Refacing laminate cabinets?

[Johann Jells]

I have a kitchen with 70's laminate custom cabinets. It seems worth exploring new doors and refacing the carcasses rather than ripping it all out or just leaving it.  Anyone have experience with this kind of job? What does it cost? I bet I could just buy doors at Ikea. Is it possible to paint the carcasses? I've always believed laminate and paint never really works, it'll always start chipping at the corners. If I did this I'd put in granite slab and a tile backsplash. 15 years ago when I bought the place I put new hardware on the cabs and called it a day.

Once you start ripping these cabinets, you start creating a whole lot of work with the soffits etc. The floor however needs to go, it was badly laid right on top of ply and is constantly coming up.  The outgoing tenants were paying $1850, it's about 1000 ft with free shared laundry and a patio in a rapidly gentrifying area.