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Where do you store a kitchen?

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TheLittleFriend · 05/02/2022 18:53

before it’s fitted?!

Ours is being delivered by diy kitchens (assembled cabinets, not flat pack) but they only give a delivery week, so the fitter is booked for the following week. Our house is small. There is nowhere to store it. The only option we have is a gazebo with sides outside the back door. We don’t really have another choice, so I think I’m looking for you to tell me we’re not totally mad!

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Toddlerteaplease · 06/02/2022 00:34

Mine has to be flat pack as I have a tiny house. It took over the entire living room. And the stuff I'd taken out of the old kitchen took up the entire spare room.

TooManyPJs · 06/02/2022 00:38

When ours was fitted in a small 2 bed flat, we moved the sofa forward and put it all behind the sofa. It's was a flat pack mind and still took up a LOT of space. When I say moved the sofa forward, that meant moving it over half way across the room. It was obviously far from ideal and meant we had no living space to speak of (we could get onto the sofa but it was awkward) but it wasn't for very long.

purplecorkheart · 06/02/2022 00:47

Store it in the living room. Stack the furniture in the room as much as you can and on the dining room table. Live upstairs.

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Namaste6 · 06/02/2022 03:43

I would store it in the living area and live with the chaos for a while, however hard. In the grand scheme, it will be short lived, and so worth it. I wouldn't stack it outside at this time of year. The temperatures could warp the doors etc.

Mondy · 06/02/2022 05:42

What about having it delivered to a self-storage place? You could rent a 200 square foot room & stick it in there. Just rent it for the month / week. It might cost a couple of hundred quid but that's a lot cheaper than replacing cupboards because they've swelled from being outside.

Alternatively it's a case of stacking them in the living room and not using that room fro a week. A pain in the @rse I know, but it's not for long.

Mondy · 06/02/2022 05:45

I meant to add that being outside will warp the doors and cabinets, they're usually made from some sort of particleboard, it attracts water like a sponge and then expands, blowing out the finish of the top layer. This has even happened in our gloss kitchen in-situ (due to previous owners of the house I must add, not us).

Caspianberg · 06/02/2022 06:52

Definitely just put in living room for that extra week.

Just have to eat out/ spend more time outside or elsewhere for that week.
It’s fine tbh. Ds is 1 year, he’s in his element that he gets way too many snacks and visiting all neighbours

filka · 06/02/2022 07:24

Can you strip out the old kitchen and get the new floor down the week before the new one is delivered? Rather than the week after. Live off microwave and takeaway for a few days. Either way you have a period of inconvenience.

Agree with pps that I 100% wouldn't take the chance of getting the new one wet.

nickyschof · 06/02/2022 08:33

Please don't leave it outside, even if you have locked gates. We have 7 foot locked gates, and last week we had a boiler delivered, the night before it was due to be installed. The gates were forced open, and the boiler was stolen complete with the pallet it was on. We could only claim £350 on our insurance, as it was outside.

whiteroseredrose · 06/02/2022 08:57

@filka

Can you strip out the old kitchen and get the new floor down the week before the new one is delivered? Rather than the week after. Live off microwave and takeaway for a few days. Either way you have a period of inconvenience.

Agree with pps that I 100% wouldn't take the chance of getting the new one wet.

I'd go with this.

We lived with a microwave, camping hob and mini fridge in our cellar for a few weeks while our kitchen was done.

Newnormal99 · 06/02/2022 09:05

I dismantled my old one myself (well with help from my dad!) I don't know how big your kitchen is but I took most of units out couple of weeks before just leaving cooker and sink with small bit of worksurface behind. Fitter than removed those bits when they came.

The sofa and fridge stayed and were just moved as needed when doing the flooring.

QuiteAtALoss · 06/02/2022 09:06

We are camping in the family room right now, with the kitchen removed and flooring up (screed dry, being layed tomorrow), and the new units in boxes in the dining part of the room. Our fitter is doing it in halves, so the floor in the dining area will be done after the kitchen side is finished.

Washing up in the bathroom and sitting amongst piles of pots and pans isn't ideal, but it's temporary at least.

Agree with all the pp - do NOT risk damaging your expensive new kitchen. Any inconvenience has to be better than that.

saleorbouy · 06/02/2022 10:38

Can you rent a storage unit and get it delivered there, then pay the fitter to collect it.
A friend with a caravan who could park it on your drive that you could fill with the boxes.

AlwaysLatte · 06/02/2022 10:40

When we were rebuilding we hired a shopping container which we put on the drive!

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