small kitchen budget refurb/rebuild

krlyr

An alternative could be to look on eBay for something nearly-new. I found one that went for about £300 in the end, would have done our kitchen with a few units spare to sell on. It'd been fitted new to the house for selling, but the new owners decided to fit something to their own taste so were selling the kitchen on. Even with the costs of a man & van, fitter, etc. should be cheaper than buying a new kitchen.

G_M

1) identify a decent local independant chippie to do the fitting. You might eed a plumber/electician for minor bits, but a local chippie will have mates who he's used to working with.

2) Use the free design services from one of th many DIY stores - B&Q, Homebase, Argos, IKEA etc to get a general idea what you want

3) select units from one of the aove during their many frequent sale periods

4) or let your chippie propose a supplier - he might have industry connections/discounts

5) Get proper quotes from whoever does the work - not 'estimates', you need a fixed 'quote'. With this plus fixed prices for the units (buy them in a sale) you know exactly what the cost will be.