how much did you spend on your kitchen

[olaff]

We have a large kitchen so have avoided getting a new kitchen for years. Tbh it probably could've been replaced 20 years ago but we've just lived with it and did little things here and there.

We've just been given a quote of 23k (32k before discounts)! To be fair this does include mid-range appliances and installation. The only thing we've been extravagant on is the worktops.

We're due to put the deposit down today and I just wanted to check we've not been seen coming

How much did you pay?

I'd get a breakdown of the costs and do a comparison. If there are bespoke units etc then that pushes the price up. Have you had other quotes?

We spent £14800 at the beginning of this year. We were moving the kitchen from a small room at the front of the house to a big bedroom at the back of the house so it was a big job. That £14800 included: installing 7 double wall units, corner wall unit and a corner floor unit, 3 drawer units, a double sink unit with double belfast sink and tap, solid oak worktops, a new fancy pants range cooker and hood (including delivery and a removal company to shift it up the stairs to our first floor flat that accounted for £2.5k of the total), installing a new ring circuit for the cooker, moving the washing machine to the bathroom, putting in a new handbasin, tap and pump in the bathroom, building a cabinet in the bathroom for the washing machine to make it safe, new wiring for the washing machine, half a dozen new double sockets in the kitchen in various places, plumbing in a water supply and waste pipe for the new kitchen, ripping out the old kitchen, installing new sockets in the right places in the old kitchen, stripping off the woodchip in the old kitchen and a complete replaster in that room and installing LVT flooring in both the old kitchen and new kitchen. That total also included £1600 on a bespoke solid wood quad wardrobe for what became the master bedroom.

Yours seems pricy to me by comparison!

I was talking about this to a colleague three years ago and she reckoned about £5K for an average-sized kitchen. Of course you can insist on mother-of-pearl flooring and worktops made out of coffins from Ancient Egyptian tombs, but yes they will cost.

£10k in 2015, for which I got 5m run of Wickes wall & base cupboards, drawers, sink, larder unit etc. with oak doors, a range cooker & dishwasher, fridge freezer. 5mx4m porcelain tiled floor and 5m of quartz composite worktop.

Wickes were hard work but we got there in the end and it's still lovely.

The only time I've ever chosen a kitchen for myself

Oh and the joiner built a couple of bespoke shelving units to make the most of the space.

We spent 6k on ours 5 years ago. It was an Ikea kitchen then we bought appliances elsewhere and used an independent fitter. We only wanted a basic kitchen though as we only planned on staying in the house for a couple of years

It’s hard to say whether your price is good as the quality can vary so much and the size of the kitchen is a big variable too. If you’re not comfortable you can get a quote for something similar from elsewhere?

6k a few years back. It was a B&Q kitchen and DH fitted it.

All underbench appliances.

Kitchens are expensive ,we got a quote from.wren for a mid range u shaped kitchen (no appliances, or flooring) for £16k, that was with half price cupboards!
We went with a carpentry firm and a separate builder and it still came to around 16k incl flooring ( no appliances) but was much nicer than wren

One word - IKEA. Their kitchens are good. Also many other budget kitchens. I've had both Smallbone (does it still exist?) and IKEA kitchens. I wouldn't go for expensive again. But I do like the luxury appliances like fridge freezers from Sub-zero & Wolf and would buy them with any new budget kitchen.

We didn't find a huge quote difference for actual cupboards and worktops between independent places and Howdens or Magnet. Appliances you can comfortably add an extra 5k if you go from cheap to expensive models. Add in a few grand for actual works, flooring and a bit of decorating and for a medium size kitchen you'd hit 20k pretty easily. I imagine you can easily half or double that if you go for budget or luxurious things.

We’ve had a quote of £50k and that was also pretty budget apparently.... so we haven’t gone ahead and will try another company.

£30k, solid wood Daval units with decent appliances and including flooring (but not structural work) Seemed at lot at the time (5 years ago) but suppose it is pretty reasonable in the grand scheme of things. Would definitely not go for magnet (marginally cheaper but mdf!) or lots of other big stores. Go local/small as you'll get the best value.

Go to IKEA, their kitchens are good, they have some new door designs, some of their designers are great too. They have great interior fittings which are loads cheaper than other places. Probably get your own fitter. You should be able to get a decent big kitchen for around 15k I think - we spent 5k on a tiny kitchen including fitting, with appliances.

About 30k. That did involve building it first though.

@olaff be careful with limestone. We have it on our bathroom floor. It’s beautiful BUT has been badly damaged by cleaning products that one routinely uses.

Our kitchen was about £25k, not very big. If yours has needed doing for 20 years you can divide up all the years you’ve already saved, factor in those you have to come and it will sound remarkably good value. 🤣

Our kitchen would have been around £12.5k but managed to get it down to £8.5k.

Ours was about ten years ago, roughly 23k for the actual units and worktops etc, 3.5k appliances, about 3k in tiling

We spent just around 43k around 8 years ago. It included taking out windows and putting in full length windows in our bay with French doors. Granite work tops, underfloor heating and all new appliances (2 ovens, warming drawer, induction hob, ventilator, fridge freezer & dishwasher). Also did the utility room. Still love it and it still looks like new.

This was just under £9k including all appliances (mid range), fitted including some plastering and painting, the wall tiling and flooring. It’s small, but the finish is immaculate.

It could have been far more expensive if I’d opted for e.g. quartz or stone worktops, the top range tiles, most expensive appliances etc. That wasn’t important to me, and I wouldn’t have noticed the difference sufficiently enough to justify the money.

3.5k but you'd be hard pressed to find a bigger shoebox

£20k all in, a local company but actual kitchen came from Germany. Quartz worktops, splashback and upstands, induction hob, 2 ovens, flooring and plastering etc also included in price. Didnt include fridge as we already had an American one which we had built in. 17 cupboards. Big drawers which are fab and wall cupboards up to ceiling height.

It is a very small kitchen, 3m x 2.5m but we stripped it back and replaced everything including plastering and flooring.

I had a wall knocked down and the kitchen enlarged earlier this year.

I had 7 floor to ceiling units, 12 base units consisting of drawers etc, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, induction hob, extractor fan, double oven & grill, and microwave all integrated and all Bosch, sink & taps, new flooring, lighting and tiling.

Everything (including the building work) completely finished and decorated cost me just short of 11k.

So far:

£1300 on electrical work (needed new fuse box, rings and lots of chasing)
£1400 for flooring (luxury vinyl tile with installation)
£2000 ish on units (good quality high gloss)
££200

We renovated and completely re did the kitchen including plumbing, etc.

The cupboards, inside fittings, handles, extractor fan, 2 ovens and the dishwasher were included in the price of £8500.

This was around 18 months ago now.

The kitchen was a high gloss one from IKEA, so one of their dearer ranges, we sourced the worktop ourselves from an online granite company, which was templated and fitted within the price of £4000. This was for an 3mx2m island quartz slab as well as around another 12m of quartz. The quartz has crystal chips in it to make it sparkle.

The kitchen itself is 6.5m by 4.5m and is built in a U shape with a 3m by 2m island in the centre.

The 2 ovens themselves were £1000 (1 steam and 1 pyrolytic) and 12-16 place dishwasher from IKEA (£400). The extractor fan was around £250. These items were included in the kitchen price though so choosing cheaper models would bring the price down.

The hob is gas (8 ring) and was bought separately for £300 and the sink is a 1½ bowl composite one (£150), also bought separately.
We bought a Samsung American fridge freezer via an online company (£1300) with plumbed in ice/water along with a Grohe red duo hot water tap with a 4l tank for £700-800.

Altogether, including the floor and wall tiling and lighting (mood and under cabinet/above sink, etc) and paying for someone to fit the lights and tile we spent between £17,000 and £18K.