It is important that before getting kitchen estimates for renovation or having a set of plans prepared by a designer you need to decide on your spending limit. For your own protection, you must know what you can afford to spend. By establishing your spending limit based around what you can afford it will help you and the future contractor to find the best solution for your kitchen remodeling project.
All renovation projects require a lot of decisions that impact on the overall kitchen remodel cost. The detailed scope of the work and the design of the kitchen remodel decide the cost to produce any kitchen addition project.
Often your expectation of what you want and what your budget allows are two entirely different things. So prior to talking to designers or remodeling contractors, you need to have some idea of what you want and how much you have to spend.
The best place to start to find out your kitchen renovation cost is to outline exactly what you would like. The clearer your definition of what you want the more accurate will be the kitchen estimate.
If you think you want more than your budget will allow, the best way to test that is to get a recommended remodeling contractor to prepare a brief estimate of your kitchen remodel cost based on your renovation plan. At least then you will know if your ideas match your budget.
Once you receive that estimate you can then refine your remodeling plan and make sure the budget and plan are in alignment. You will then be in a position to either employ a designer if it is a large remodeling project or may be go to 3 or 4 contractors if it is a small kitchen remodeling project.