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Outdoor Kitchen Budget | Don’t Make this Planning Slip Up!

Before you start your project, you’re going to need an outdoor kitchen budget. Otherwise… You’re going to keep spending with no end in sight!

And while a budget is essential… Unfortunately, many homeowners go about it the wrong way. How do they go about it? The primary problem is cutting corners. Sometimes… You can get away with taking shortcuts. This couldn’t be more false with an outdoor kitchen! A grill island project is the last thing you want to cut corners on.

Why?

Well… An outdoor kitchen is meant to be a lifetime investment. When you’re going through all of this effort… The result should last a long time! Imagine how frustrated you would be if your grill island started falling apart after a year or two. Or your grill went kaput.

You’ll be even more unhappy when you receive the bill for repairs. Or even worse… You have to replace and completely start from scratch. That’s not to say you can’t have wiggle room in your outdoor kitchen budget. You just can’t sacrifice cost where it counts. And where does it count most?

Materials.

Materials make the difference between an outdoor kitchen that lasts a lifetime… And one that starts breaking down after a year. This is especially key if you live in a climate with harsh winters. Most outdoor kitchen solutions aren’t constructed to handle snow, ice, humidity, and temperature fluctuations.

What do we recommend?

Concrete.

It doesn’t rust… Rot… Corrode… Or get damaged by harsh winters. In fact, the concrete mix we use at RTA is rated for 100 years! Yes… You’ll have to pay a little more. But when it comes to your outdoor kitchen budget… There’s no better way to ensure you get your money’s worth.

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after years of helping thousands of people with the design and planning stage of their projects we have come to really understand how to effectively plan a project and the most common mistakes most people make cutting corners we understand more than anyone that most people come into a

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project with a predetermined budget that they would like to stay within but we would strongly urge you not to cut corners to try to fit your project within your budget instead we would strongly recommend creating a must-have and a nice-to-have list for your appliances so that if you

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work with an expert they can help you create a design that gives you the most bang for your buck appliances are really just one piece of the project the quality and material of the structure are something you really should never compromise on to cut the

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cost of your project down because these are the things that make up the foundation of your kitchen and directly correlate to the longevity of it look we know it may be tempting to want to save some money but if it means compromising on the longevity of your

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kitchen it will save you money now but will most likely cost you more money in the long run if you have to make repairs or replace things that break down if you can lay out a list of nice to haves versus must-haves you can start eliminating the nice-to-haves if you’re

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getting tight on your budget you could also consider switching up the design and maybe downgrading from a u-shape to an l-shaped design or moving from an l-shape to a smaller linear layout to save some money there are many ways to value engineer your project but never never

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never compromise on the quality of the materials of your island countertops or appliances

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