Rough Howdens Price

Deladuro

Anyone out there willing to have a stab at how much the following may cost from Howdens?

Glendevon Cream
800mm 2 drawer base
600mm 3 drawer base
600mm drawer line base
500mm drawer line base
600mm sink base
600mm appliance door
600mm semi-integrated appliance door
500mm larder unit
600mm f/h wall unit x 4
500mm f/h wall unit
400mm f/h wall unit x 2
600mm hob wall x 4.
Tall decor end x 1
Base decor end x 3
f/h wall decor end x 2
hob decor end x 3
Plinth x 2
Cornice/pelmet edging thingy for approx 12 metres.
Under cabinet/ task lighting slimline triangle x 5.
sink - ullswater single
tap - Chrome Garda Swan Neck Monobloc Tap.
Stainless steele chunky D-effect handle x 25 (if my calculations are correct).

Any help to let me begin choosing a new kitchen would be greatly appreciated.

bigbangman

Check out Benchmarx, they do one a gloss cream one called 'Venice' that is much better quality, but no more expensive than Glendevon 'Cream'

Deladuro

bigbangman wrote: »

Check out Benchmarx, they do one a gloss cream one called 'Venice' that is much better quality, but no more expensive than Glendevon 'Cream'

Do you work for Benchmarx?
I see from your 3 previous posts that you seem to be promoting them.
I don't mind, just let people know if you have a vested interest.

keystone

bigbangman wrote: »

Check out Benchmarx, they do one a gloss cream one called 'Venice' that is much better quality, but no more expensive than Glendevon 'Cream'

Sniff, sniff - :spam: ????

Cheers

Doozergirl

£2819.37


(Why did it keep changing my capital D to a lower case one?)

Deladuro

Wow - that's very specific Doozergirl!
I see from your other posts that you have a lot of experience refurbishing kitchens. Does that estimate include a huge trade discount? I don't know what the builders I'm employing would be entitled to.

If I could get this for under £3k I'd be delighted.....

Deladuro

Mmmm ...£3904.80 apparently.

Maybe it's pricier in Edinburgh.

Doozergirl

What discounts are they giving you against the units?

Deladuro

50-70%

I think we'll just have to suck it up.

Deladuro

From checking out some other threads it does seem that £4k for a wee Howdens kitchen - without worktops or any appliances is on the expensive side.
Including our worktops and appliances adds another £3600!

Doozergirl

You want between 70-80% discount. Different ranges they reduce by differing amounts depending on their own margins, but the Glendevon cream I'm almost certain can be got for at least 75% off. (remember that the original prices are sooo high that 5% discount can easily knock £50 off a single unit and make a massive difference to the price of the whole kitchen)

Things like plinth, cornice and handles they can reduce by even more.

Look at the design of it too. Everything is in combinations of 400, 500, 600. Not only is the current fashion for wider units, they will work out cheaper than lots of smaller ones.

The other thing that has been pointed out to me recently, which I hadn't really considered, is that soft close adds a lot to the price of the unit, yet the mechanisms can be bought separately for a lot less than the extra cost. I haven't shopped around yet to do that myself, but it's worth bearing in mind and I'll certainly have a go next time. Soft close drawer line units especially add an insane amount of cost to a unit, so are you certain you want those when you already have two separate drawer units? You've only got two, so it doesn't look like you're trying to create much symmetry with them...