Thanks Verbo. I am planning to get electrician and plumber. HVAC is a 30+ year high velocity system which needs to be replaced. Seller gave a quote and agreed to pay partial cost, but I suspect it will be much higher than that quote.

Thanks palimpsest. That is very useful to know that I may not be able to upgrade the electric. There is a smaller box with 70A in the kitchen but this will definitely need to be increased. I'm worried this kitchen is going to now engulf my entire budget (:

My situation may have been much different than yours, 1st floor /basement unit in a 9000 sq foot row house right near all the utilities in one case, 3rd and 4th floor unit in a 12,000 sq foot house where any upgraded electrical would have had to pass through 3 or more intervening units, which was not going to happen.

You need to talk to your HOA first to find out whether they wll allow it as most condos have restrictions on what can be moved in terms of stuff that impacts the structure - this would include cutting into the exterior wall if you want to vent.

Also you state that your budget is limited and my experience is that the kind of move you are contemplating - even if permitted - would add to your budget.

You need to find out what can be done for your actual budget by hiring a kitchen designer who can give you a reality check. You can then prioritize what you can realistically afford or even whether you want to wait for the full kitchen remodel when yu have a more realistic budget and just do some minor cosmetic tweaking.

Except for the exterior venting why is moving the stove providing a better experience. If you are on the top floor venting is possible to be done through the roof - perhaps there is a pre-existing vent there. I live in a high rise and there are no exterior walls but the stove wall has a vent in the wall that connects to some kind of "conduit" that expels air at the end so there might be a preexisting vent above the current stove. My old stove had no vent or hood but had some kind of "fan" that did nothing but there was a "vent" that existed

Have you considered induction instead of standard electric. In many ways it provides as good or even better cooking experience than gas. In some places gas is no longer permitted in new buildings because of the pollution of gas.

However - my experience when I did a remodel was that I did ultimately have to upgrade the electrical panel because new Code required that each major appliance had to be on its own heavy duty circuit and my old panel didn't have enough. I don't think switching from a standard electrical to an induction would cause problems since you would just be replacing one major appliance with another. In my situation I went from a stove to a wall oven, induction cooktop; actual hood and a microwave drawer so I added three major appliances each of which required their dedicated circuit.

Have you considered induction instead of standard electric. In many ways it provides as good or even better cooking experience than gas. In some places gas is no longer permitted in new buildings because of the pollution of gas.

I was just going to post the same. I had been a gas gal myself but switched to induction in our new house. Now I would NEVER go back to gas. Induction is so much easier and cleaner. Windex and a paper towel clean up the surface and the surface never gets hot. So much safer in so many ways.

Thank you Helen and cpartist . Funnily enough I had wanted to initially go electric as well for safety reasons , but everyone else was very dismissive. Makes me feel much better to hear your experiences. I really do have to move the stove. It is between a door to the attic space and a doorway to the living room. There is no space to keep any utensils / pots or pans on either side of the stove. There is currently a chimney above it, so when I move the stove I will need a new hood / vent. I included this at the P&S, so they did agree to me installing a vent but on one specific wall only.

So you have permission to add a vent on the wall that you are moving the stove to? That is good.

FWIW besides providing a really good cooking experience, they are significantly safer than standard stoves because the surface doesn't get hot. So they are great in households with kids and they are even recommended for ADA or seniors because of the safety factor.

There is a lot of snobbism about stoves but even standard electric coils or smoothtops can produce delicious food and they excel at certain things and gas at others. The only thing that can't be duplicated on induction or electric is true wok cooking but then most people with regular gas stoves don't have a special wok burner either

I live in a two-unit (up and down) 1910 building, and have lived in both the upper and lower unit. I have moved gas lines, but only while living in the lower unit (It was quite easy as the gas lines run through the basement and are readily accessible; it only cost me $300 to extend the gas line to the opposite side of the room). I can't speak to the condo issues, since I am joint tenants with my ex who is in the upper unit.

Assuming it's a wood-framed building I would expect this to be possible. Ease and affordability are the questions. Where do the gas lines run? Yeah, I could give you more details on MY house, but you need someone to tell you about your house and what will work there and how much it will cost. Get yourself a local expert.

I will also vouch for an induction range. I replaced my gas range when I remodeled and am really happy with induction. An induction range (any electric range) will need it's own circuit, though, so there are costs on that front as well.