Omega is head and shoulders above any of the choices. Schrock/Kemper/Diamond is all the same company. Waypoint is just American Woodmark at Home Depot and Shenendoah at Lowes. A bit above builder grade. Light years away from Omega.

I’m surprised that Schrock is more than Omega. I’d suspect it was not an apples to apples quote, and would want to know what is missing from the Omega quote. Even if it were 20K, it would be worth it. It’s that much better.

Thank you for your input @live_wire_oak. That is pretty much what I found too during my internet search. It seems like a no brained to go with Omega. Of course, I’ve also seen negative reviews for them but assume if you look hard enough you can find bad reviews for any product.
I am a little less confident with the omega KD/Dealer than the Waypoint guy our G.C. liked. The quote she originally gave us was $14.6k. The preview image of the cabinets didn’t quite look right to us and we realized that she read one of my husband’s wall measurements of 15’ 9” as 159” So she revised the estimate after adding more cabinets to the $17.2k number. I realize that was just a preliminary/rough estimate and hopefully errors like that wouldn’t be made after confirming measurements and design layouts. Still seems like it may be too good to be true based upon the typical prices I’ve heard for Omega. We are waiting for her to submit yet another estimate for the Omega Full Access line because we originally liked the idea of more space with the frameless cabinets and she thinks it might be even a little lower in price. But now I’m second guessing frameless vs. framed too!

Well now I am even more torn. We got a quote from what seems to be a reputable local custom cabinet guy. His quote was $24K but that price included installation. Also the limited warranty the company offers is voided AND we are charged sale tax (since the seller has to convert it to a retail sale) if we have our G.C. install the cabinets. We are trying to find out how much our G.C. plans on charging for the installation so we can attempt to compare entire costs for the cabinets themselves plus installation to have a whole picture and compare apples to apples. Unfortunately, our G.C. seems to be beating around the bush when it comes to giving us an estimate cost for his labor to install the cabinets. Elsewhere I've found quotes ranging between $3500-6000. My feeling is that if the labor is ~5K then the cost of the truly custom cabinets from our local guy seems to be the better product and deal over Omega. Geez, I'm not sure. Any thoughts?

Beware! Custom is not a synonym with quality! Local custom is not always actually even custom. Sometimes it pretty far from it, and it’s just words for parts ordered and assembled.

What material are his boxes? What method of joinery does he use? Can he describe his finishing process and exact materials? Have you seen his spray booth? Where does he source his doors and drawer fronts? His drawer boxes? What does he actually make in house? If you wanted a curved radius end cabinet made from zebrawood, could he produce that in house?

Thank you so much for your reply! That is very useful information. I'm just learning about cabinetry so some of the lingo is confusing to me. We are scheduled to view his showroom on Tuesday. He seems reputable based upon how long they have been in business and his Yelp reviews but I'm always skeptical. His contract states that they use 1/2" Maple with dovetail construction for the drawer boxes and 3/4" pre-finished maple plywood interior. It also says they have PVC Edge banding (which I have no idea what that is). I will be sure to ask the above questions during our visit on Tuesday! Any other advice you have is greatly appreciated.