Honestly these don't sound unreasonable to me. It is a part of changing things when you build a new home. What is spec'd out and what you want may be 2 different things. I would suggest going back through your entire contract and really see what you are getting for flooring, tile, vanities, lighting, etc.

There will be more surprises unfortunately.

“Are these prices reasonable? There must be markup on all of these.”

Yes, those prices are quite reasonable. Those prices are reasonable enough in today’s crazy market that I almost wonder if they’re high enough including the markup. As to a markup, indeed there has to be a markup - builders are in business to make a living for themselves and their employees, and are entitled to a markup for the changes you are making. They should not be making your changes at cost or they’ll go out of business.

“we realized how expensive it is to make drawers into cabinets”

Please explain this statement in more detail. Are you saying that there are drawers for the base cabinets of your kitchen that you want to change into cabinets with doors? If that is what you are saying, I advise you to keep the drawers. Drawers are the superior choice in a kitchen, and you shouldn’t spend money to change them into base cabinets. If you are talking about something else, please provide more explanation, or drawings.

Ooops my bad. I meant cabinets to drawers.

That’s extremely low priced. I’d have to wonder about the cabinet line being used.

Way cheap. Scary.

Hi when you say its cheap and therefore scary.. what prices are usual for these changes? Thanks.

One meeelion dollaires!

We have no idea of the price point of the home or the brand of cabinets. To choose the open cabinets for example, you say $700 additional for two cabinets to have them prepped for glass. That’s $350 per cabinet on top of the initial allowance. In some lines that would be plenty in some lines it would not. That change would not have a labor cost associated as that would be figured into the initial estimate. Adding cabinets to the back of the island would have a labor cost plus the entire cost of the additional cabinets.

The house costs 630k. It is custom made by a builders contractor. Using MDF for all cabinets and drawers. The glass cabinet doesnt come with glass shelving for that

I’d expect a 45-55K cabinet allowance for a home in that price range. 60% of that for the kitchen, 40% for baths, laundry room, butler pantry, etc. And that still would only be middle of the road quality cabinets without a lot of bells. Not upper end custom stacked to the ceiling with bells and whistles.

Pay whatever extra you need to for deep drawers over lower cabinets. I agree the prices seem way too low. Make sure you understand what brand cabinets you are getting, and what the quality is like.

Well worth the cost. So happy we did all drawers.