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Originally Posted by d00little
Does anybody know how much it would cost to create an open-concept kitchen? I'm talking about in one of those common 1950/60's bungalows.
What would be the price above and beyond a normal kitchen renovation. E.g. closed kitchen renovation vs open kitchen renovation. Is the wall load bearing or is there load bearing pole inside?
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Considering the vintage of the house, those walls are probably load bearing. If you know what to look for you can have a peek in the attic and see what kind of trusses you have. Manufactured scissor trusses would mean the interior walls likely are not load bearing. But that's not probable in your house so your next move is to look in the basement and see what is beneath the walls you want to open up. Is there a wall or post beneath at the points where you will be leaving the post upstairs? basically you will be transferring the weight of the whole wall to two points at the corners. Those points have to be supported in the basement down to the concrete...even down to a footing in some cases. It's not hard to open up the walls...two posts and a beam (both of sufficient structure as designed by an engineer). The work in the basement is also easy if it's not developed, more difficult if it is developed. And if it was previously open it would be partly closed up with the new support posts.
A regular kitchen with appliances and electrical upgrades and permits should be about 40-50k. The structural work would be just a guess but upwards of 15k if it went well and easy. You will also have a flooring issue when you take out the wall (they likely did not run the floor under the wall so there will be a piece of missing floor). So plan on doing something with that...this could add a bunch to the cost if you want to feather in hardwood and refinish the whole floor on the main.