IKEA 0% finance kitchens - installation prices?

[FourArms]

We'd like to get an IKEA kitchen & are considering the installation service too. Any experiences?

Found this on Which? report:

Installation: Optional extra arranged by Ikea; carried out by contractor at cost of £97.02 per cabinet, £102.13 per length of worktop or £153.19 per metre of stone worktop, £86.81 per appliance, £163.40 per sink and tap, £148.08 for an electrical certificate, £137.87 for a Gas Safe engineer.

That would make £3K+ fitting for our smallish kitchen. Does that sound right?

Sounds about right. I am constantly astounded by how much kitchen fitters charge. I've fitted an ikea kitchen. It's not worth £100 a cabinet. They will do fitting piecemeal, so would come and just fit the gas stuff, the work surfaces and the doors if you asked them to quote for it. If you've got the money available otherwise than through Ikea credit, then it's well worth asking around for a builder who will come and do those bits instead, as it will be cheaper and probably better than the Ikea fitters. But if you're limited to what you can get on credit (I am for my kitchen thanks to the builders) then I would consider what you can do yourself and get them to do the rest.

I think prices may have gone up a little as I remember we spent about £2k on the cabinets, beech worktop and their built in fridge 8 years ago, and the installation cost was the same as the kitchen (we didn't use them).

Ours has just been fitted. We went for it because of the interest free, but also because Ikea guarantee the work (so none of the chasing around between fitters and retailer/manufacturer blaming each other).

Watch out tho for the "additional work" quote (eg plumbing, electrical, gas, tiling). It's not covered under interest free and we found it to be hugely expensive. Eg gas work Ikea quote was £350; local Gas Safe engineer £100: electrics via Ikea £1700; local guy £900: tiling from Ikea £250; local tiler £150. We saved more than a grand by doing very limited "additional work" thru Ikea.

I would also say hat if you go for non-Ikea fitters, you'd probably save a bit on the basic install but check your joiner has experience with Ikea kitchens.

They're different in some ways (eg they don't have service channels behind the units) and your joiner will whine unless they've done them before.

Thanks for those tips! Can probably sort gas etc through people we've used before, so may do that. And we could assemble the cupboards....

I noticed there installation costs when looking at their catalogue and thought they were very high.

But I have been amazed at just how expensive installation is.

Have been quoted £4320 for a very small 13 cab kitchen by high st (not ikea) supplier!