Wow, saw that the main bulk of your cost goes to your kitchen. I would suggest to install the soft-closing yourself or buy the soft-closing for drawers and cabinets and pay the carpentor a small labour charge for them to install it for you. Your kitchen cost would cut more than 20%. I had my kitchen installed without soft-closing and it is less than $4000. When I ask him to quote for one with soft-closing, it's more than $6000, like yours! That's totally a rip-off just for the soft-closing....