Second Nature Kitchens Durham

redmalc

Good morning
Looking at the above supplier for our new kitchen ,any comments good or bad would be welcome

CKdesigner

Second Nature is not a kitchen manufacturer or brand. They are the brand name of PWS who are a door only manufacturer.

Any supplier that sells Second Nature would buy the doors from them and the units from another carcass only company.

CK

redmalc

CK thanks for that,i was given there brochure and there are two of the ranges we are really interested in.
The retailer told me it was possible to attend their premises in Durham to have a look at the ranges so i thought they were manufacturers,anything i need to be lookin for in the doors or carcasses,are they a mid range supplier ?
Regards

ryder72

Like CKDesigner said, PWS distribute doors under the Second Nature brands. They are based in County Durham so there is probably a showroom there to look at.

Most PWS suppliers operate at the entry-mid end of the market depending on what they can get way with.

With all component suppliers, you may know what door you are buying, but you have no control on the carcases being used so investigate this very carefully. DIY kitchens gets discussed a lot on this forum and they appear to mainly use PWS doors.

redmalc

Guys thanks for the imput,please advise what questions i need to be asking about the units,i have a survey booked for midweek and also have Alno dealer coming at the weekend.
I am really naive when it comes to these sort of things so any advice is very welcome,i get the feeling the second nature brand with appliancesis going to bein the region of 18K and the Alno 30K.

ryder72

I think you need to concern yourself with what questions they are going to ask you about your new kitchen than the other way round. A good designer should tease out information about your lifestyle, useage pattern, cooking & shopping habits etc to probe what would be best suited to you and put together a design that suits your space, lifestyle and budget.

Any 'designer' that just asks you what you want and arrange a load of boxes in a room is a planner and quite frankly you can do that yourself using an online planning tool with a bit of practice.