Kitchen Cost Estimate - are we in the ballpark?

meggles

Afternoon all… we are in the beginning stages of a kitchen refurb. We’re trying to “guesstimate” costs, and wondered if anyone could look at this basic budget.

Kitchen/Utility is 4.9m x 3.5m, and adjoining lounge is 3.7m x 5.15m. Between the two there is currently a stud wall and staircase, which will be removed. The adjoining lounge will have new flooring, but no other ‘structural’ work. My brother in law is a chippy and is purchasing the cabinets from Howden, and will be charging us cost. Also, his rates are ‘very flexible’. My husband is a painter/decorator and will be labouring, tiling, painting (duh!), etc. I realize this isn’t a final budget, but just want to get a sense of proportions and scale.

Window (window needs replacing as the sill is only 700mm from floor) - £1,000
Cabinets (preferably real wood) - £5,000 (hopefully less in Oct sale)
Countertop (preferably wood or Solid surface) - £5,000
Flooring (engineered wood) - £5,000
Appliances (just oven/hob or range, dishwasher, possibly microwave) (not integrated) - £3,000
Labour - £3,000
Various Materials (paint, skirting, etc)- £1,000

Total: £23,000

Any thoughts, suggestions, etc?

tlrtone

Window (window needs replacing as the sill is only 700mm from floor) - £1,000 Unless its huges, I would say that this would be around £400-500
Cabinets (preferably real wood) - £5,000 (hopefully less in Oct sale) Depends on the style - the thing to allow for are the end panels and trim bits, and any other special features like pull out larders etc. I spent 6k on my kitchen cabinets with pull out larders, stainless steel pillasters, and glass shelving etc

Countertop (preferably wood or Solid surface) - £5,000 A bit much here unless you are going granite. there are some really good quality laminates and granite-looking finishes that may work out cheaper but look expensive.

Flooring (engineered wood) - £5,000 - £30-60per sq metre is good quality

Appliances (just oven/hob or range, dishwasher, possibly microwave) (not integrated) - £3,000 Allow for extractor/oven hood as well - Rangemaster do a nice range of range cookers and matching hoods!

Labour - £3,000 - Probably about right if you are doing a lot of work yourself - think about electrics and gas connections which will cost, and also allow for Skips and getting rid of the old stuff - that can add up too! You may have to have walls plastered and finished so this could add on to this figure. A friend of mine had a quote from B&Q for fitting a kitchen and it was £4000 labour only (bloody ripoff! - so I did it with him in the end!)

Various Materials (paint, skirting, etc)- £1,000 it is these bits that tend to make you go over budget!

phill99

I think tlrtone makes some valid points. £5K on cabinets, even real wood ones, is high unless you have a huge kitchen. Howdens kitchens are a good mid range kitchen and I have installed a number of their kitchens and never managed to get over £3200. 400 - 500 for the window is right. There is a lot of competition in the market at the moment so you can get some good deals. £5k for worktops is off the scale! Half that and you will get something decent. £5 k for flooring is also off the scale.
Sundry materials is also top heavy. Paint from s decorators merchants is much cheaper than the Sheds, so shop around. I think you should get it done for £15 -£17k

Waterlily24

Are you doing any tiling?

We tiled our kitchen floor to ceiling and didn't use skirting because it would have looked odd.

I agree with what the others have said.

avantra

Waterlily24 wrote: »

Are you doing any tiling?

We tiled our kitchen floor to ceiling and didn't use skirting because it would have looked odd.

I agree with what the others have said.

I am intrigue why tiling floor to ceiling in a kitchen?

meggles

Thanks everyone for your comments! When I added everything up - £23,000 did seem huge, but wasn't sure were to shave off the price.

Waterlily24

avantra wrote: »

I am intrigue why tiling floor to ceiling in a kitchen?

Cause that's how we like it.;) Same in the bathrooms. Always have done and always will. Hubby says it saves him decorating. lol

duckeggblue

rangemaster range cookers start from about 1450 usually,so your appliances are a little high

Jenny36_2

I've just bought 45m2 of engineered click together oak laminate which is great quality as we have used before, for under £600 incl VAT from Benchmarx

ginvzt

Jenny36 wrote: »

I've just bought 45m2 of engineered click together oak laminate which is great quality as we have used before, for under £600 incl VAT from Benchmarx

You do know that 'oak laminate' is not the same as engineered oak? I love engineered wood, but would not put laminate anywhere in my house!

fluffpot

Being a sparks, I don't see any costs in there for electrics. Even if everything is existing and staying in the same place, you would want to replace all the socket fronts with new.

If you do need new points, these now need to be RCD protected (special type of safety fuse) so there may be additional work at the fuse board if it's a bit old.