has anyone had their kitchen doors and worktops replaced? instead of an entire new kitchen?

[nailpolish]

i have had lots of quotes now for a new kitchen. i cannot afford any of them.

so

i am now thinking about those companies who replace the doors and worktops. i might even get a new oven depending on price

i know this is dull but i wonder if nayone could give me an idea of price?

ta muchly

oh not dull, will watch this thread cos i want mine doing......

I bought new doors for my kitchen at B&Q, this obviously will only work if your cupboards are a standard size. It worked out really cheap and with a new worktop - looked great. We were doing it to sell though - it was a tiny kitchen and needed to be nice so as not to put people off - it didn't seem to as we got over the asking price for the house in the end (this was a year ago tho!).

My Dad is a carpenter though so was able to fit them all for me, but hiring a carpenter to fix the doors may be cheaper than one of those companies who do it all - but I really don't know about this.

Would definitely recommend it. Hope this helps.

My mum and dad just had a new sink and worktops installed and painted their existing wooden cupboards and moved a few cupboards around. Oh and new tiles...Looks amazing. Cost well under £1500

ok ive booked a free estimate from local company

wish me luck!

will update you donbean

wow! thats great dropdeadfred i could afford that

am feeling a bit deflated about the price of kitchens so thatnks for that

Yes - we replaced the door fronts and handles in our old kitchen and painted over the tiles - cost £200 and looked tons better.

thanks dotty
i need some further stuff done like worktp replaced - and some addtional stuff - dont think i could do it myself

Only worth doing if the layout is exactly as you want it now and the cupboard and drawer casings are really good. If the drawers wobble when you pull them out, the cupboards are manky inside or you have to do several laps of the kitchen to make a cup of tea, you will feel cheated by having shiny new fronts and still want a new kitchen.

hmm yes i agree

but it all comes down to cost!

I am thinking of doing this, altho I will also have to replace my drawer stack as the kiddies have made it into a type of ladder to climb up to get at the biscuit cupbourd!!!!!

Plus, the cupboard doors on the bottom are looking manky with water damage!!! (especially by the sink from when the kiddies and DH splash and don;t wipe, as I am perfect and would never do that....).

as and when I do go for it tho, I will keep the worktop as it is fine, but replace the back splash with tiles, re-paint, buy new window blinds AND rearrange the cupboards about too......will feel like a completely new kitchen then, and I will watch and giggle when no-one can find anything, (altho they may watch and giggle when I cannot find anything either).

new tea towels and a new colour scheme (of sorts) make a difference too

i quite like the layout - just HATE the doors and worktops

would the worktops look so bad tho if you just changed the cupboards, or vice versa??

I did it in a kitchen in an old house of mine. The companies who replace them for you are dead expensive. You can buy them from DIY shops or even get MDF cut to size. You then need a router to drill out round holes and then you can fit kitchen hinges yourself. Bish bosh - easy (well, it was for DH Then paint...

We updated our kitchen doing this, cost less than 200 quid in total and looked fab. Are thinking of doing it again in our new house as cupboards are sound.

the worktop is in bad condition and the doors are just hideous!

we replaced our doors and it wasn't too expensive - think it was less than £1k for 22 cupboards and 11 drawers (small kitchen, lots of cupbords).

we fitted them ourselves though which cut down the cost quite a bit.

We thought about replacing the worktop but it looked so much better once the new doors were on we decided not to bother as it is a real pain to do.
Did get a new floor though which was def worth doing as vinyl off a roll is v cheap, and new lighting (halogen spots on a track) made a colossal difference.

thanks mrsB

did yo udo it yourself or did you pay someone?

My SIL partner works for Kitchen Magic they advertise in the Times on Sunday full page ad. They supply new doors and worktops and have redone her best friends house. I would get three quotes and ask for a detailed quote not a line quote ie one price. You want some one who seems interested but don`t be tempted by any hard sell from a company walk away.

If you want to give me some details nailpolish I dont mind getting you a rough quote from them. As you have helped me before. Ill give you my email or you can click contact if you have the mumsnet service.

lots of our doors were non-standard sizes so we got them custom done by these people who also drilled the easy hinge holes - dh did the awkward ones eg the folding door for the corner cupboard.

Handles we bought in 10pks from B&Q, I marked up the doors where the handles were to go and DH drilled them, then we fitted them between us.

worktop i need is 323cm (one length) and 160cm (2nd lenght)

16 cupboards - 3 with drawers

cupbards are standard size i think

ohj and need sink and hob/oven/extractor

do you need more detail brrookeslay? i can CAT you if you like

Could you have a joiner make them ?. I know you can buy plain mdf doors and paint them in farrow and balls colours then make it more glamourous with a more expensive worktop.

thing is, i dpnt know any joiners. and im always so wary of just calling someone up randomly from the yellow pages.