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New kitchen for under 10k

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Bibbitybobbityboo86 · 06/02/2022 20:41

AIBU to think we can get a new kitchen for under 10k

We’ve got a small/med kitchen. 8 cupboards and 5 drawers.
We don’t want anything fancy- laminate worktops, new cupboards, tiles, new sink, new extracter fan.

Everyone on Mumsnet seem to spend over 20k on their kitchens.

I’m too nervous to book an appointment as I don’t want to look stupid as we’ve got 8k-10k to spend

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Calmdown14 · 06/02/2022 21:47

Yeah should be fine. Play about on DIY kitchens. Even if you don't go with them their pricing is really handy. You can see the difference different doors, pull outs, adding glass makes to the cost.
Then if you need to shave anything off you know where the compromises are.
Get a local joiner to fit. Are you planning to change any plumbing or wiring? If not that will keep costs down

TooMinty · 06/02/2022 21:48

I think Howdens or Ikea and it would be possible. Howdens definitely looks more expensive than it is, good quality.

MakemineaGandT · 06/02/2022 21:49

DIY kitchens - fantastic

kerosene20 · 06/02/2022 21:50

Our kitchen is 3X2m. We have ordered a b and a alpinia with oven and hob, which was 2.7k. 1k for a fitter. Definitely doable!

kerosene20 · 06/02/2022 21:50

B and q even!

ghislaine · 06/02/2022 21:50

Would you consider something like this? Appliances are often part of the deal too - this one has a Miele dishwasher and a Liebherr fridge freezer.

DorothyZbornakIsAQueen · 06/02/2022 21:55

Very doable. Especially if you're willing to do the grunt work yourself.

We're having ours done at the moment. We've removed all tiles and artex . Removed woodchip wallpaper off the ceiling believe it or not. We will be removing the cupboards ourselves and cobbling together a makeshift kitchen in the conservatory.

Dh is quite handy and has fitted spotlight himself, but its the plastering that is rather expensive.

Shop around. We've not decided on a kitchen yet, but are looking at Howdens, IKEA and B&Q who were surprisingly cheap if you do a load of the grunt work as I say.

Shefliesonherownwings · 06/02/2022 22:13

We’ve literally just bought a new kitchen from Mganet. We’ve got 12 units, not including a built in pantry and spent more on the appliances and worktop but saved on the cupboards and splash back. For the kitchen alone we spent 6.5k. We’ve gone with our own fitters and saved about 1.5k by not using magnets. They will rip out the old kitchen, plaster, lay flooring including in the utility area, fit new kitchen and decorate for about 2.5k so roughly 9k total. It’s totally doable.

Sockpile · 06/02/2022 22:38

For a kitchen and utility, neither are big, I’ve been quoted -

IKEA - £5k for units, worktops and appliances £2.2k for fitting

Wren - £16k for units, worktops, appliances and fitting

Howdens with a local builder fitting - units and extractor fan (no handles or worktop included in that price) £8.5k fitting costs £5k (plus another £1.8K for removal of old kitchen).

IKEA fitters are coming this week so will see how much extra they charge for removal, tilling and any extra electrical work.

heyitsthistle · 06/02/2022 22:42

We got a Wren kitchen with 18 units and 6m of real quartz worktop for £13k on 0% finance. The fitting was priced at about £4k.

jeaux90 · 06/02/2022 22:55

Another vote for DIY kitchens. It's the only one that has the thicker cabinet front available (21mm) and they have an option on the internal cupboard colour.

Fixings are really good quality.

British made too.

The thing you need to do with them though is plan it yourself really careful and get someone to install for you if you aren't very skilled. They don't do a design service.

CorsicaDreaming · 07/02/2022 07:03

Lots of really useful advice on here - thanks

catwomando · 07/02/2022 07:31

Hello OP , others have commented on costs, please may I suggest that where go for drawers as they give much better stirage and you can get to everything much more easily.

Good luck

WayneBruce · 07/02/2022 07:37

Depends where you buy it from, Magnet no, Howdens, yes!

Magnet camevin at £15k and Howdens £11k but we did spend 4k on quartz worktop which you dont need. Friends have used Laminate which looks pretty good.

QuiteAtALoss · 07/02/2022 07:41

Same footprint, no new flooring? Source your own appliances - completely doable.

Prices are only going up, unfortunately. If you have the money, do it now.

londonrach · 07/02/2022 07:45

DIY kitchen was less than 3k...wren quoted 20 k which dropped to 12k then 8k. DIY kitchen was amazing quality and vvvpleased with it

FindmeuptheFarawaytree · 07/02/2022 07:47

Ours was just under 9k from Magnet, with removal of old kitchen and fitting of new kitchen (4 double size cupboards, 1 normal size, 3 curved corner cupboards, porcelain sink with half sink and drainer, drawers, induction range oven, inbuilt dishwasher, laminate worktop). I absolutely love it and the quality is fantastic, nothing was flat packed and it feels and looks very solid. We negotiated a bit with them to get that price, but we're surprised how reasonable it was compared to other places. Our house is old and nothing is straight so we couldn't have fitted one ourselves.

TruffleShuffles · 07/02/2022 07:53

Easily doable, DIY kitchens are excellent and extremely easy to install as they come already put together. We did a mixture of DIY kitchens for areas that we were completely changing and for areas we were leaving the same we just found a company to buy the kitchen doors from as the previous kitchen was only about 10 years old so the carcasses were still in good condition. This saved us a lot of money.

The flooring we used click vinyl which is only a few mm thick so we just laid it straight over the top of the the existing floor, this was a much cheaper and easier option but still looks great.

Luhou · 07/02/2022 08:02

Deffinetely can be done. Our old house, we spent 5k on the kitchen itself (B&Q) fortunately we have trade's within the family but I can't think for the amount of time it took 1 man to fit it, a trade would charge you more than 5k again! (I'd think 3k ?)

tabulahrasa · 07/02/2022 08:08

3.5k from wrens just over a year ago, we got a similar price for a similar kitchens in b&q as well. That doesn’t include the fridge or washing machine - or the tiles, but when we got prices for fitting we did include the tiling (the tiles were less than £200)

We got quotes from wren and local joiners and kitchen fitters for all fitting and the tiling and they all came in at 3-4K... we did it ourselves.

But even if we hadn’t it’d still have been well under 10k and we didn’t go for the cheapest of everything, most things, lol, but not everything.

New kitchen for under 10k
1TheCircle · 07/02/2022 08:14

We have just ordered a kitchen from B&Q. £6500 all in. Our kitchen is pretty big about 15 cupboards. Lots of worktop and breakfast bar area

RangeMaster 90cm cooker (this was £1300)
Integrated Dishwasher
American style fridge freezer
All the sink, taps, worktop, back splash things, end panels etc.

They did an amazing plan for us. They aren’t pushy
20% off in January (so maybe plan for next year)

Kitchen fitter has quoted about £200 a day for prob 8 days work.

newnameforthis76 · 07/02/2022 09:19

You can definitely do this for under £10K.

Hawdyerwheesht · 07/02/2022 09:20

Flatpackkitchencompany DIY v cheap

Ramona75 · 14/02/2022 08:37

I would definitely have a look at diy kitchens. The units are great for the price but you have to plan it yourself but they do have an online planner to do that just here.

TheYellowOne · 14/02/2022 10:32

I've just had 2 quotes for a new kitchen and all new appliances. Wren came in at £10k for the kitchen (13 units) and £4.5k for installation. Magnet was £13k (for materials and installation). Both prices include removal of the old kitchen. But there were components which you could scale back on to bring the price down, including perhaps finding a local joiner who might do the installation more cheaply.