Hi guys,
This is my second post on this forum, but I registered only to thank you about this thread because this really started me in bricklinking old set (I've started with a sand blue grocer in august, then couldn't stop and have done the Cafe corner, then the Winter Village Cottage, Bakery and Post office).
I used mainly Bricklink and Brick and Pieces (almost half and half). Each project (Blue grocer and Cafe corner) cost me around 500-550 canadian dollar. Doing the Blue Grocer was a big project for a first time with Bricklink :)
I've done some piece swap, change the color for the green grocer because I couldn't convince my girlfriend to spend 500$ on sand green pieces. For the cafe corner, I think I've changed only the window and the light bluish gray door for a reverted side one.
Here's a picture of my bricklinked modular, if it could inspire other like me to start the project.