Kitchen price - they taking the mickey?

CKdesigner

HarrowMarrow wrote: »

Correct SM, add on fitting and it's horrible. RRP (before 50% off) of a single curved cabinet in Homebase £1000 - don't make me laugh...i mean cry!

The thing is all these discounts, its Rubbish! But people still fall for it. I know a kitchen company that will give you a 95% discount!

HarrowMarrow

I know it's all rubbish, I think by law you can advertise a discount about 300 days out of 365. But as you say, they seem very loathe to haggle and probably cos business ain't too bad with MFI blown out. £500 still seems a lot for a curved cabinet.

puddy

Canucklehead wrote: »

Good morning: a Victorian or Edwardian property by any chance?... Familiar scenario;) Try to get the names of reputable, local builders/multi-tradespersons and have them round for a gander/brain picking session...perhaps your new neighbours could recommend someone (and you could check out the standard of work at the same time).
Apologies to the OP.

HTH

Canucklehead

yes, sorry to OP, so you think that an architect is not what we need?? yes the house is 1929 so not modern, its a semi and the side that isnt attached to the other semi, has a utility room, brick built but with a corregated plastic roof on the top, doors at either end, opening out onto the front and back respectively. however, the length of the utility room does not quite run to the whole length of the house, there are drains at either end of the room (outside of it). i had initially thought of just opening a doorway where the oven is now so that the door to the room is at one end of the kitchen rather than on the corner (to give more work tops, as theres lots of wasted space), however i then realised that this would be on the outside of the room as the its shorter than the kitchen!
so the next plan was to shut the door off completely in the kitchen and move it into the hall way, under the stairs (where there is already a small window to the room), however, the door would not be full height, we would need the electric meter moved and there is the issue with the step, but it would mean the whole kitchen could be used as a kitchen, not a walk way to the room.
i also want the utility room re done, new nice roof, proper flooring (as is just concrete at the mo),,,, but we dont know where to start...

puddy

CKdesigner wrote: »

Oh Yes - take it from me £5k for a kitchen is the lower end of the kitchen market. If someone asks me how much our kitchens are my stock answer is we can do anything from £7k to £70k it totally depends on the customer's specification, and you really do get what you pay for. Like all purchases in life there is low, mid and high end prducts.

gulp, im hoping to pay no more than 2k for ours, although that dont include fitting or appliances

CKdesigner

jenner wrote: »

gulp, im hoping to pay no more than 2k for ours, although that dont include fitting or appliances

Hi,
Yes - I am doing what I would consider a small kitchen at the moment which includes a tall pull out larder unit, tall fridge freezer housing, tall oven housing and 2 x 1000 mm wide 3 drawer units amongst various other units and without appliances thats around £4,500. Our units are rigidly constructed with hot glue and dowels in the factory and come with a 10 year guarantee so are very different to what you get from the DIY stores.

HarrowMarrow

ShaysMum, just noticed this from Homebase:-
Express delivery is also available on many orders, usually within 14 days for just £19.50.

CKdesigner

HarrowMarrow wrote: »

I know it's all rubbish, I think by law you can advertise a discount about 300 days out of 365. But as you say, they seem very loathe to haggle and probably cos business ain't too bad with MFI blown out. £500 still seems a lot for a curved cabinet.

I would agree £500 for a curved unit from a DIY store - I wouldn't pay it. But obviously I am a bit biased!

puddy

CKdesigner wrote: »

Hi,
Yes - I am doing what I would consider a small kitchen at the moment which includes a tall pull out larder unit, tall fridge freezer housing, tall oven housing and 2 x 1000 mm wide 3 drawer units amongst various other units and without appliances thats around £4,500. Our units are rigidly constructed with hot glue and dowels in the factory and come with a 10 year guarantee so are very different to what you get from the DIY stores.

yes, i dont really like everything all in units like that, i wont be having the fridge in a unit or the oven (although it is now, spose that means i have to get a new one,,, not sure), plus i hope to keep some of the cabinets i have now and just get new doors for them. BUT the kitchen i got 12 years ago from b and q, that was only about 1500 and that did very nicely over the years

Meepster

I just priced up for someone utility room: 1 x 1000mm curved sink drawer pack, chefs tall drawer unit, 763mm base unit and a plinth: £3533.40 EXC VAT

Also priced up a full kitchen for a different customer, inc. worktops, sink, tap and appliances: £5829 INC VAT...

Just goes to show, you can pay as little or as much as you want for a kitchen, but you get what you pay for...

puddy

that utility room, that doesnt include the worktops then?? i really cant understand that, for our utility room, which i want done out with kitchen units, it has a butler sink it in, but in very poor state of repair, i dont want to spend anymore than about 1500, its only for the washing machine and storage,,,,how on earth can it cost that much???

whats the difference in units then from say b and q, to the sort that you are using in that example?