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Jun. 28th, 2012 01:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabWhen I contracted to buy the condo, the kitchen was in disgusting condition - this was a short sale, and the people living here had not done any maintenance, nor much cleaning, in quite a while, as is typical of such things. So, the day I moved in, I had contractors pull out most of the kitchen, except for the refrigerator and stove which were in adequate working condition and apparently *had* been cleaned within the past couple of years. The counters had been cracked laminate, covered in a couple of layers of Contac paper, and the cabinets had been permanently sticky among other flaws. And this is what I put in:
Edited to add "before" pictures, which are from the listing, pictures taken while the previous owners still lived there.
In the "before" pics, the microwave oven is 3" lower, far too close to the gas stove for safety - the home inspector dinged that one instantly. So when I ripped everything out, I replaced the 15" high "bridge" cabinet with a 12" high one, and thus was able to move the microwave up by three inches, which the inspector says is safe enough though he hates the whole idea of over-the-stove microwaves. Truly, I'd prefer an under-counter one myself, but those are expensive and this kitchen just flat-out doesn't have the counter space to do it.
Edited to add "before" pictures, which are from the listing, pictures taken while the previous owners still lived there.
In the "before" pics, the microwave oven is 3" lower, far too close to the gas stove for safety - the home inspector dinged that one instantly. So when I ripped everything out, I replaced the 15" high "bridge" cabinet with a 12" high one, and thus was able to move the microwave up by three inches, which the inspector says is safe enough though he hates the whole idea of over-the-stove microwaves. Truly, I'd prefer an under-counter one myself, but those are expensive and this kitchen just flat-out doesn't have the counter space to do it.
