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> $2000 isn't realistic if you're counting all materials from the ground up Kitchens certainly don't magically spring up from the ground after the spring rain.

> $2000 isn't realistic if you're counting all materials from the ground up Kitchens certainly don't magically spring up from the ground after the spring rain. You naturally would have to count every last input cost for any kind of meaningful comparison. The restaurants certainly are when pricing their food. > Adding all that up and doubling it brings us to $6000 in construction costs. For, say, a 150 sq.ft. kitchen (the average sized kitchen)? Which means if we theoretically placed 10 of those rooms side by side, totalling 1,500 sq.ft., you could build what is essentially an entire house for $60,000? I realize that doesn't include all the fixtures, but it still seems quite low. Labour must be pretty cheap where you're from.

0xffff2 6y ago
>but it still seems quite low I don't know what to tell you except I have experience actually doing this. A full house needs a roof and foundation, which I neglected in my original estimate. I don't have time to work out an estimate on an entire roof and divide it to assign partial cost to the kitchen, but I doubt the roof and foundation together are going to add any more than anther $6000 for the kitchen alone. The overarching point is that we're still a long way from $60,000 for a kitchen.
- randomdata 6y ago
  > which I neglected in my original estimate. Seems to be a lot of that going on around this topic. If you don't count every last penny, you're not being fair to what it costs to cook at home. I get it, if you only count the receipts of your rice and bean purchases, it will be pennies a day. That's not your cost, though. > The overarching point is that we're still a long way from $60,000 for a kitchen. I did mention that labour might be cheap where you are from. Prices can swing wildly from place to place. Labour is, by far, the largest cost in the construction, so it wouldn't be too surprising to see the cost of the final product swing widely alongside that. The good news is that I'm not sure the exact amount matters much at the end of the day as if labour is cheaper, restaurants will also be able to produce food cheaper. No matter how you slice it, you're just not going to be able to compete with the economies of scale of a restaurant. But ultimately it doesn't matter as people don't cook at home for rational economic reasons, they cook at home because it is an enjoyable activity. You definitely don't have to sell me on that. I love cooking. I would never trade my kitchen for an extra dollar in my pocket.

0xffff2 6y ago

>but it still seems quite low I don't know what to tell you except I have experience actually doing this. A full house needs a roof and foundation, which I neglected in my original estimate. I don't have time to work out an estimate on an entire roof and divide it to assign partial cost to the kitchen, but I doubt the roof and foundation together are going to add any more than anther $6000 for the kitchen alone. The overarching point is that we're still a long way from $60,000 for a kitchen.

randomdata 6y ago
> which I neglected in my original estimate. Seems to be a lot of that going on around this topic. If you don't count every last penny, you're not being fair to what it costs to cook at home. I get it, if you only count the receipts of your rice and bean purchases, it will be pennies a day. That's not your cost, though. > The overarching point is that we're still a long way from $60,000 for a kitchen. I did mention that labour might be cheap where you are from. Prices can swing wildly from place to place. Labour is, by far, the largest cost in the construction, so it wouldn't be too surprising to see the cost of the final product swing widely alongside that. The good news is that I'm not sure the exact amount matters much at the end of the day as if labour is cheaper, restaurants will also be able to produce food cheaper. No matter how you slice it, you're just not going to be able to compete with the economies of scale of a restaurant. But ultimately it doesn't matter as people don't cook at home for rational economic reasons, they cook at home because it is an enjoyable activity. You definitely don't have to sell me on that. I love cooking. I would never trade my kitchen for an extra dollar in my pocket.