So you’re shopping around for a new countertop to install in your kitchen, and things have quickly become confusing. If you’ve found yourself perusing the big box stores and comparing costs to kitchen remodeling companies or contractors, you might see quite a difference in price.
Our trend-setting designers and expert craftsmen receive this question a lot from homeowners, “How much does a new countertop really cost?”
If you ask this question at your local big box store, you’ll most likely be met with run-around answers that really don’t hit the mark. We’ve asked our designers and craftsmen to weigh in on this common question, and will answer it straight on in today’s blog.
What does that number really mean?
When you step into a big box store that sells bulk kitchen countertops, you’ll usually be met with one offered price. This price point may seem more affordable in comparison to kitchen remodeling companies at first, but this starting number is rarely your final price. The truth is that the advertised price presented at these big box stores includes very little—in actuality, it includes just the countertop, and nothing else vital to your kitchen countertop installation.
Beware the hidden charges
While those seemingly smaller numbers might be appealing, your final price is dramatically increased after you’re hit with all those hidden charges and extra fees.
Do you know the desired size, shape and style of the new countertop? Most stores won’t include templating and fabrication. In many cases, these stores will charge you for the templates and the fabrication of the product, without even offering you another alternative.
If you’re looking at countertops in bulk, the edge style and radius corners are not included in the countertop you purchase from a big box store. Styling options for your countertops are very important and can be an expensive additional charge.
How about delivery? Surely you can’t carry a heavy, beautiful countertop from the store and hoist it to the top of your car! The delivery expense is one of the largest hidden charges a big box store will hit you with when you purchase a new countertop—sometimes up to hundreds of dollars.
Even the process of installation is another added fee. Do you plan on installing your countertops yourself? The big box stores sure hope not, so they can add another hidden charge to your credit card. The countertop installation process can be tricky, and includes many steps, such as disconnection of appliances, removal of your old countertop, re-leveling of cabinets (if necessary), attachment of under mount sink, faucet drillings and installation of the new countertop.
The All Inclusive Kitchen Magic Countertop
While the advertised price may seem smaller at a big box store, the price can quickly become much larger after all of the additional fees and hidden charges are added up. Kitchen Magic prides itself in being open and honest with its customers, and therefore leaves no hidden charges for homeowners to find. The All Inclusive Kitchen Magic Countertop includes everything stated above that the big box stores only offer as additional fees.
Not only does Kitchen Magic include everything needed to bring you the new countertop of your dreams—free of hidden charges—but it also gets rid of the pesky sales tax and offers payment plans for its customers.
To top it off, Kitchen Magic makes and manufactures all of its products in the USA, and offers exclusive countertop lines that cannot be found in the big box stores or at home shows.
