Quote for knocking down a wall between kitchen and living room then fitting new kitchen

georgiana89

I'm trying to have the downstairs of my maisonette be made semi-open plan. There's currently an old, empty boiler cupboard between the kitchen and living room. I'm trying to get that knocked through (it's mostly just breezeblock) and a breakfast bar fitted where it used to be, so you can see between the two rooms, but there's a bit of a divide.. This will require some pipework and electrical wiring to be moved and/or boxed in. The old door to the kitchen would then be bricked up. None of the walls are structural. That's the complicated bit, I'd then be looking to get the old kitchen stripped out and a new one fitted, including floor and ceiling tiling. Kitchen is 3.7m x 2.2m. I'm in central London.  I've been quoted £9800  plus VAT for the work. Does that seem that fair? It seemed a little high to me, or being from up north, am I just not used to London prices?! 

FreeBear

Leasehold ?

Check to see if you need the freeholder's consent before doing any work.

Is that £10K for just removing the wall/plumbing/electrics, or does it include fitting the kitchen as well.

If the former, sounds a bit steep. If the latter, where are they cutting corners to come in so cheap.

georgiana89

FreeBear said:

Leasehold ?

Check to see if you need the freeholder's consent before doing any work.

Is that £10K for just removing the wall/plumbing/electrics, or does it include fitting the kitchen as well.

If the former, sounds a bit steep. If the latter, where are they cutting corners to come in so cheap.

Hi thanks. Yes we do need freeholder's consent, I've got a form from the freeholder for that - fingers crossed it will be okay.

The 10k is for the wall etc and then for fitting the ktichen. But it doesn't include the kitchen cabinets, worktops etc. I've got a separate additional Howdens £5k quote for most of the kitchen - which also felt on the high side to me, considering it's a small kitchen) and then we're sourcing a worktop separatly. 
How does that all sound?

3stones

For central London that could be a fair price, any plumbing/electric/ gas work to be carried out fitting the new kitchen. Was the quote from a small outfit or a big firm? Did you get any other quotes to compare? What is access and parking like. Remember all companies big or small need to build a contingency and profit margin into their price.