Is this a fair price for a new kitchen?

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We've just had a kitchen designed and quoted for by a largish kitchen company and I was wondering what experienced kitchen doer-uppers think of the quote (only others we got were John Lewis and Magnet- both expensive).

We've gone for :

4 double units (solid painted oak)
7 Single units (solid painted oak)
Integrated Dishwasher
Move oven
Chimney style extractor
10m granite worksurfaces
Move oven
All plumbing, electrics, tiling and plastering
wine rack and microwave shelf
large pan drawer

The quote was £13000. Sounds good to me (although still £3000 more than we planned to pay!) but I've been confused by the extreme expensiveness of other places and don't really know what to think anymore so would apprecitate any opinions!

Sounds ok to me. Might be some margin to bargain if you haven't already. About 2 years we paid about £8k for wooden units and appliances (hob, oven and dishwasher)and about £2k for granite workshops. We have 7 double cupboards, one single and 2 tall larders. We paid for tradesmen separately - I'd estimate at £600 for all the work?!

That's quite a lot - I recommend Howdens. They are trade and you buy stuff through builder/fitter. I got quotes for similar kitchens from Wickes (£17,000 ha ha ha!), B&Q (£7,000 and shoddy quality) and Howdens at £5000. They're on line and you can order a brochure. I've now bought 2 kitchens through them!

Do you have a breakdown of kitchen cost versus fitting? Hard to comment otherwise

Sounds excellent to me. You've got 10m granite worksurfaces in there for starters. The units themselves will be quite a small part of that £13,000 total.

For solid oak cupboards, big kitchen, granite, 11 units, plastering & electrics, I wouldn't be surprised by £13k. Are you having little lights in the cupboards & shelves?

Do get other quotes.

Friends just had a small kitchen, inexpensive materials, regular laminate type work top & so on, unlit small cupboards, think it cost them £3500. We are far from London, too.

10m of granite will be expensive!

Yup Myron, 10m of granite was £3000. We are having a new worktop fitted across the whole length of the back of the kitchen for the children to bake at and eat lunch when the table's out of action.

I looked at wood but I've been warned of the slime factor around the sink and the need to sand and oil.

Thanks for all the replies. I think that I am going to look at some local firms too, just to compare prices.

as with so many things, kitchens cost what you've got.

I don't think you will find solid oak at Howdens. Some people would ask why are you buying solid oak if you're going to paint it. I suppose you mean oak doors on MDF cabinets?

Kitchen companies usually have a big mark-up.

If it was me I'd get an independent electrician and a plumber in, kitchen companies are notorious for shoddy and nom-compliant work hidden behind the cabinets.