Interestingly, the guy describes his house as a 6 or 7 out of 10 – but then explains it’s a 25 year old house, with no upgrades, original cabinet, worst landscaping on the block, water damage, and a hole in the garage.

In the kitchen, I'm thinking about pre-fab cabinets that I stain myself.

Got the cabinets on sale at Home Depot (I usually use Kitchen Cabinet Kings but I couldn't pass on the 30% off on the cheapest Home Depot cabinets).

I think I might just go for the repainting kitchen cabinets idea.

So at this point we need cabinets selected.

Cabinets over tile or tile up to cabinets?

Now, he was never been in the duplex, which has wood floors, brand new kitchen cabinets, metal accent wall and all new lighting and painting etc.

We kept the same cabinets in the kitchen and used a staining trick that has saved us plenty of money up to this point.

Replace most lightning, 1st Floor- Walls/ceilings (repair and paint, popcorn ceiling removal), hardwood floors (repair some areas /refinish), tile floors (reglaze &/or replace to be more modern/consistent, Kitchen (glaze tile/back-splash, paint cabinets, recover counter top, replace sink, repair wood below sink, replace appliances, replace stove hood-vent)...

Kitchen was gutted and new cabinets and stainless appliances added.