With a new year underway, it seems like the perfect time to take stock of your Cary, North Carolina home. One area that needs some home improvement this year is the kitchen, especially the cabinets. You’re eager to get them repainted, but you wonder how much this job will cost?
It costs $120 to $130 per linear foot to get your kitchen cabinets painted in Cary, North Carolina, with the prices of materials and labor rolled into that quote. If you have specialty cabinets such as broom cabinets or your cabinets are in especially poor condition, you should expect to pay more.
In this article, we’ll delve further into the costs of painting your kitchen cabinets in Cary. We’ll also go over quotes for the same job in other nearby parts of North Carolina, such as Raleigh, Hillsborough, Mebane, and Chapel Hill. You won’t want to miss it!
How Much Does Painting Kitchen Cabinets Cost in Cary, NC?
You found it easy to select the new color you wanted for your kitchen cabinets, but you’re not so sure you want to do the painting yourself. You’d instead leave it to the professionals to ensure a job well done.
In the Cary area, how much should you expect to pay for kitchen cabinet painting in 2021? Our team will do the job at a rate of $120 to $130 per linear foot. What is a linear foot, you ask? It a measurement of 12 inches extended linearly, such as the length of the cabinet.
If you’re not sure what size your kitchen cabinet is in linear feet, then measure its length. Take that number and divide it by 12, and you have the linear feet. If your cabinets are 10 feet by 10 feet and dual-walled, then they’re 240 inches or 10 linear feet each.
Using those measurements, the job would cost $1,200 to $1,300 for kitchen cabinets that are 10 feet. As we mentioned in the intro, the quote we provided accommodates for both labor and materials. Those prices are quite competitive then!
How Much Does Painting Kitchen Cabinets Cost in Raleigh, NC?
Now that we’ve addressed the prices of kitchen cabinet painting in Cary, what about surrounding areas of North Carolina?
For example, perhaps your home is the state capital of Raleigh. You have far more painting service options given your city’s size and scope compared to some smaller parts of North Carolina, so that’s something you should certainly use to your advantage.
Looking at the numbers from small business resource Manta, the average price for getting your kitchen cabinets painted in Raleigh is $2,793. On the lower end, the job costs $851, and on the higher end, it’s $4,736.
Manta notes that these quotes do include the entirety of project costs, which may explain why it’s heftier. For instance, the cleanup fees, machinery and components needed, surface prep, equipment, and materials are added to the final bill. General contractor fees, sales taxes on supplies and materials, inspection or building fees, and permits would be separate fees.
Home Advisor suggests even lower prices than Manta for kitchen cabinet painting in Raleigh, with an average of $633 up to $1,700.
How Much Does Painting Kitchen Cabinets Cost in Hillsborough, NC?
Hillsborough in Orange County is a small town with fewer than 7,000 residents. You adore the coziness of this area. If you’re looking into kitchen painting services here in 2021, how big of a bill should you expect?
Using Manta again, the average cost for painting kitchen cabinets in Hillsborough is $2,478. The job may be as low as $755 and as high as $4,202. If you look at those prices and then compare the costs for Raleigh’s same service, it’s somewhat cheaper to get cabinets painted in Hillsborough, but not by any significant margin.
Once again, the cleanup fees, prep, machinery, materials, and labor are included in the bill, but inspections, permits, sales taxes, and general contractor fees are not. That work would cost $297.36 to $371.10 extra.
How Much Does Painting Kitchen Cabinets Cost in Mebane, NC?
About 15 minutes down the road is Mebane, partially in Orange County but is considered primarily to be located in Alamance County. Given its proximity to Hillsborough, can you expect the prices for kitchen cabinet pricing to be about the same, or will the job be even costlier?
To answer that, we’ll review Manta’s numbers for the Mebane area. The average price for getting cabinets redone in the city is $2,349, only a difference of $129 between Mebane and Hillsborough. Continuing with the trend of Mebane’s cabinet painting services being slightly cheaper, the lower costs for the job are $804, and the higher prices up to $4,471.
If you need a general contractor and further inspections and permits, you might add anywhere from $281.88 to $352.35 to your overall total, which isn’t horrible. Remember that you wouldn’t pay extra for materials and labor.
How Much Does Painting Kitchen Cabinets Cost in Chapel Hill, NC?
The University of North Carolina is in Chapel Hill, which is why this town is so great. You may have decided to settle here for proximity to the Morehead Planetarium & Science Center or perhaps the North Carolina Botanical Garden. No matter what you love most about living here, will you love the costs of getting your kitchen cabinets painted?
The prices don’t differ all that much from the other parts of North Carolina that we’ve discussed, but you will be looking at a slightly higher bill in Chapel Hill, notes Manta. The lowest quote for the work is $802, with an average cost of $2,632 and a max price of $4,463. These prices are closer to Raleigh’s, which makes sense when you consider Raleigh and Chapel Hill’s popularity.
The fees for inspection, contracting, and permits would be slightly pricier, about $315.84 to $394.80 if you needed those services. Labor and materials would be added to your bill.
How to Choose a Kitchen Cabinet Painting Service in North Carolina
Now that you’ve seen the prices for getting your kitchen cabinet painted in various parts of North Carolina, including Cary, how do you narrow down which service is best for the job? Here’s what we recommend.
Compare Prices
The average costs we shared are just that–averages–and not necessarily indicative of the price you will pay for kitchen cabinet painting. The only exception is the Cary prices, which are a direct quote from our company.
Make sure that you contact several other painting services for quotes instead of relying exclusively on the above averages. Once you have a few quotes, compare them. If one painting service adds labor to their bill, another doesn’t make sure you jot it down. You need a full picture of the prices for each company before you proceed.
Scout Company Services
The cost of work alone can be enough to push your decision, but we don’t suggest you stop there. You also want to look into the painting company, visiting their website and perhaps their social media pages. On these sites, you’re looking for a comprehensive list of services the company offers.
Even though some companies might paint interiors, that doesn’t always mean kitchen cabinets are included. Call or email the company to ensure they offer the services you need. This step will help you cross a lot of potential companies off the list.
Look at Before and After Photos
Ideally, the painting company’s website should have lots of before and after photos of home interiors so you can get an understanding of their style and level of professionalism. If you can’t find any pictures on their website, then check the painting company’s social media profiles, especially Facebook and Instagram.
Read Reviews
Before and after pictures can be really encouraging, but you can’t use them alone as the basis of your decision. By now, you probably only have two, maybe three painting services you’re considering for your kitchen cabinets. Make sure you read the reviews for each company before hiring one.
If the company has nothing but stellar reviews to the point where it seems a bit phony, then something is probably off. The company may delete negative reviews, which you don’t want. No company that offers any service is going to strike gold 100 percent of the time. That’s okay, though. If a customer has a complaint, you want to see it to learn what about the service they didn’t like. You can only do that through reviews.
A few negative reviews here and there are normal, but if the reviews are overwhelmingly negative, that’s not good either. Most customers don’t get paid to leave reviews but do it out of their own inclination. If they’ve taken time out of their day to write the review and said review is bad, don’t discount that.
Conclusion
In Cary, North Carolina, painting kitchen cabinets is $120 to $130 per linear foot through our service. We include labor and materials procurement in that quote. Our costs are competitive for many parts of North Carolina, yet our service is top-notch.
We hope this post inspires you to make 2021 the year that you finally get your kitchen cabinets painted!
