Kitchens?

skinflint1

What would spending £2000 get you if you were to install kitchen yourself?
Anyone bought new units recently?:money::money:

LEJC

We bought via our fitter from Howdens last year and paid £2400 for the burford range.

The price did include a fitter cooker and is L shaped with base and wall units and sink etc...nothing fancy but perfectly usable...it was installed in a rental property.

Howdens obviously offer sliding discounts to those in the trade and this was the price after discount.

skinflint1

Thanks, I'll have a nosey at that.:beer:

USM

Out of interest, how many units were included in that £2,400? Any photos?

gazman100

I just paid £2900 for Howden's Greenwich range. About 16 units + cooker, stainless steel splashback, extractor and sink and worktop. Quality seems pretty good.

Wort bearing in mind though they only supply to trade to you'll need to find a friendly builder...

LEJC

USM wrote: »

Out of interest, how many units were included in that £2,400? Any photos?

I do have photos...but in fairness the end result of what it looks like bears little resemblance to the finished cost.....whilst the units and components of the kitchen cost £2400 we paid for a very good fitter and tiler who worked wonders to achieve a very good small but functional kitchen.

our end total once fitted was probably closer to £5000....but as the original post was concering how much a basic kitchen cost if you were planning to fit it yourself

In terms of what we have its L shaped so the sink and drainer form the bottom of the L...on the wall above the sink there are 3 cupboards 2 tall ones and one half size and at base level 1 cupboard under the sink and 1 smller one to the left with drawer...on the large part of the L we have 4 tall wall cupboards and the extractor hood above the cooker...and at bas level 3 cupboards with drawers with the oven centrally...
£2400 represents the cost of the cupboards,cooker,extractor fan,sink,taps,door and drawer handles, we also needed 2 worktops,ending up with a large offcut and 2 end panels....so the basic without any fitting.

I am also aware as others have said later in the thread that the price did include quite a sizable discount,which our fitter was more than happy to allow us acess to.

Pupnik

For around £2500 we got a Howdens Greenwich cream gloss and solid oak worktop with 6 base units of various sizes, 7 tall wall units, a sink and a custom built wall unit to hide the boiler. Only one set of drawers in the base unit as the drawers were quite pricey compared to cupboards. Very happy with the build quality.

cddc

2k would get you a sizeable kitchen at several places. Ikea, Wickes (Smart Kitchens), B&Q (IT), Lower end of Howdens or Benchmarx ranges to name just five. Plenty of other builders merchant type places could do you a decent number of units for that amount.

Appliances can eat in to that budget considerably, and in terms of quality, you get what you pay for. For that budget expect a useable life of ten years or so. Skilled fitting could extend that considerably though.

skinflint1

Thanks all, that's really useful info.:money: