High End Appliances - When are they justified?

[Kerry Baird]

Opinions please. High end appliances, Yes or No?

I'm working on a Key West style remodel located one house from the Intracoastal Waterway, 6 blocks from the ocean in Florida. The innards were shot when we bought it at $620,000 and it appraised at $646000 at purchase. ARV is in the $800,000 price point. However, the house looks a lot like a farmhouse.

@Karen Margrave, you had an older post on appliances, but the post is a bit dated.  What appliances are you using now?  My supposition is that anyone spending $800k on a beachside house would expect to see the high end appliances.  

Cabinet bid $27000  Appliance bid $25000 (Wolf induction range, Wolf convection steam oven, subzero fridge, Fisher Paykel dishwasher, and a microwave drawer that we are going to drop).  Plan B would be a lesser package...say KitchenAid or Samsung (we've used in our last rehab, but at a $400k price point). 

Has anyone had success in getting a discount on the high end appliances, such as Sub Zero, Wolf, Jenn Air?  

The photo below is the kitchen that we are copying.  

Opinions please. High end appliances, or no?