Yes, the green is hideous and you bought the condo , did you not? We don't know your labor market, ( location) but nowhere on planet earth will you get new cabinets in white, a rip of the floor, a tiled back splash, and UNIFIED flooring with the rest of the condo.......for 7k. Triple your number for the lowest end remodel and make up your own mind.

For a two year stay? Rip and unify the flooring and concentrate on something else. Or at the very least ask yourself if you'd have paid 20/25/30 k more for the condo if the kitchen were white and modern.

7k might get you new cabinets, but nothing else. Since the cabinets are in good condition and very pretty, I'd install a backsplash. The green marble is hideous, I'd look into extending the wood floor throughout the kitchen.

No way will 7 give u a brand new kitchen. We did a small “facelift” in our shore place n it cost just about that. And we used the lowest cost materials like reg old laminate countertops etc etc.

dont get me wrong, it looks much better than that old 70’s look and it’s fine for us n renters but if u have high end taste n can’t do any work, better just forget the whole idea n find renters who are not fussy. They Are out there, And they r looking for a deal too!

Good luck and If u want it done for You, then go for it. Now You are worth it! :).

There ya go......................

Paint the cabinets white. Then see how it looks.

Don't paint the cabinets. It will never make the green floor look good. Just replace the green flooring and your good to go.

I think everything except your floor is perfectly fine- maybe not your dream kitchen, but nothing that would turn potential renters away. Don't waste your money upgrading cabinets that renters will likely destroy anyway. I think redoing the tile is a much better choice. Just be aware, if your cabinets were installed on top of the tile, the "right" way to do it is remove cabinets, do floors, reinstall cabinets. That will keep you from having to redo the floor when you are ready to do cabinets and they don't match the old footprint exactly.

Spend the money on new flooring and keep the rest. I would not paint the cabinets at this point, especially if you might be moving and renting the unit out. You could change or add lighting in you want to brighten things up, but I think changing the floor will make a world of difference.

Thoughts on having wood floors vs another tile color? I wonder if the wood floor in kitchen might get ruined with water from kitchen use?

If you plan to rent it out in the future, I would avoid putting hardwood floors in the kitchen. No renter will care for wood floors as well as you would, and there would definitely be damage.

If you go with wood, then make sure it's finished properly. We once lived in a rental with wood flooring in the kitchen. The finish on it was rock-solid, so I never worried about water damage.

Yes please, get rid of that green and unify with the living area floors.

I would keep the cabinets as they are because they're in good condition and you're not staying there very long. What you could try though is change the handles?

If there's money left after the floors, consider doing smthg about the backsplash.

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Mehdia

"Thoughts on having wood floors vs another tile color? I wonder if the
wood floor in kitchen might get ruined with water from kitchen use?"

There are lots of good wood-looking tile options (in vinyl or porcelain) that I would use instead of real wood. And in a condo, you're unlikely to be able to install real hardwood properly anyway, because of the concrete floor. And, although I like and have had real wood in a kitchen, it does take a really good finish.

Change flooring for sure, as soon as you are able so you can enjoy it over next couple of years. Try and match the wood. If you can’t, at least choose a...less offensive...tile.

As for wood in kitchen, we have hardwood in kitchen of house we rent - hardwood is even in main floor bath - and it has been there since House was built in 2001. We have had no issues with it. Dishwasher leaked a few years ago after we first moved in and it damaged an MDF baseboard but floors got through it like a champ. I don’t prefer hardwood for other reasons, but concerns about in kitchen are not one of them. If worried though, go with a tile.

The cabinets look fine, especially if the plan is to rent this place out in 2-3 years.

Angela, I say this in kindness as someone else who recently inherited green stone details in a home purchase. . .

yes. The floor is every bit as hideous as you think it is. ;)

time to have fun changing it!

Get a custom size rug to cover marble.

How about a neutral colored, indoor/outdoor rug in the kitchen area?

It is a SMALL CONDO. One floor everywhere. Yes.......hardwood or a good LVP wood. If that takes your 7k? It's money well spent. Repeat.....one floor for all the area that can be seen in living space/kitchen. No fake wood tiles, against the existing hardwood in living space, Got that? There is the best spend of 7k. ONE floor, and I doubt it will cost that much. There you go.

Two years goes by awfully fast ( it seems like it was just Christmas ), I would think twice before sinking any more $ into it. The flooring is the only thing I’d change, assuming the cost not outrageous.

People will pay way more for a place that has hardwood, do not rip up existing hardwood in favor of something inferior. Not even for the sake of cohesion. Best option would be to match the existing hardwood for the kitchen but that will be nearly impossible.
I think most people expect the kitchen to transition to tile, so if you pick a neutral light tile it will go virtually unnoticed by most people. I think you definitely need a light tile against the dark of the rest of the space.
I think this space would be an amazing candidate for the new hexagon tile trend, which can be cut into the hardwood in a funky way -or not. Either marble look or plain matte white.
Don't try to put anything "wood look" up against actual wood, it will just highlight how fake it is.

Loving ElleN's photo, with the hexagon tile!

I would replace the flooring with sheet vinyl, get new counter tops in a light color and add some crown to the top of the cabinets. If you can determine who made the cabinets, check into getting a deep cabinet to go over the refrigerator.

Would not paint the cabinets because they look like they're in very good condition. Save that as an option for when the cabinets truly need a rescue because the finish failing, etc.

I would do a tile in the kitchen as well. No fake food up to real wood. But yes, definitely get rid of that green craziness. ;)

I'm not sure you should do anything if you are going to rent this out. Unless you are in high-end market with discerning renters, just go with the indoor/outdoor rug to cover tile while you are still living there. After you are done renting and want to move back in or decide to sell, you can then decide what to change (if anything) to sell.

Change the green tile floor and door/drawers hardware also add a backsplash.

If you want to rent it out, change the floor. As my experience, there are few people prefer green tile floor. It looks like mossy.

Do you think I should add a white backsplash as well? Just received estimate and it would cost ~$1500 to do.

I'm not sure how prices are where you are located, but $1500 for a straight run, simple white subway tile is high. Based on your picture it looks like you've got about 16 square feet ( (126" x 18")/144") of back splash area. That would work out to about $94 per square foot installed.

According to HomeAdvisor Backsplash Install Costs, here is what professional installation should cost for a typical, straight forward backsplash. The cost of material needs to be added in. But a typical white/off-white 3" x 6" subway tile can be had for around $2/sq. ft.

Type of Tile 20 sq ft. 30 sq. ft. 40 sq. ft. Per sq.ft.

Ceramic $592.00 $812.00 $1,032.00 $25.00

Two years fly by. A simple, soft white, 12 x 24 porcelain tile. No backsplash. It's far easier to repaint the area above the granite return than scrubbing grout lines.