Ikea kitchen quality - Any good?

itzmee

have just added a couple more pictures of the rest of the kitchen to my album, and yes, they are Adel doors.

http://photobucket.com/itzmeekitchen

freezspirit

Sorry to ask but is the built in ironing board in one of the cupboards or a drawer?

itzmee

ironing board is attached to a drawer front, you just pull it out and the board unfolds - it's brilliant!! If you look at picture 2 it's in the drawer under the kettle - you'd never know it's there and it tucks away nicely when you've finished ironing. The cupboard to the left of it is a built in freezer.

golfergirl28

Another vote for an Ikea kitchen. We have the white gloss units. Definitely go for drawers/larder pull outs rather than cupboards........so much more user friendly. Avoid Ikea sinks and taps unless you go for the very top of the range. There seems to be considerable agreement amongst those of us with Ikea kitchens.

Waterlily24

And another but I agree about the sinks, we bought a double sink because both were fairly big . The quality isn't good though.


We went for the stainless steel one with the larder and cooker housing in black and I love it, we installed it ourselves (except for the electrics) and hubby thought it was good quality for the price. It's been installed for about 8 months, these are the early pics.








We didn't buy their electrical stuff (cooker etc).

Waterlily24

markdavey wrote: »

I've just fitted an Ikea kitchen into a new Extension. I am very pleased with the quality of the units. My fitter commented a number of time how well they were made etc. All hinges/soft-close mechanism's on the cupboards are Blum. I didn't purchase Ikea worktop though as they did not have the colour I was looking for and unless you go for their bespoke range, they only come in 2m lengths, no good for a long kitchen as no-one wants a straight join in the middle of the worktop. A couple of bits of advice:

- Ikea units go right back to the wall (i.e. there is no service cavity) so you either have to cut the pipes into the cupboards or run the services at ground level. This is apart from the obvious exception of the Sink units which are open backed with a steel brace.
- Ikea floor units are the full 600mm deep meaning that 600mm worktop will not give you an overhang. I used Breakfast bar and had it cut down to 620mm by the supplier.
- If I had the choice again, I would not have purchased an Ikea sink. Although it was cheap, it's layout just doesn't suit us (1.5 bowl) and TBH, it feels cheap.

For a 14 unit kitchen with integrated Whirlpool DW & White Knight Tumble Dryer, Whirlpool single oven, Induction hob & Cooker Hood, Bushboard Laminate worktop I paid around £3,500 (appliances sourced from other suppliers/eBay).

I have no regrets buying Ikea, in fact I like the fact that I can simply pop back and purchase additional items without having to go through the whole ordering process. Suits me just fine.

Hope that helps.

Meant to say that we got 3 metre worktops from Ikea that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I'm sure ours wasn't in a a 'bespoke range'.

Waterlily24

Waterlily24 wrote: »

Meant to say that we got 3 metre worktops from Ikea that didn't cost an arm and a leg. I'm sure ours wasn't in a a 'bespoke range'.

I'm sorry,:o I lied, they were 4 metre lengths. When I went to be last night just after posting, I thought our kitchen isn't 9ft long or wide it's over 14ft x over 12ft and we've got two 4 metre lengths joining at a corner. lol. I do get in a muddle with the metric lengths, sorry!

It still didn't cost an arm and a leg though!

FTB-FTW

We have one at our place and on the whole I'd say it's fine. The free-standing worktop unit we have looks pretty good, and the wood at the top (I think it is the Oakham range but not sure, was in when we moved in) seems to be decent quality. In a modern-looking kitchen it can look really smart and clean. We also have the tall pull-out larder which is fantastic storage and looks good, too.

The only thing I personally don't like is the sink unit. This is partly because the stainless steel used for the bowls is a bit cheap-looking - it does actually stain pretty easily and has even rusted in a few places where tin cans have been briefly left. I'm really unhappy with that. Also you'll need to ensure that you have an absolutely perfectly level floor (our Edwardian maisonette most definitely does not) as the units will rattle like nobody's business if they are not 100% level and you have a washing machine in the same room. For us, this means actually moving stuff off the work tops before using the machine - really not cool

MrsE_2

markdavey wrote: »

BTW, I picked the Tidaholm Oak Doors so you can better compare price.

I've got that one too.

I love the super tall wall units & that the wall units are deep too, deep enough to take large dinner plates.

MrsE_2

Alisha2008 wrote: »

For those of you who had Ikea kitchen installed.. who did the floor/walls? I would like a new kitchen, but it needs complete refurbishment.. tiles removed from floor and walls, and I would like a small window I have to the living room covered... would people from Ikea do this work too? Or would I need to employ someone else to strip out the current kichen, do the floors and walls, and then call Ikea..?

It just scares me a lot how long I might be without a kitchen in the house... (no cooking, no washing...)

I used a local one-man band (he came recommended). He did everything, from ripping the old kitchen out to everything but painting the new kitchen.

ETA, took just over a week, but there was only 1 night that I couldn't walk in there & get water (when the tiles went down).