how much did you spend on your kitchen

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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?

A lot of my cupboards are actually drawers, and to give you an idea of the size/number of cupboards there are 100 handles in total.

... Not sure what happened there.

£2000 for quartz worktops
£250 induction hob
£800 cooker
£250 extractor
£250 plastering
£60 removal of old gas appliance.

So a bit under £10k, but we are installing the kitchen ourselves and the actual kitchen bit is not large (though we are also flooring/plastering in the dining room, hallway, toilet etc. And we don't have to buy several of the appliances you do.

I think £23k is reasonable for a large room if you don't have to do any of the work yourself.

Mine was 12k with 6 built in appliances from Magnet. Not the cheapest either before you think its a basic one. It is a shocker though as I was aiming for 6k!!

5 larder cupboards
11base cupboards
12 top cupboards
3 lengths worktop
6 appliances
sink
boiling tap bought separately £299 intu is the brand
pull out bin
snazzy pull out corner contraption etc
fitting was by a separate fitter 2K

i think it was a bargain

you dont have to spend a fortune...

My husband converted the garage to make a larger space.
We have paid 9k in total for made to measure floor to ceiling cupboards, a medium island, all appliances and a high spec granite work top which includes fitting of the granite too.

23-50k?! ...that's a house deposit noway would I pay that unless your getting an extension with it

£250 including delivery. New (not been used) but second hand (had already been in a house). £200. £50 for a man and van. Fitted it ourselves. Well I say ourselves,I observed, passed tools and made cups of tea/provided beers

Currently in middle of ours and we are in at £29k 😩

We had our kitchen redone 2 years ago, absolute bargain from Benchmarx. I bought top of the range appliances separately from john lewis.

My only regret wasnt taking the opportunity to have 2 dish washers installed side by side

@ComtesseDeSpair

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.

It looks good!

Where did you get your cabinets from & what is the worktop made of?

Your issue is probably dealing with just one supplier - more convenient for sure but costs more. For comparison, our kitchen (largeIsh U Shape with island) was as follows:

-£5.5k units (DIY kitchens)
-£5k appliances (Neff plus F&P fridge, Appliance City)
-£800 sink and tap
-£3.5k worktops (quartz)
-£1500 flooring (ceramic tiles plus fitting)
-£2k kitchen fitting and making good
-£1k electrical work

There is probably something I’ve forgotten but you’re looking at change from £20k from ours. The units have a wooden painted shaker door, and are really good quality.

Ours was about £25k excluding appliances.
We upgraded the kitchen included in our new build (local builder-not a development by a national builder). They had allowed £10k (Howdens) and we made it substantially bigger and had better units and it cost us about £12k extra, but that was excluding VAT. We bought our own Range and American Fridge.

On the flip side I plan to change the tiny kitchen in my BTL soon and will spend no more than £5k and hopefully nearer £3k! But it’s little and will be cheap kitchen with laminate worktop and appliances will be budget (as they get replaced often).

It’s all relative!

We have ordered ours for 13k with fitting and tiling but not including flooring. It includes fridge freezer, washing machine, dishwasher and induction hob. Solid wood work top and wooden doors. From a local independent.

£70k plus Aga. Huge expense. Once in a lifetime.

We are just finishing ours as part of an extension. This is for a utility room around 4m long with units along one side (three full height, the rest are base and wall), and in the kitchen there is a central island about 1.5 x 1.5m, a corner with all tall units including a walk in larder, a full height fridge and a built in microwave, a stretch with dishwasher etc and one with a mantle over two ovens and a hob. In total the kitchen is about 4m x 6m. The costs were:
£14,000 for units
£5,000 for appliances (2 ovens, induction hob, fridge, microwave, extractor, dishwasher, small freezer, 1 Belfast and 1 stainless steel sink, 2 taps)
£2,100 for Amtico flooring that looks like wood but isn't
£3,200 for granite worktop and £200 for wood-laminate worktop in the utility room

On the plus side, we intend to never move house or have another kitchen unless we make it past 90! I hope this helps!

Had ours done last year and I think it was about 16k. Howdens kitchen, range cooker, American style fridge freezer.

I think ours totalled about £6,000 about 7 years ago and £4,000 of that was the granite worktops! We designed what we wanted to fit the space best - it's a large kitchen but has five doors off it and a wall of windows! We bought Ikea skeleton cabinets and fitted solid oak doors to them (in the sales). Handles were bought off ebay. Didn't replace dishwasher or fridge/freezer at the time but had new hob and second hand oven off e-bay. Husband did all the work as he had newly retired - it took a while but was totally worth it.

Did ours five years ago and even then was £23k, including Neff appliances, quartz worktops and glass splashbacks.

IME it’s the worktops that can whack the price of a kitchen up. The cupboard units themselves were only £10k but we have a lot of worktop (including a big island) and the quartz alone was £4.5k. If you’re happy to go with laminate type worktops it can bring the price right down.

20k nearly three years ago. Wickes, granite work tops, island, new mid range appliances and a range master. They did a great job.

5k around 12 years ago for a Howdens cream shaker style with wood worktops...it still looks good.

20k ish incl handmade kitchen units / bespoke; rangemaster plus other appliances, quartz and wooden worktops, Belfast sink, painting of cupboards.
Part of house renovation at the time.

Mine is being done in a weeks time.

16 units, worktops sink, tap, fridge freezer, dish washer and microwave. White gloss (mid range) laminate worktops. Paid just under £6k.

Another £5k which includes ripping out and fitting, new sockets and face plates, 3 walls plastered and floor levelled. New flooring, tiling, decorating and a new table and chairs.

I have shopped around and I definitely saved money on not using the fitters from where I bought my kitchen from. I found my own fitter, who has also sorted out the electrician and plasterer.

I got a mixture of 16 wall and floor cabinets second hand for £200. With flooring, tiling, worktops, plastering and some electrical work plus fitting cost me around 3K including appliances 5 years ago. Not my dream kitchen but still in very good condition. Im considering vinyl wrapping it and been quoted £400 for all cupboard doors to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

We were very pleased with DIY Kitchens, just bought a large kitchen from them for about £5k excluding appliances (which I sourced myself on discount websites after reading Which? Reviews). Given the covid supply chain problems, I wanted to order from a company in UK that controlled the manufacturing process as my friend has been waiting months for her kitchen doors to arrive from the Italian factory! So anyway:
DIY-K Units £5k
Worktops £2k (they are special)
Fitting £1700 (local independent guy)
Sinks and taps £300 from sinks-taps.com
Splashback £70 from PremierRange (getting so many compliments on this!!)
Appliances up to you what you spend

This is the layout we have and the cupboards are this style.

Just counted and there are 46 units and 120 handles, so I think it was a bargain really, especially as all the floor and tall units/cupboards have pull out drawers or baskets rather than shelving. Only 11 of the wall units have standard shelves, the rest have pull out wire baskets or a carousel.

@MJMG2015 - thanks. The carcass and fronts are Ikea (Voxtorp) and the work surfaces are Corian - which must be sold and installed by a DuPont certified fabricator, so adds to cost, but not as much as pricier alternatives.