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Ikea kitchen fitting
Psamiad
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Hello all,
We decided to go with an Ikea kitchen after a bit of research as they seem to do good value for money. We went with the ikea kitchen home design and fitting service, as I didn’t want to make any mistakes myself as a novice.
The kitchen will be a modest size 12-unit affair including new oven, hob, and dishwasher (we are supplying fridge and washer). The price for the units, appliance and materials alone is £2400 which seems pretty reasonable to me.
Ikea do composite stone worktops, and have quoted £1500 for 4.3m of worktop with cutouts for sink and hob. This seems a little dear, but again, probably about right.
The sting is the labour. Ikea will charge £2600 for the installation which includes: Fit cabinets, fit worktops, fit appliance, sink and tap, electrical test certificate and gas safe engineer.
The kicker is that the independent contractor charges more on top of this – another £1700. This includes: Install socket or plumbing for appliances, sockets or gas for hob and oven, sockets for electrical appliances, extending existing ring main, cap off existing gas and drop test prior to installation, custom box for boiler, removal of existing kitchen and disposal, plaster to a decorative finish, kitchen pack (screws, brackets, adhesive, silicone etc), and door bar threshold.
So: £2400 for units and appliances, £1500 for stone worktop, and £4300 for labour, fitting and certificates. Total: £8200. We were hoping for around £5-6000...
Does this seem right for the labour? Is it worth buying just the materials and finding another fitter?
We are in Clapham, London, so appreciate that costs are a little higher. Thanks for any advice.
We decided to go with an Ikea kitchen after a bit of research as they seem to do good value for money. We went with the ikea kitchen home design and fitting service, as I didn’t want to make any mistakes myself as a novice.
The kitchen will be a modest size 12-unit affair including new oven, hob, and dishwasher (we are supplying fridge and washer). The price for the units, appliance and materials alone is £2400 which seems pretty reasonable to me.
Ikea do composite stone worktops, and have quoted £1500 for 4.3m of worktop with cutouts for sink and hob. This seems a little dear, but again, probably about right.
The sting is the labour. Ikea will charge £2600 for the installation which includes: Fit cabinets, fit worktops, fit appliance, sink and tap, electrical test certificate and gas safe engineer.
The kicker is that the independent contractor charges more on top of this – another £1700. This includes: Install socket or plumbing for appliances, sockets or gas for hob and oven, sockets for electrical appliances, extending existing ring main, cap off existing gas and drop test prior to installation, custom box for boiler, removal of existing kitchen and disposal, plaster to a decorative finish, kitchen pack (screws, brackets, adhesive, silicone etc), and door bar threshold.
So: £2400 for units and appliances, £1500 for stone worktop, and £4300 for labour, fitting and certificates. Total: £8200. We were hoping for around £5-6000...
Does this seem right for the labour? Is it worth buying just the materials and finding another fitter?
We are in Clapham, London, so appreciate that costs are a little higher. Thanks for any advice.
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Definitely look for a local fitter.
We just had ours done - the units themselves from IKEA were £3000 and he charged £1500 for fitting the whole kitchen including all the pull out parts inside, 4 double sockets, fitting the integrated appliances (dishwasher, washing machine and tumble drier), re routing the gas around the room, capping off and taking out the radiator, re routing the plumbing to make it more streamlined. All electrical and gas certs. He also did some boxing in of our american fridge freezer in between the two larder cabinets.
We paid for plastering before hand and it was £100 for our ceiling.
We're in Wales, but I'd definitely shop around to see if you get a good price where you live.0 -
just make sure you use a registered electrician as works in the kitchen are notifiable to building control. You must also get certificates from them
check here to find one local to you
https://www.competentperson.co.uk0 -
You need an independent kitchen installer, and you also need to forget about the Ikea kitchen.
Their prices are average at best, and the killer is that their units have no service gap at the back, meaning the kitchen will be far more difficult and therefore more expensive to install.
You'll find out what the problem is with their appliances as soon as you need to have one repaired.0 -
You need an independent kitchen installer, and you also need to forget about the Ikea kitchen.
Their prices are average at best, and the killer is that their units have no service gap at the back, meaning the kitchen will be far more difficult and therefore more expensive to install.
You'll find out what the problem is with their appliances as soon as you need to have one repaired.
Agree, Ive fitted lots of kitchens and IKEA are rubbish even B&Q are better. I still can't workout why IKEA still have no service void ,nothing worse than opening a cupboard and seeing pipework.Their solid timber worktops are pants too.0 -
Thanks for the replies.
We will be getting some more quotes from independents.
We will be sticking with the Ikea kitchen - I have seen lots of excellent feedback for Ikea, and the quality seems fine.0 -
leveller2911 wrote: »Agree, Ive fitted lots of kitchens and IKEA are rubbish even B&Q are better. I still can't workout why IKEA still have no service void ,nothing worse than opening a cupboard and seeing pipework.Their solid timber worktops are pants too.
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0 -
Pipes have to be visible at some point so afraid I can't agree with you.
Cheers
No pipes need to be visable at all, the only part of any plumbing to be visable is the isolution switches and stop tap.
any vsiable pipes is a bad job....sorry!!
that like having half chased electric cables, its either in or out!
the extra few cm's on ikea carcass wont add to much as cant alter there carcass or it voids there guarentee.
if you want the extra few cm's depth on your base units ask your kitchen company to make the carcass a little deeper or even ask for deeper wall units all is better than seeing services.0 -
No pipes need to be visable at all, the only part of any plumbing to be visable is the isolution switches and stop tap.
any vsiable pipes is a bad job....sorry!!that like having half chased electric cables, its either in or out!
CheersThe difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein0 -
No pipes need to be visable at all, the only part of any plumbing to be visable is the isolution switches and stop tap.
any vsiable pipes is a bad job....sorry!!
that like having half chased electric cables, its either in or out!
the extra few cm's on ikea carcass wont add to much as cant alter there carcass or it voids there guarentee.
if you want the extra few cm's depth on your base units ask your kitchen company to make the carcass a little deeper or even ask for deeper wall units all is better than seeing services.
the problem comes if the layout is different from the existing & the pipes can't be routed under the plint height, ie if the gas supply comes out the wall & needs to be re-routedI'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.
You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.0 -
dont buy ikea crap,0
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