Painted cabinets in long-term rentals/flips

[Brian Orr]

Has anybody tried this? The cabinets are in great shape but they're so dated. I'm not so much looking for economic reasons to "just leave them the way they are" haha, I already know that's what I "should" do. They need to be updated to get a good price, so the question is, is painting cabinets really worth the effort? And, do they last?

[John T.]

I often paint the kitchen and bathroom cabinets white. Its cheaper to paint the cabinets than to replace them. Also, its easy to touch up paint between tenants.

If the cabinets are dated, you might try re-facing the cabinet doors and then painting them. I had worn "1980s style" cabinets in one rental. I re-faced the doors (changed from 1980s style to Shaker style) and painted them. They looked great.