How much does it cost to renovate a small kitchen?

AndyBSG

Hard to put a figure on it without knowing dimensions and what level of finish you are after.

If you want it done on a budget without replacing appliances then it can be done to a reasonable standard for around 2K(even cheaper if you keep the existing cabinets and just put new doors on them).

Of course, if you want appliances, soft shut drawers, granite worktops, floor tiles, etc then you can easily triple or quadruple that.

mlz1413

Are you doing this for yourself or to sell?

If you're doing it to sell try putting it on the market first, sometimes it's not worth the money and effort to pretty a house up to gain no more than you have spent. (if it doesn't sell and the feedback is the kitchen needs replacing then you have only lost 4 weeks.)

If you are doing this for yourself you need to ensure you aren't spending £3k on something 'new' when you could spend £6k in a years time and get something you want.

LiveOnce

I am doing this for myself.

How can I go about getting the best quote and the best workers to do this? Is it worth asking the kitchen fitting companies or independent workers?

f0xh0les

I did mine for £2,300 that included large integrated fridge freezer, electric oven and gas hob, extractor, wall units, worktops, lino and labour.

B&Q kitchen/worktop/oven&hob and AO for fridge freezer

Website (rated persons) for labour, it took 2 days.

Gareth_Alien

Our recent kitchen [from the company named after sticky metal] was about £4k. This was in slightly over 'small' kitchen but also included dishwasher, sink, oven, hob, extractor hood and fitting. We could have cut the cost a lot by getting the electrical stuff ourselves, as well as fitting, etc.
Other ways to save money is to not have tiles (they're expensive) instead the kitchen company will almost certainly sell an upstand to cover the join from the worktop and the wall. But you need to have nice looking/newly skimmed walls
The fitting was a third party company that just does kitchen fitting and they were fantastic, even taking out and replacing a section of [at the time] loose stair handrail to get the worktop up the stairs in one piece rather than having to cut it.

Marvel1

Colincbayley wrote: »

As a property developer I would have 'Ball Park' figures of

Kitchen £1000
Tiles £300
Electrics £200
Plumbing £100
Tile Fitter £300
Kitchen Fitter £500

£2500 - £3000

You will save a lot by doing it yourself of course

Having my small kitchen done 2 years ago from basically doing above, is roughly what I paid.

carefullycautious

LiveOnce wrote: »

I am doing this for myself.

How can I go about getting the best quote and the best workers to do this? Is it worth asking the kitchen fitting companies or independent workers?

Why don't you look on ebay at second hand kitchens and get a local carpenter to fit for you.

mlz1413

carefullycautious wrote: »

Why don't you look on ebay at second hand kitchens and get a local carpenter to fit for you.

I tried this but at the time I looked the display kitchens were no more than 3 units. If you do go down this route be very careful that the units are good enough quality to be taken apart and re-assembled in a different format. You don't want to pay more in time to fit something together than it would cost to buy what you want.

Try and buy pre-assembled units, a trade company like Howdens do these.

Get a couple of quotes from locals and large companies, see how they compare and what you are getting.