Howdens kitchen - relative costs

sg0102

Hi there

We are in the browsing stage of a new kitchen and currently looking between howdens & magnet (trade).

I'm struggling with preferences with no real idea of relative cost between them.

Does anyone have, or know where I can get, a view of the order of howdens kitchen in terms of cost.

For example, looking at the burford cream, glendevon cream and Greenwich gloss cream. But have no idea which is more expensive thn the other...and that's before I even start with magnet!!

Any help greatly appreciated
Steve

WLM21

A couple of years ago, we were all set on getting a Howdons kitchen. I worked in the building trade and knew they were good quality. They come already assembled too.

I tried to book a design meeting, but they put it off about 3 times, so I ended up with a B & Q kitchen instead.

Many builders use Howdons ... They are good, but their showrooms are really just wee small trade counters, so you are not able to see everything in action.

Pupnik

If you pick up one of their brochures the ones at the front are the most expensive, with the cheap flatpacks at the back and everything else in between.

Pop along to one of their stores and have a look at the doors and compare - Glendevon cream and Greenwich gloss cream are near identical when you look at them but Glendevon has a thicker, heavier door with a wrapped coating. They have the exact same finish so look the same when closed but when you open them you can tell Glendevon is the more expensive (double the price, I believe) Not sure where Burford fits in.

I went for a Greenwich cream gloss and to give you an idea of costs a 400 base unit was around £70.

phill99

The glendevon cream will be the most expensive, the Greenwich cream, the least expensive. I have just priced the same kitchen on both the glendevon
and the Greenwich and the difference was In the region of app. £70 per door.

katejo

sg0102 wrote: »

Hi there

We are in the browsing stage of a new kitchen and currently looking between howdens & magnet (trade).

I'm struggling with preferences with no real idea of relative cost between them.

Does anyone have, or know where I can get, a view of the order of howdens kitchen in terms of cost.

For example, looking at the burford cream, glendevon cream and Greenwich gloss cream. But have no idea which is more expensive thn the other...and that's before I even start with magnet!!

Any help greatly appreciated
Steve

I had my kitchen done last summer and was also deciding between Magnet Trade and Howdens. If it had gone with howdens, it would have been one of the Burford ones though not cream. Burford is middle of their overall price range. Eventually I narrowed it to Burford and Magnet Hamilton. The price for the kitchen units was almost identical. Eventually i went for Magnet as i really liked the Hamilton range. Very happy with result.

chocolatepennyfarthing

Does anyone have any idea on the price of the white gloss integrated handle units from Howdens?

iammumtoone

I've got a howdens kitchen. You can't make an appointment with a rep direct as they don't sell direct you need to go through your fitter (but if you contact howdens they should tell you the fitters they supply to). Howdens will not quote you direct they quote to the fitter, but in my case I was lucky as the fitter agreed he didn't mind me dealing direct with them (he didn't make any profit on the units)

I don't know about magnet units but one thing to consider is Howdens units are not flat packed so therefore makes the fitting cheaper.

Howdens do have a trade counter you can visit and they will have examples of all the doors, worktops and handles they supply so you can play around with the combinations to see which you like best.

I found them very helpful, the only slight issue I had was I live in a small house and had to find space to stack the units when they delivered for a few days before the fitter could start work.

The best way to check prices is to get a brochure, take no notice of the prices listed as these will be heavily discounted but at least you can get an idea of the cheap / expensive ranges.

chocolatepennyfarthing

Have brochure but they don't give prices, need to go through fitter for that. Waiting for quote from fitter, he has said he does not add to trade prices but I guess we won't know that. Was just really wondering the price of a unit to give me some idea.

katejo

chocolatepennyfarthing wrote: »

Have brochure but they don't give prices, need to go through fitter for that. Waiting for quote from fitter, he has said he does not add to trade prices but I guess we won't know that. Was just really wondering the price of a unit to give me some idea.

My local Howdens has the selection of doors arranged in order of price. For my medium size kitchen , the quote was for just over 3k which included things like sink and taps but not work surfaces . That does not include fitting
Magnet units are already assembled not flat pack

RS1800

If you do get to see a howdens quote they have massive rrps and big discounts. They should always be able to give 85% on the cabinets/doors (not appliances etc) and I got 87% when I caught them at the end of a month if I took delivery the next day.

gazman100

Have you tried speaking to the Howden's rep?

I had a kitchen from them a couple of months ago, when the rep came out he was quite good in terms of suggesting the cheaper alternatives with respect to apparently similar sinks etc. It's a fairly modest house and we quite good for not over selling etc.

They also unexpectedly sent me the full cost breakdown after the builder had to make a minor mod. It was attached to the revised plans so not sure if it was a mistake.