Sunny
Well-known member
Just wanted to share this with you. I hope you'll find it helpful.
One of the Airbnbs we rented before we bought our home in CABA needed some kitchen cabinet repairs. I asked the administrator if she could arrange it before our check-in, but the place was booked back to back so she scheduled the repairs for our first week of stay. The carpenter she chose came highly recommended by a friend of a friend. The work he did, back in January: two double-door corner cabinets and three wall cabs, replacing 12 hinges; he attached them by drilling larger holes in the doors, which he filled with hard wood dowels.He completed the dowel work on the first day and returned the next day to install the hinges, adjust and align all doors and drawers. He was professional, punctual, meticulous, and charged 230,000 pesos (hardware included) when the exchange rate was 1,200 pesos per dollar.
I told him that day that we would need a similar repair for our own flat, in April. I called him three weeks ago, he came to see the job. Similar corner cabs repair, four hinges needed to be changed and all of the cabs needed overall adjustment. I also asked him to dismantle the upper part of a bookcase, leaving the lower cabinet intact, and install magnets on all our closet doors (20). Yesterday he was here at 8:00 AM, on the dot, and left at 11:00. Today, he accommodated my request for a later start, arriving at 9:30 AM, the work was completed by 5:30 PM. He charged 270,000 pesos. This man is a gem, we are hiring him for a custom cabinet project next.
I have no idea how much the same work would cost today in the States. We renovated three kitchens in the past 26 years and, even back in the 2000s, carpenters charged an arm and a leg. I didn't shop around this time because I trusted this man's expertise based on our previous interaction.
One of the Airbnbs we rented before we bought our home in CABA needed some kitchen cabinet repairs. I asked the administrator if she could arrange it before our check-in, but the place was booked back to back so she scheduled the repairs for our first week of stay. The carpenter she chose came highly recommended by a friend of a friend. The work he did, back in January: two double-door corner cabinets and three wall cabs, replacing 12 hinges; he attached them by drilling larger holes in the doors, which he filled with hard wood dowels.He completed the dowel work on the first day and returned the next day to install the hinges, adjust and align all doors and drawers. He was professional, punctual, meticulous, and charged 230,000 pesos (hardware included) when the exchange rate was 1,200 pesos per dollar.
I told him that day that we would need a similar repair for our own flat, in April. I called him three weeks ago, he came to see the job. Similar corner cabs repair, four hinges needed to be changed and all of the cabs needed overall adjustment. I also asked him to dismantle the upper part of a bookcase, leaving the lower cabinet intact, and install magnets on all our closet doors (20). Yesterday he was here at 8:00 AM, on the dot, and left at 11:00. Today, he accommodated my request for a later start, arriving at 9:30 AM, the work was completed by 5:30 PM. He charged 270,000 pesos. This man is a gem, we are hiring him for a custom cabinet project next.
I have no idea how much the same work would cost today in the States. We renovated three kitchens in the past 26 years and, even back in the 2000s, carpenters charged an arm and a leg. I didn't shop around this time because I trusted this man's expertise based on our previous interaction.
