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Ikea kitchen fitting

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.
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  • osian
    osian Posts: 455 Forumite
    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.
  • fluffpot
    fluffpot Posts: 1,264 Forumite
    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.uk
  • tlh858
    tlh858 Posts: 217 Forumite
    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.
  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    tlh858 wrote: »
    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.
  • Psamiad
    Psamiad Posts: 5 Forumite
    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.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    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.
    Requires a bit of planning and neat approach to plumbing. Pipes have to be visible at some point so afraid I can't agree with you. I think Ikea kitchens are fine if you are on a budget and the lack of a service void does maximise storage space. But you are entitled to your opinion and to express it.
    Their solid timber worktops are pants too.
    Yes not the best in the world.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • evokit
    evokit Posts: 261 Forumite
    keystone wrote: »
    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.
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    evokit wrote: »
    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!!
    Yes thats really what I meant and how do you totally hide the tap tails and how do you hide the waste. Its eminently doable with an Ikea kitchen you just have to plan for it. Did you really mean switches?
    that like having half chased electric cables, its either in or out!
    Totally agree. Had the most enormous difficulty with the sparkies on the last one Ikea one I did to persuade them that they couldn't surface mount the cables immediately behind the Ikea base units and that exposed wasn't acceptable. "But its extra work" was the cry. Tough - get on with it and be professional about it was my answer. Final result was a good one with a very satisfied customer and the very minimum supply and waste pipework exposed and that included an integrated dishwasher as well.

    Cheers
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • evokit wrote: »
    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-routed
    I'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.
  • londonTiger
    londonTiger Posts: 4,903 Forumite
    dont buy ikea crap,
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