Wickes kitchen quote. Any feedback appreciated!

Beardmidget

Oh and fwiw, I think i would shift the low unit on the left with the ?wine cooler underneath round to give you more work surface next to the range. Left on its own out there it a) looks odd to me, and b) leaves you without decent room for pans, chopping etc on the left of the range.

MatyMoo

RiversTam wrote: »

I have had a long running saga with Wickes over my kitchen, would not recommend them at all.
A kitchen that started 29/1/18 is still not finished, I had items missing, items to return, charges for fitting I wasn't expecting and daily calls to complaints at one point. The job done does not justify the fitting fee and they hit you with extra costs on site.
Currently we are up to £600 compensation/refund due to their errors and kitchen isn't even finished. Would go elsewhere with your plan!

Good luck with that, it took them 3 months to finish my kitchen from start to finish and they have just given me a final goodwill offer of £250!

Doozergirl

If Ikea did cost £8k just for the units then it's a good deal in comparison, but I'd be really very surprised if Ikea did cost that. I'd expect it to be a lot less. It would be worth pricing the kitchen at Benchmarx if you can find someone to fit for you.

The design is bad though. The wine cooler out on its own looks like an afterthought, the bank of units over two walls looks clunky and overpowering and the only things you have to match up symetrically, the sink and hob, aren't matched at all. The last unit on the right also overflies the island - is there a wall there or is it a genuinely large room?

Okay, so I guess you like the corner unit, but it doesn't mean the kitchen to be designed badly around it. I'd move the fridge freezer to the left wall, put the wine cooler in the island, match the sink and hob up and line up the end of the runs if the room is that wide.

Gowardo

victoriavictorious wrote: »

As an aside, how do you insert pictures directly into posts? I thought there was only an option to post a link?

It's worthwhile clicking on the BB code link at the bottom of the tread. It'll tell you all about it!

Gowardo

RiversTam wrote: »

I have had a long running saga with Wickes over my kitchen, would not recommend them at all.
A kitchen that started 29/1/18 is still not finished, I had items missing, items to return, charges for fitting I wasn't expecting and daily calls to complaints at one point. The job done does not justify the fitting fee and they hit you with extra costs on site.
Currently we are up to £600 compensation/refund due to their errors and kitchen isn't even finished. Would go elsewhere with your plan!

Thanks mate - much appreciated...!

Gowardo

hazyjo wrote: »

It's not totally unreasonable.


I got a fairly good deal at Homebase. The kitchen itself I think was around £5k (give or take). Might be worth a quote from them. I used my own builders to install. Was much cheaper.


Used to get kitchens from B&Q but know they also charge a lot for installation (actually not even sure they were offering it last time I looked).


My advice - get quotes from recommended builders/kitchen fitters. Mine had their own team for the electrics, flooring, tiles, etc - and some building work (external wall built and a window installed and an interior cupboard bricked up and a door added from the garden for garden storage, etc).


I think mine was also around the £11-12k figure but there were a lot of units and all appliances and pricey floor tiles/fitting through whole kitchen-diner, and the building works.

Thanks that's really good advice. Ultimately I am thinking all inclusive 12k is not awful (considering the ktichen is very large) but I have contacted my builder to see if I can get a better quote from him as well.

Thanks!

Gowardo

Amanda_Cm wrote: »

Is expensive! Get your own kitchen fitter and will pay half of that.

Hi - thanks for your reply.

I may install myself in which case I'll save the most of that £2800 fitting, however that also includes fitting the worktop which I would have to get a separate company to install and may be relatively price.

Can you expand a little on why you think it's expensive?

Thanks:j

Gowardo

Beardmidget wrote: »

Wow that looks pricey for the size of it.

If you’re dead nuts on the style of it, maybe better to go through benchmarx as they’re just wickes kitchens trade outfit- you’ll get a discount but need a fitter.

For what it’s worth, I will link to my kitchen- it cost approx £2800 for units and doors/cover panels, £2000 for the work surfaces (quartz) and £4000 for appliances which are Miele except American ff which is Samsung. Add on about £500 for the shelf, sink, taps etc, and £500 for the tiling. Flooring was part of the rest of my renovation but I would have thought you should easily get tiling, fitting and flooring into your budget.

Hey - thanks for your response!

Nice kitchen, too!

This is really useful. The way I'm seeing it is this though....

If I get it from Wickes, I get absolutely everything for 12k.

If I go separate, then I'm looking at this:

- Units 7.5k (I got two separate quotes to this note from both DIY kitchens and IKEA, so I'm thinking it's relatively fair considering there's lots of units and a walk in cupboard)
- 2.5K for the worktop installed
- 3.5k at least for all appliances as we are going to have a 110cm range cooker which costs (even ex display) about £2k with an extractor
- at least £1k for install I guess (my current builder is quoting me £2k which I won't pay)

So when I look at it this way, 12k seems reasonable, but to be honest I'm at a bit of a loss.

Do you think the above makes sense?

Thanks again!

Gowardo

Beardmidget wrote: »

Oh and fwiw, I think i would shift the low unit on the left with the ?wine cooler underneath round to give you more work surface next to the range. Left on its own out there it a) looks odd to me, and b) leaves you without decent room for pans, chopping etc on the left of the range.

This makes sense, we'll take it into consideration, however both the 'ends' of the kitchen (i.e. above the wine cooler and to the right of the extractor) we will have shelving.

There are two 900mm units to the right of the cooker and inside the island with pan drawers, etc so I think we should be sorted...

Does that make sense?

Always good to get a different view so thank you...!

Gowardo

Doozergirl wrote: »

If Ikea did cost £8k just for the units then it's a good deal in comparison, but I'd be really very surprised if Ikea did cost that. I'd expect it to be a lot less. It would be worth pricing the kitchen at Benchmarx if you can find someone to fit for you.

The design is bad though. The wine cooler out on its own looks like an afterthought, the bank of units over two walls looks clunky and overpowering and the only things you have to match up symetrically, the sink and hob, aren't matched at all. The last unit on the right also overflies the island - is there a wall there or is it a genuinely large room?

Okay, so I guess you like the corner unit, but it doesn't mean the kitchen to be designed badly around it. I'd move the fridge freezer to the left wall, put the wine cooler in the island, match the sink and hob up and line up the end of the runs if the room is that wide.

Hey there, thanks for your response!

Both DIY kitchens and IKEA (apparently the two most affordable in terms of quality/price ratio according to a 2017 study by Which.co.uk) come up to about 7.8k for units only.

It's easy to see it as a small kitchen as it's set up in a massive room (10m x 10m) but it is about 17 units including the island, so relatively large.

Take into account above the wine cooler and to the right of the extractor there will be open shelving to line up with the end of the run, so we are thinking about symmetry. It was more important for us to line up the island symmetrically to both sides of the "L" (1 meter distance from the units) and less important to line it with the end of the run, but I take your point and will think about that, thanks!

- Take your point about moving the Fridge to the left, that's not a bad idea, however it seems a bit annoying to have to walk back and forth as we will probably be cooking between the island and cooker at all times.

- We had the wine cooler in the island originally, but decided to move it out due to the fact that we needed space for the dishwasher and pan storage, it's all a bit of a labour of stress and love, but I do hear what you're saying so thanks for the advice.

Does the above make sense? Feel free to provide any further advice if you're up to it!

Thanks! :T