To not buy new kitchen over a tap

I do think you need a couple of quotes @Kubricklayer . I also think, and will be flamed for this, that £30k for a 7m x 7m kitchen with Island is pretty good value outside the budget ranges. Does that include fitting? What's your budget for tiling/flooring.

You have already said that they have suggested cheaper alternatives to get the prices down for you.

There are two ways of looking at this. £1000 on £30,000 is 0.033 of the overall cost. You can say I won't sign without the tap or insist on a reduction (which you might not get), or you swallow it. The problem is you don't have a comparable quote.

I wouldn't be without my Quorker.

Yes it would leave a foul taste and I would always remember it. I think it’s pretty cheap they won’t throw in the tap. (We have the quooker tap and is the best thing ever) especially the sale hasn’t even gone through!!! Ridiculous I would be extremely annoyed and go elsewhere

Kitchen companies are used to designing and then people not making the purchase as usually people will pick a couple of companies to design and get quotes. I wouldn’t feel bad going elsewhere

We also have a German kitchen and shopped around. (Our kitchen was quoted at 30k for Leicht, 25k for Nobilia but we only ended up spending 20k for Hacker and the design and quality was amazing)

our kitchen company also price matched cheaper appliances we found if they could source the same.

I would not get the kitchen from there in that case. I’m petty but also think if it was that good of a kitchen you’d have pressed the trigger already so I’d happily walk away

That’s a leap if ever I heard one. I would raise the same point if the kitchen was an ikea special. Nowt to do with how much the kitchen costs. The fact remains she missed out on the deal it’s just one of those things.

@40andlovelife I can't imagine the level of wealth you would need to be so causal over 30 thousand pounds.
.I must admit the millionaires I know are not probably worth 10 millions but they are probably about 5 or 6 taking into account property wealth.
They wouldn't accept this.

So I can't imagine how wealthy you and op are.

Exactly this. And all the people encouraging her to walk away over the tap she doesn’t want!!

The deal was on after she placed the order what’s hard to understand? Who even gets into a sweat over this.

op get the kitchen you clearly love it. Stop spitting your bloody dummy out man

When we got our kitchen we negotiated. Upgrade on appliances, I went and priced the quartz worktop at a supplier directly and suddenly they could match that price. There is a game to be played here and neither you or the shop are playing.

@rockingroller becsuse that's the normal thing with buying a new kitchen .
I sat with homebase ,b and q, IKEA , independent...WREN....etc that's what most people do .

@Kubricklayer i agree, it’s an enormous amount of money and it would really piss me off.

you should definitely go to some other places. When we had our kitchen done when we had our extension built our builder was able to get the kitchen Magnet had priced up for us at about half the price through his trade account. Have you looked at that?

She really isn't and it’s not tough titties to the op but to the company that is losing her business. She can walk very easily and should. She knows exactly what she wants and where in her kitchen now. New company comes in takes pictures and measurements in an hour appointment which they then upload. They will have the same colours and the same fixtures and fittings an be bought anywhere. It’s zero stress.

If you tell them your previous quote they’ll bite your hand off to better it op. I’d be wary of any company so inflexible with that kind of money. One wonders what they’d be like if there were any problems during fitting.

Oh come off it. It’s just a negotiation, nothing “grabby” about that.

You want this kitchen and like this company. You have spent time planning it with them. Why start again elsewhere because you are miffed at not getting a free tap you don't want anyway?

Ridiculous comment. “ grabby” 😵‍💫

@Kubricklayer are you insanely rich ? Is this kitchen going on a plan ,money plan ( because that's another huge bonus for them ).

If your extremely well off ignore otherwise wall away.

It's a dreadful way to do business.

How many other quotes do you have ?
Why didn't you negotiate get other quotes ?

Even the richest people I know wouldn't get a new kitchen like this.

Agree with tooth person up threads.

Good practice is to always get a few quotes we had about 5 or 6 in the end and all the designs and quotes and pics .

The German kitchens are in a completely different league to howdens / DIY kitchens etc. The £30k sounds about right. Unless you’ve got other German suppliers I wouldn’t pull out but I would also kick up a bit more of a fuss about the hot tap once yoh have one you’ll never go back to a kettle and in a high end kitchen it’s pretty much a given

@40andlovelife what a load of nonsense .

That's no way to do business when someone is spending 30 thousand on plywood and MDF and it sounds like didn't even try to negotiate to get the price down.
Op is already being massively ripped off.

Who in their right minds would risk 30 grand of business over a tap.

I hope this give op massive pause for thought and the courage to look elsewhere like DIY.

Yes go elsewhere. They're greedy. Bad feeling

Oh and if it’s wren avoid! DIY kitchens were much better. I went independent in the end who but they were local to me.

I was wondering that too😂