kitchen fitting cost

Bloodymary

hi all

hope someone can help me a really general ballpark figure for fitting a new kitchen of approximately 18 units - these will be either magnet or wren pre-assembled units. I know there will be some tidying up/patching up, removal of the old kitchen etc but at this point I'm trying to figure out if I'm looking at a £1000 bill or closer to a 2-3k bill for just units fitting?

if it helps we're based is west sussex.

many thanks!
Sarah

TELLIT01

2 to 3 at a minimum I would have thought.

MarcTJTD

General rule of thumb up here is £300 / day for a kitchen fitter, plus extra if a tiler, electrician or gas safe plumber is required for any of the work.

18 units is a good weeks worth of work, so you're probably in the 2k-3k range depending on the work that's required.

Just FYI; the manufacturer that supplies Magnet also sells to independents so you may be able to shave some cost off the product by shopping around. Last one I priced was around 15% cheaper than Magnet for the identical product (made in the same factory in Darlington).

As for Wren; I'd avoid them entirely. Overpriced and poor value for money on the specs that they offer.

dunroving

TELLIT01 wrote: »

2 to 3 at a minimum I would have thought.

I'd agree with this. It will also cost more for the following:

Skimming, or boarding and plastering, if the plaster is in very bad condition.
Electrics will cost more if you intend to move or add switches, light fittings, etc.
Major relocation of appliances and supplies (moving sink to opposite wall, for example)
Changing gas cooker to electric, and especially if doing the opposite

I had a similar sized kitchen installed and installation costs were ... (just need to check) ... £3,439 kitchen fitter + £625 electrician + £500 plasterer. So that's about £4,500. My kitchen walls were a complete mess, though, and I needed a new ceiling. The kitchen fitter boarded the walls and ceiling.

Make sure you clarify what the kitchen fitter's quote includes, especially plastering, electrics, gas, etc. Consider that your kitchen may also need to be redecorated depending on how disruptive the installation is.

Bloodymary

thank you all.

surery if the units are prebuilt it won't take a full week to position/hang them in the kitchen? or am i being unrealistic?

I'm tryingto keep things simple - would like to add value to the property but not overspend on a kitchen I'm only going to use for couple of years.

Magnet saleswoman warned me that Wren's warranty is to the customer rather than the house so if i were to move in couple of years time the kitchen is out of waranty? seems to be the case after a quick google search. is this the case with other kitchen fitters? what if you get your kitchen through someone with trade account?

I'm keeping my freestanding appliances and sink in pretty much the same locations so no plumbing/reqiring. We will be removing a wall so that's going to add quite a bit (structural engineed reckons about £500 + his fee for the beam calculations and council fee so I'm budgeting about £800 for that.

Definitelly some replastering once the existing tiles are removed but no planso for electrical work.

my current magnet quote seems a bit high - units, filler and end panels (no appliances, no worktops, no installation) around 18 unit kitchen with no fancy high end storage comes to around £6500 - this is for their Luna range which is supposed to be the cheapest model.

When i first got the quote i fell off the sofa:
£1800 for a 3 drawer base unit (after 70% off £520)
600mm sink base unit almost £700? (after promo £200)... Compared to DYI-Kitchens and Wrens who sell the same sink unit for under £100...

I've been warned about Wren but have heard good things about DIY-kitchens...

Same exact unit configuration through DIY comes to around £5200 and Wren around £5000 (withtheir christmas 50% units promo)

I'm going to see Magnet again next week and try to get the price down a bit more...

Doozergirl

A kitchen fit isn't simply a kitchen fit if you're knocking walls out too and that makes it hard for us to even guess at the cost.

If a SE is required, then you're looking at a bill of nearly £2k for just doing the building work. That isn't for a kitchen fitter, it's a builder's job.

dunroving

Bloodymary wrote: »

thank you all.

surery if the units are prebuilt it won't take a full week to position/hang them in the kitchen? or am i being unrealistic?

I'm tryingto keep things simple - would like to add value to the property but not overspend on a kitchen I'm only going to use for couple of years.

Magnet saleswoman warned me that Wren's warranty is to the customer rather than the house so if i were to move in couple of years time the kitchen is out of waranty? seems to be the case after a quick google search. is this the case with other kitchen fitters? what if you get your kitchen through someone with trade account?

I'm keeping my freestanding appliances and sink in pretty much the same locations so no plumbing/reqiring. We will be removing a wall so that's going to add quite a bit (structural engineed reckons about £500 + his fee for the beam calculations and council fee so I'm budgeting about £800 for that.

Definitelly some replastering once the existing tiles are removed but no planso for electrical work.

my current magnet quote seems a bit high - units, filler and end panels (no appliances, no worktops, no installation) around 18 unit kitchen with no fancy high end storage comes to around £6500 - this is for their Luna range which is supposed to be the cheapest model.

When i first got the quote i fell off the sofa:
£1800 for a 3 drawer base unit (after 70% off £520)
600mm sink base unit almost £700? (after promo £200)... Compared to DYI-Kitchens and Wrens who sell the same sink unit for under £100...

I've been warned about Wren but have heard good things about DIY-kitchens...

Same exact unit configuration through DIY comes to around £5200 and Wren around £5000 (withtheir christmas 50% units promo)

I'm going to see Magnet again next week and try to get the price down a bit more...

If your kitchen is exactly square, and the units are exactly the correct size, and there are no glitches, it might take less than a week, but there are always glitches. My recent kitchen fitter is a master kitchen fitter working with his apprentice daughter (very competent). There were many issues that arose when it came to the actual "kitchen fitting" (installing units, appliances, etc.).

Examples are: (a) kitchen out of square; (b) oven handles prevented dishwasher door from opening (they were tight in a corner - if the oven door was a bit lower or shorter, there would have been no problem); (c) washing machine needed raising (apparently, a lot of washing machines these days are too short to simply be raised via the screw legs, to the height of the worktop); (d) hob extractor chimney was too long to fit (Bosch specifications were incorrect); (e) some parts supplied by Howdens were missing or incorrect; (f) the corner carousel had a design flaw that meant the bottom carousel hit the door hinges; etc., etc.

It may also take longer depending on the materials you choose. I chose a ultra-thin laminate/composite worktop (Zenith Caldeira, by Wilsonart) that takes a lot more, and a lot more careful, working to get right.

So, a week can easily fly by when installing even pre-built units.

MarcTJTD

A week's realistic when you factor in joiners, electricians, plumbers, etc. It's not as quick and simple as you might hope.

Re: kitchen warranties being non-transferable, it's quite common.

Buying a kitchen via a fitter on a trade account means that you have no contract of sale with the kitchen retailer. You're not their customer, the fitter is.

What this means is that a retailer could theoretically refuse to deal with you in any matters relating to delivery, damages, warranty or design / product queries if they so choose.

Aye, you're being absolutely rinsed by Magnet mate; that Luna 600mm 3-Drawer Soft-Close unit is manufactured by a company called Rixonway in Darlington; they call it the Augusta on their website and as an independent we can sell the identical product through for as little as £265 (inc VAT).

Sink unit would be ~£125.

If I were to sell it at £520 I'd be making ~65% margin, and that's way higher than it should be.

TELLIT01

Bloodymary wrote: »

I'm keeping my freestanding appliances and sink in pretty much the same locations so no plumbing/reqiring. We will be removing a wall so that's going to add quite a bit (structural engineed reckons about £500 + his fee for the beam calculations and council fee so I'm budgeting about £800 for that.

There is always plumbing required when fitting a sink. Water to be turned off, taps and waste disconnected and reconnected. It may seem trivial but it all takes time. "Pretty much the same locations" means there will definitely be work to be done.

Your budget for removing a wall seems incredibly low. Even assuming you aren't including the SE and council fees in that figure.