Stopping the backsliding… a family of four no longer living beyond their means

Debsnewbudget

With regards to a new kitchen have you had a look on Facebook marketplace? 

Often people are getting rid of very good kitchens because they want to choose their own.
we got a brand new one from a newly refurbished house as the new owner wanted a different colour!!  It even still had the polystyrene and instruction book in the oven !! It was £200 and included the sink and taps 

My friend got a VErY high end kitchen for less than £1000 including all the marble work tops.
the downside is you have to dismantle it yourself and then have somewhere to store it until you can refit it. 

Bluegreen143

I will mention to Red. Neither of us have Facebook though, but we can maybe ask my sister or mum to keep their eyes out! That could be an amazing saving, though I have difficulty visualising how someone else's kitchen would fit in our space, but Red is much better than I at 'seeing' how things will work.

Debsnewbudget

You just need to know how many units you need in total, tall ones, wall ones and normal ones and then buy a kitchen that is bigger so you can rejig it.
have a look next time you are with someone who had facebook

MrsWenger

Bluegreen143 said:

I will mention to Red. Neither of us have Facebook though, but we can maybe ask my sister or mum to keep their eyes out! That could be an amazing saving, though I have difficulty visualising how someone else's kitchen would fit in our space, but Red is much better than I at 'seeing' how things will work.

eBay is another option to consider as well. Same concept as Debsnewbudget describes.

i have seen options where the kitchen being sold has a lot of units so that means there is added flexibility with making it work in your own space. 

Bluegreen143

How does it work with the worktop, do you need to buy a new one of those or can you cut them if they aren't the right shape for where the breaks are in your kitchen?

MrsWenger

I am sure with Red’s skills he would be able to adapt whatever you bought for your space.

I think the general approach is to buy one with more than you need, perhaps for a bigger space than you have, which then adds flexibility to re-jig to your space.

Have a look at a few options on selling sites to get a feel for the kind of things that are listed.

Debsnewbudget

We have bought new worktops online or been able to reuse the ones we got.  I have done a number of house renovations and so have used second hand kitchens quite regularly.
Just checked last invoice from Worktop express and for 3 x 3000m tops plus upstands plus edging strip it was £444 including shipping and vat

joedenise

That was a good round up of your year's spending @Bluegreen143.

Well done on nearly finishing the PJs and not having to do any daytime sewing so you can get them wrapped up without the children seeing them.

Bluegreen143

Oh, off the kitchen topic but I don't think I've said on here. Red and I bought a new mattress the other day (you'll remember we earmarked £1,000 towards this from our Help to Save pot). Well, we spent £930 including delivery and removing/recycling the old one, and including a mattress protector, so I'm happy with that! Our current mattress was Red's in his late teens, and he's 40 now...

I want to get us new pillows and some new bedding, but very happy with supermarket versions of these, and it'll wait til my January pay (as I nicked the £70 left in the pot for Christmas presents!).

The mattress is being delivered on Friday

beanielou

Happy new mattress.