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corian
Just my 2p but imo it's the best type of worktop. It can be mended, doesn't rot and allows you to have a moulded sink and lip(?) to the splashback to prevent water ingress.
Although if you don't have the latter two, then some of it's usefulness is lost.
As to the cost, it's reassuringly pricey but often won't fetch much 2nd hand as you'd often need to get a corian pro in to retrofit it unless it's a like-for-like fit or very standard. Try and make sure you get the samples and the colour codes from the current owners. If you sell it, it'll help. If you keep it and need a repair, it'll help.
hugo7-
well its white which i guess will help, i haven’t seen it in the flesh yet though.
pondered a bit more and i did think of paying somebody to remove it and then i’ll just take the under cabinets off the wall and use them again for the refit
maybe even just move the sink ones so they can fit the central heating pipes.
having seen one kitchen being done in my place i figured the real skill is in the fitting of the units and scribing/fixing the filler panels etc.
basically the fiddling where things are not square/level and making it look ‘right’ the rest is just plumbing/electrics/tiling.
got to make a call on the financing in a week or so and don’t want to run out of wedge before its’s all done or over borrow (healthy LTV so plan is to pay up and do it all before we move in so want it done as quickly as we can)
Mr_Smyth
not sure if this if for DIY or homes thread.
if purchase goes through the kitchen isn’t to our taste, it does however have decent units (no idea what make but hoping ikea or howdens) and very nice white corian worktop. there is a huge washing machine sticking out as the owner has a child so i guess its a big load and on all the time.
there are no wall cabinets just a cooker hood, one side of the kitchen will be redone with ‘coffee corner’ 30cm deep and lots of sockets for 2x grinders, espresso machine etc. some remodelling to fit a freestanding fridge freezer and a few shelves.
we are going to get some kind of wood,fenix custom fronts/plykea doors and a couple of wall cabinets.
the floor tiles and spalshback tiles are not old but they need to go.
question is do we rip it all out or do we remove kickboards and get it retiled? ill strip the splashback and maybe get glass or different tiles, coffee corner will be units to suit (howdens/ikea) and whatever fronts we want.
a built in unit will somehow have to be fitted where the washing machine is.
is it worth trying to keep the corian? no idea how much this stuff is.
there will be some central heating pipework going in so a fiddle for the fitter to work under the sink with existing cabinets. there is one filler panel touching the floor where the washing machine is (built in oven on other side.
budget we allowed was 15k to redo it but if a remodel is less than 10 then it makes sense.
anyone faced a similar dilemma before?
any tradespeople been asked and said ‘no way’?