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To use DIY kitchens…

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TheBeaTgoeson1 · 02/04/2026 08:29

Hello, posting for traffic!! Following on from my thread about wren kitchens, I would love to ask the same question about DIY kitchens.

i’ve seen this supplier mentioned before on here, and I would love to know what peoples experiences have been with them. I know I can look at the reviews. But what was great about the other thread was hearing specific experiences, and being able to ask questions!

The showroom is at a distance from us, and we would need to go as I don’t want to buy blind online. So just checking if it’s worth it, would anyone feel comfortable to share the kind of savings they made by going through DIY?

any help, much appreciated! Or advice, or pitfalls or pros and cons. We have a layout in mind, so I aren’t wanting to design from scratch with them. We’re set on what we are doing.

thank you!

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TheBeaTgoeson1 · 02/04/2026 08:37

Thanks so much, it sounds like everyone has had a good experience.

Just keen to drill into the bit about remembering everything, and measuring ourselves, are they basically operating on a you measure, and you put together the kitchen process? As opposed to say somewhere like wren, or Howden’s where they take all the pressure of that?

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CannaeBelieveIt · 02/04/2026 08:36

Just used DIY kitchens and it definitely came out 000s cheaper than howdens would have been. I’ve used IKEA before which was great for me at the time as nice and cheap and you could pay off at 0% over a few years. However, my builders were much happier with DIY kitchens.
i used Karen Wallace - a kitchen designer I read about on Mumsnet to make the plan and the shopping list. It wasn’t too expensive to use her services and definitely made the process easier (although possibly DIY kitchens have their own designers now, like ikea etc do?)

Aweekoffwork · 02/04/2026 08:35

We would rate DIY very highly. After visiting a local showroom we saw a style of kitchen we liked and were quoted £20,000 (ten years ago), this price was just for the units, no appliances.

we saw the exact same units on the DIY website and bought all the units for about £14,000 😳

great quality, good service, everything arrived, NOTHING to complain about..would highly recommend

DataColour · 02/04/2026 08:35

It was much cheaper then Howdens etc, probably on a par with Ikea.

DataColour · 02/04/2026 08:34

I've used them for two kitchens, they've been great. Brilliant quality, preassembled units, no problems with customer service. I did all the measurements myself and designed the kitchen layout etc and it worked really well. We did forget to order a side panel for one of the tall units and only discovered it when the joiner was putting together the kitchen and when we contacted DIY kitchens they were great and sending it quickly and didn't charge an extra delivery fee for it from what I can remember.

PuttingOutFirewithGasoline · 02/04/2026 08:32

Excellent

EmeraldDreams73 · 02/04/2026 08:30

They're great, I've used them a couple of times. Just need to remember absolutely everything for your order!