiling, regrout the tiles & replace the silicon.

 

Reading design magazines and watching reno show

 

If you really want to do something to it, you could change the handles to a more modern look, and maybe the splashback.....but I can't see you getting any more for such a subtle change.

 

I knew there was a reason that kiddie-garter teachers make kids colour in between the lines & join the dots

 

You must have paid attention to the teacher

 

Many thanks for the replies. Replacement of handles and regrout would be a reasonable DIY job if lockdown were to lift soon. I think leaving an entire kitchen replacement to the next owner is the best option I have here. There are not enough properties on the market to justify holding up a sale to much around with a spray job.

 

I thought it was a kitchen in my old IP at first!

 

Looks fine to me except for the handles and splashback which $500 will fix. Spend $144 on 24 of these 96mm handles at Bunnings and $300-350 to re-tile splashback (inc tiles). Or if you're a little bit handy you can tile it yourself, it would take 2-3 hours tops

 

I ended up having my Dad spend an hour to scrape back the top layer of grout (which in his opinion was already a bit excessive) to whiten it up. He also removed and replaced the old white sealant between tile and benchtop to give it that extra freshen up.
Following that I found a lightly used Westinghouse rangehood for $50 which was a newer model and a better match for the updated white gas oven (the original got swapped out a few years ago).

There were a couple of GPOs which had yellowed face plates. These were also swapped out.

Thanks all for the comments. I feel that it would be wasteful going too far with this old kitchen other than just cleaning it to keep it servicable. The property might sell early next month and the new buyer might feel that they would be better to gut it. Will post next week after the RE sends through the professional shots.