Seven lines: the box, the door and how it is built, the hardware, the finish, the fitting, the scribing and any lead-safe containment. We show the scribing at $450 to $1,600 and the containment at $350 to $1,200 rather than folding either into a total.
A single figure with nothing under it is impossible to question. So Custom Cabinets Lynn writes your estimate as separate lines and hands it to you before you owe anything. Here is what each one is for.
The box line names the panel and how the joints are made. That is the structural half, and the half you never see. We put the material on your order so you can check it when it arrives. We also tell you how much weight a shelf is built to hold.
The door line names how your door is built, not what it looks like. A five-piece door with a loose center panel and a solid slab are not the same product. Only one of them gets through a heating season here without splitting.
The hardware line names the brand and the rating. Blum undermount runners carry 75 lb a drawer. If your widest drawer sits next to the range, that number decides whether it is still running in ten years.
The finish line names the product and the timings. We tell you what goes on and how long you have to leave it. Waiting 3 to 5 days before your shelves go back, and 30 days to full hardness, is part of what you are buying.
The fitting, the scribing and the containment are the three that quietly disappear elsewhere. So we give them lines of their own. Your dates go on as well. Every range behind those lines is on our cabinet cost guide before you call us. How big a deposit you should be asked for covers the money at the bottom of the sheet.
Related questions
Why put scribing on its own line at all?
Because it is real work with a real number, at $450 to $1,600 on a pre-1940 opening. Buried in a total it looks like it is not happening, and the alternative is a filler strip you will be looking at for twenty years.
Does the estimate change once you open things up?
Only where we find something we could not see, and we would rather find it first. So we open your sink base and the panel beside your dishwasher before we quote a reface, and a $400 to $1,400 box goes on the sheet at the start.
Do the dates have to be written down?
Yes. Any Massachusetts home job over $1,000 gets written and signed before work starts, and your paper carries the work, the materials, the total price, the payment schedule and both dates.