Anyone ever used Lowe’s or Home Depot for kitchen remodel?

What about using a HELOC and getting your own contractor?

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If you have to finance (nothing wrong with that since this isn't the OT)

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Ha, I thought I might catch some if I mentioned that word. I’ve done numerous house projects on opening new credit cards without interest for the first year or so. Trying not to have a ton of cards I don’t use after I pay them off. Thanks for the input guys!

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Plus of course they'll want him to use their stuff.

For instance their lower quality faucet's instead of something better from a plumbing supply house. And from experience many are just the same on the outside. Another would be their lumber where the price of trim is often way out of sight. Would this also include cabinets, because no way I'd want to be tied to a big box for them?

A word of caution: most of the better trades people are busy enough from doing quality work, that they don't need a middle guy soaking up any profits, and right now they're in even higher demand. The wait might surprise you.

We got our cabinets and countertops through Lowes. The process was simple and was not much more than what we were quoted by independent contractors. We Went Kraftmaid cabinets and quartz counters that were a Lowes "exclusive". Would do again. The lead time were MUCH better with Lowes and that was well worth the extra $400 IMO. A month faster to have a kitchen again after the flood was great.

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Hate to break it to you but this usually means it's a lower quality product

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I would generally agree but they were the only company in Louisiana that carried the quartz the boss lady picked out. It was special order even then. Lower quality or not, 4 years later, they look just as clean and shiny as the day they were installed. Sage Surfaces reps the A&R brand and rumor has it that it's actually made by Silestone for them. Either way, we could not be happier with both our cabinets and the countertops. YMMV but going from eating on plywood and paper plates tends to make you much more appreciative of the things you get. For us, the 4 week time difference between Lowe's and every private contractor was worth thousands to us and was about $400 more after all things were considered and that was against the lowest bid. Most bids were thousands more for crap.