kitchen

stranger12

Hi all,

we went to B&Q and for a kitchen of relatively small size, they want 10k including installation and all appliances.

it seems extremely steep to me.

is this normal?

who else will you try apart form B&Q, ikea?

they give 5 years warranty on fitting and 25 years on item.

would you try local person?
I was expecting to pay around 2-3 k.

Thanks

alchemist.1

Look at getting a recommendation for a Kitchen Fitter separately (i.e not from B & Q).

SevenOfNine

Wickes perhaps. I used a small local independant company, lovely design & we used their recommended fitter & trades people. Good job done except the gas fitter.

The little company closed down suddenly just after completing the job, just as well I'm anal about having suppliers paperwork because one if my laminate doors split, so I was able to arrange replacement myself.

The gas fitter put my hob ever so slightly off centre to the drawers beneath it. Once I'd noticed it was really irritating but he flatly refused to come & move it. I paid a different fitter to do it but cost £50.

Not sure I'd pick a small company again. £10k sounds a lot for a small kitchen.

anselld

2-3k is light. It will be that for materials alone. You need to budget about £5k. Try your local Howdens and ask for a recommended local fitter.

19lottie82

2-3k for a kitchen? Including appliances and installation?

No chance.

I did a small kitchen 4 years ago and we were 3k just for the units, worktop and sink / taps, from Howdens.

GaggingOrder

As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. You could definitely get an OK kitchen for less though, and even with the big chains it can be worth trying to haggle.

glasgowdan

I'd stick with a local independant company...you don't pay for office staff and corporate structure that way.

But defo more than 2-3k. I guess you could squeeze a basic kitchen in to 4k if you find someone cheap.

phill99

If you identify your location, somebody maybe able to recommend a fitter.

Money_saving_maniac

Fitted kitchens are extremely expensive, I don't know why they should cost as much as they do. I've put up with my very old one rather than fork out the money for new.

moneyistooshorttomention

Well - according to a housing association's accounts I've recently been reading - they reckon their kitchens are expected to last 20 years. So I guess yours could hang on in there a while yet MoneySavingManiac - possibly. Mine in my last house had quite definitely "given up the ghost" at 25 years old (a dearer MFI range).

Yeh...I know...I know...I do read some very interesting stuff sometimes (not.....).

(For anyone wanting to know - they put 25 years down for bathrooms).

Gulp - that makes mine due for replacement in 6 years time (can't be a moment too soon - as I've been planning on doing so since buying the house). With everything else I still need (lots) of money for first - that'll be fun (not!) trying to have the £10,000 I'm bargaining on for that by then....

seven-day-weekend

We hsad a kitchen from Homebase, it was 3 grand without installation or worktops.