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Kitchen remodeling project brief and proposal comparison worksheet
Kitchen remodeling proposals are easier to compare when every contractor sees the same room, goals, keep-replace-relocate decisions, appliance and surface assumptions, access conditions, selection responsibilities, and open questions. This helpful preparation resource from PickYourPro.ai turns those decisions into a consistent project brief without replacing professional measurement, design, trade, permit, or code review.
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This is a project-planning worksheet, not design, construction, structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, code, permit, contract, financing, or legal advice. It does not determine feasibility, required permits, product compatibility, safe methods, or final measurements. Qualified professionals and relevant authorities must verify what applies at the property.
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How to use this resource
Walk through the existing kitchen and record only what you know. Note the current layout, what works, what does not, items that may stay, and changes you want a contractor to evaluate. Separate must-haves from preferences. Mark measurements, structural questions, utility locations, product compatibility, permit needs, and hidden conditions as items for professional verification. Give every contractor the same brief and ask for a written proposal that identifies assumptions, exclusions, allowances, selections, responsibilities, schedule, and change process.
Open the PDF in a form-capable viewer, save a copy, then fill it in. Reopen your saved copy to check your answers. You can also print the blank pages and write by hand. Your answers are not submitted to PickYourPro.ai.
MAP KEEP, REPLACE, AND RELOCATE
Use plain-language decisions; leave feasibility for professional review.
PREPARE SELECTION AND ACCESS QUESTIONS
Tick what is ready; mark everything else for professional verification.
QUESTIONS FOR THE KITCHEN CONTRACTOR
Record how this contractor would verify, scope, coordinate, and document the work.
COMPARE THE SAME KITCHEN SCOPE
Use A and B in every box. Clarify differences before choosing.
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Kitchen Remodeling preparation checklist
- Photograph and describe the existing kitchen, adjoining areas, access path, and conditions a contractor should inspect.
- List the problems to solve and rank must-haves, preferences, and items that are still undecided.
- Use keep, replace, relocate, add, or remove for cabinets, counters, sink, appliances, lighting, flooring, ventilation, storage, and other features.
- Record appliance models or approximate requirements only when known, and ask professionals to verify fit, clearances, connections, and compatibility.
- Identify layout, wall, opening, flooring, utility, ventilation, or moisture questions that need professional evaluation without assuming a solution.
- Note who selects, orders, receives, stores, inspects, and installs each finish, fixture, appliance, and accessory.
- Request a written proposal covering scope, preparation, protection, disposal, coordination, allowances, exclusions, schedule assumptions, and change process.
- Compare every proposal against the same room, decisions, selections, responsibilities, and verification questions.
Questions to ask a kitchen remodeling contractor
- How will you verify the existing room, dimensions, hidden conditions, utilities, ventilation, access, and feasibility before finalizing the scope?
- Which demolition, protection, preparation, repair, installation, finish, cleanup, and disposal tasks are included or excluded?
- How are cabinets, counters, appliances, fixtures, flooring, lighting, hardware, and other selections specified and coordinated?
- Who is responsible for design, trade coordination, permits, inspections, ordering, delivery, storage, damage checks, and site decisions?
- What assumptions, allowances, lead-time dependencies, work sequencing, access needs, and schedule milestones will be written into the proposal?
- How will substitutions, discoveries, delays, owner changes, price changes, approvals, warranties, closeout, and the complete fee structure be documented?
Write down the answers and any exclusions. If two proposals describe different work, clarify the difference before comparing their totals. Leave unanswered points blank until the professional confirms them.
A CLEARER NEXT STEP
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Create an account on PickYourPro.ai and start a Kitchen Remodeling request. Share the existing room, goals, keep-replace-relocate decisions, selection status, access, desired timing, and items needing professional verification so participating pros can compete with proposals. Compare the same written scope, assumptions, allowances, responsibilities, timing, complete fee structure, terms, and fit.
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Official references and scope
These are original planning prompts, with AI assistance, prepared by PickYourPro.ai. Official links checked October 10, 2026. This pack has not been independently reviewed by a licensed specialist.
- Federal Trade Commission: How To Avoid a Home Improvement Scam ↗
FTC consumer guidance recommends getting multiple estimates, asking about significant differences, and reviewing written scope and terms. This worksheet applies those comparison principles to kitchen-specific decisions; it does not repeat financing or state-law instructions.
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