<div>I got my first quote today for a new kitchen. It's considerably more that what I had budgeted for and what they knew I wanted to spend (perhaps not a smart move to go around sharing such info).

For $20k I am being given basic old Laminate with a flat edge (I think the curved version is ABS?)...so, basically what I already have only brand new and presumably better made (& FWIW that price does not include any kind of splashback nor, of course, appliances).

What exactly I get for my moola:

* L-shaped area measuring approx. 3 metres x 2 metres (standard bench width whatever that is