Best/ cheap place to get a new kitchen??? (merged threads)

luke78

Hi Everyone,

I wonder if any of you could help me - my wife and i are in the process of buying a new house and it desperatly needs a whole new kitchen.

We are both pretty new to this so i wondered if anyone had any helpful tips and advice on the whole thing and where is a good place but, cheap to buy from?

Thanks a lot guys :beer:

Saveit

It depends on what you want.We got B&Q in to do the design Free and no pressure to order.(very Good) and she gave us the Plan copy and computerised picture and list to order. We knocked off a few expensive items such as luxury drawer insert and others. Delivery was 3 weeks, arrived and only had one damage item which they replaced. We made up the units ourselves put into place and got a joiner to overlook it and square everything up he fitted the benches( specialist needed for good joints) He charged us £160 and its great. We went for the beach units, gloss black work tops and bought our handles from Ikea (much cheaper). We just have the floor to complete and the Utility room and we are happy. 113 boxes were in our conservatory for two weeks untill we completed.
I wouldn't advise getting the gloss black benches they are a blighter to keep clean show every little mark I am constantly polishing them!!
You don't have to order from B&Q ,the plan and pics are very good.
I can send the pic if you want Pm me

smartie1976

You put the units in yourself, including ones higher up the wall? Is it easy?
And the joiner just checked they were ok then. Cool. Saves loads on fitting then.
My dad fitted his own kitchen and took 2 years!!

grumbler

If you want a DIY kitchen, these threads are for you:

best diy kitchen?

Kitchen base units

JimArnold

I assume that you need a total replacement
It is possible to easily and cheaply replace the doors

Saveit

It was hard work and frustrating at times but we kept going haveing a few arguments along the way "OH what Fun" and eventually it all came together and the joiner was only at ours for one day that includes cutting the benches. All I can say is the units were easy to make up the tricky bit is getting them level in place but it worked out ok for us and saved us a few pennies (quite a few)

Saveit

PS looked at Howdens they do the same uints/doors but couldn't match B&Q for price.

meadowcat

[ wouldn't advise getting the gloss black benches they are a blighter to keep clean show every little mark I am constantly polishing them]

I have black gloss worktops and I know what you mean. Try using an e-cloth - leaves the surfaces nice and shiny.

Saveit

Thanks,Sorry for my ignorance what is an E cloth?

rammy007

we have got a howdens kitchen and they come already built up so its half the battle fitting it

djohn2002uk

rammy007 wrote:

we have got a howdens kitchen and they come already built up so its half the battle fitting it

Just be wary of Howdens (Part of the MFI group) at the moment. Read here:- http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/051003/94/ftipq.html