Omega Kitchens

MattJH

Hi,

I am looking to get a new kitchen installed. My local kitchen designer has some Omega kitchens that appear on face value to be quite nice. I was just wondering whether anyone had any experience with Omega kitchens and could recommend them (or not).

Many thanks in advance.

Hejo

We had an Omega kitchen fitted 3 months ago and it looks great and so far hasnt fallen apart. Only hiccups were me not realising it was flat pack until I went to order it (in my defense I was mind boggled with all the different suppliers at the time!) and a couple of incorrect items were delivered; however the company I ordered through sorted this fairly quickly so Im happy with them - and I am very self critical when it comes to my decisions so that counts for something!

MattJH

Hejo wrote: »

We had an Omega kitchen fitted 3 months ago and it looks great and so far hasnt fallen apart. Only hiccups were me not realising it was flat pack until I went to order it (in my defense I was mind boggled with all the different suppliers at the time!) and a couple of incorrect items were delivered; however the company I ordered through sorted this fairly quickly so Im happy with them - and I am very self critical when it comes to my decisions so that counts for something!

Thanks, out of interest which one did you buy?

Hejo

The white gloss one, its pretty smart but does show up the finger marks a bit!

MattJH

Hejo wrote: »

The white gloss one, its pretty smart but does show up the finger marks a bit!

I was thinking about the white gloss one myself. The wife is more inclined to go for the cream gloss, as she thinks it will be too clinical. Finger marks a big problem or just a minor pain?

CKdesigner

Hi Matt

To be fair an Omega kitchen is really no better than a Wickes or B&Q kitchen as they are all flat pack but what you should get from your independent kitchen specialist who does Omega kitchens is better service, a more knowledgeable designer and overall a better finished job.

I must say though if you are looking at an Omega kitchen then you probably could afford a German made kitchen from the likes of Schueller & Hacker etc. Which you really will find to be much better quality and have far more choice.

Good luck

CK

Hejo

I think it depends on how fussy you are. Its a minor pain really but there's a fair few people in our house so they cause all the marks and then I get narked because they dont clean them. If its just the 2 of you it may not be a big deal. We had exactly the same conversation ourselves about white being clinical and chose cream for exactly the same reason, asked each other "if you like that one we'll get it" placed the order, drove out the shop, looked at each other at traffic lights,then stopped the car, turned round and changed back to white! Cream just felt a bit too beige for our taste.

akitchendesigner

Are you sure you weren't shown a Chippendale and supplied an Omega kitchen? Its the same doors kitchen except one is manufactured flat packed and other rigid. And a number of naughty dealers indulge is this.

As CKDesigner said, its a fairly basic kitchen as if you are at that end of the market, Hacker/Schueller/Bauformat are better products.

majjie

Well, as CKdesigner knows, I'm a kitchen designer that doesn't share this obsession with German kitchens ... and I don't have anything against flat packs either.

Go back ten years and there would have been major distinctions - but it's not the same today. The only advantages I can see are that some German manufacturers make some good looking worktops to match their units ... and our perceived impression that the Germans are efficient! Anyone got any advance on those two?

When it comes to flat packs - their quality has improved enormously, since the days when everyone avoided them if they could. I know several fitters who prefer to work with flat packs because they're easy to modify - and a good fitter won't take much longer to fit flat packs than rigid units. It's a bit different if you're fitting it yourself.

As for Omega being no better than Wickes or B&Q, I'd say that's coming from the mouth of someone who hasn't tried to design a kitchen with them! Omega are miles ahead of the other two - simply because they have a much better choice of unit sizes. Give me a flat pack with a good choice of sizes any day, over a rigid carcasse with very little choice of units (not that Wickes kitchens are rigid - they're flat packs too).

If you don't want to spend a fortune on your kitchen, choose a good designer and (very importantly) a good fitter ... and a kitchen with a reasonable choice of unit sizes ... and you're laughing. Omega kitchens are fine.

Note: Oh and just a technical note - Chippendale kitchens are flat packs too - it's Omega's Sheraton range that has rigid carcasses. Come to think of it - it might be Chippendale I was thinking of - with the much better range of sizes - I'll have to check. Omega are still fine, though.

MattJH

CKdesigner wrote: »

Hi Matt

To be fair an Omega kitchen is really no better than a Wickes or B&Q kitchen as they are all flat pack but what you should get from your independent kitchen specialist who does Omega kitchens is better service, a more knowledgeable designer and overall a better finished job.

I must say though if you are looking at an Omega kitchen then you probably could afford a German made kitchen from the likes of Schueller & Hacker etc. Which you really will find to be much better quality and have far more choice.

Good luck

CK

Thanks for the reply. When I was with the kitchen designerhe did suggest I could either go for a more rigid range such as Sheraton or thecheaper, flat pack Omega. He gave me an overview of the merits of each.However, he suggested that although the Sheraton was superior, he didn’t seethe necessity for the type of kitchen layout I am going for, as the bits thatare visible from flat pack won’t be applicable in my case. He also mentionedthat making alterations on site would be easier with a flat pack than thepre-fixed Sheraton range. I got the impression he was being honest with me,although you can never tell and I would have thought if he was in the slightestbit unscrupulous then he would have suggested the more expensive Sheratonoption?

I would be interested to hear your opinions on why flat packis so inferior though, it is always helpful to obtain differing views. Also,what exactly do the other German manufacturers provide me above Omega?

Thanks again

MattJH

Hejo wrote: »

I think it depends on how fussy you are. Its a minor pain really but there's a fair few people in our house so they cause all the marks and then I get narked because they dont clean them. If its just the 2 of you it may not be a big deal. We had exactly the same conversation ourselves about white being clinical and chose cream for exactly the same reason, asked each other "if you like that one we'll get it" placed the order, drove out the shop, looked at each other at traffic lights,then stopped the car, turned round and changed back to white! Cream just felt a bit too beige for our taste.

We are a family of four with small children, so no, it isn’tjust the two of us. In terms of going for white instead of beige, I assume youare happy with the decision still? If you don’t mind me asking, how large isthe length of your kitchen? We have one wall that is 7M of which there will bea section of about 4 floor to ceiling units. Again, I am not too worried aboutbeing ‘too white’, as it will be broken up by a couple of single ovens, theworktops (probably black), glass splash back and the other things in thekitchen. However, the wife is really concerned.

Thanks