Kitchen refit - quoted £3000+VAT for installation - is this reasonable??

[Jellylorum]

The price includes
-clearing away all old kitchen into a skip (£395)

• alterations to gas/electrics etc (£350)
• install units and connect new appliances (£1480)
• lay laminate flooring (£400)

- tiling splashback around full length of units (£290)

The builder and his team have been recommended, and I trust them, so don't mind if it seems a little bit pricey, but just want to check I'm not getting ripped off. The kitchen itself is reasonably straightforward - 2 sides of a 6x3m room.

Any opinions gratefully received!

Sounds about the same as mine

I've just been quotes
Fitting £1300 (the units come solid rather than flat pack)
Rubbish Clearance £150
Painting of units £350

The work top fitting is extra.

I was a bit stunned at the price too.

Dear god! I just had a new kitchen fitted. It took three days to install, and we were charged £450 by a local builder. The electrician is charging £10 per hour (so owe him about £120) still to pay a tiler, and the guy who cut and fit the Worktop charged £120. I would seriously shop around; this is a quieter time of year for builders as weather starts to become more unpredictable. I must add, he has done an amazing job

Chestnut, I think you were lucky! I also think that kitchen fitting is incredibly expensive and overpriced, but the OP's quote sounds about standard. My brother is a sparky and charges even me more than £10 an hour, although we are south east and I don't know where you or OP are. Mind you, if you're anywhere near Essex, can I have his number please!

It would be fine if it was around the 3k mark
the + vat makes it diy store charging
It also does depend where in the country you are.

That would be v expensive here.

I have a quote for £1000 for fitting, including electric and plumbing installation. Skip will cost £150 - we haven't talked about price for clearing out old kitchen, but going on experience with these guys I'd be surprised if its more than £60.

Are the units flat pack or solid?

We're in Newcastle! Solid units, and I think the doors etc are already fitted too. Hmmm, seems on the more expensive side, especially for where we are.

We paid £ 1300 to have old kitchen removed, new kitchen installed (flat pack). This included any plastering which needed doing.
£400 to have electrics all moved around and all appliances connected
£300 to get floor tiled
Worktop was extra as that was fitted by the company i got it from.
No VAT on top either

I think Essex would be too far for our builder! We are in West Yorkshire. I should think prices here should be comparable with Newcastle, OP. get some quotes

Look on checkatrade for kitchen fitters, all recommended by there customers

I've had £4300 and £2300 from different installers for fitting the same kitchen.

Pays to get a few quotes.

£4300??? wow
hope your in London and includes re-plaster/floor and painting and decorating with elecs

Wow, that's expensive.

We paid half that for a large,kitchen tiling, flooring laid, etc etc

Where I live, I had two years ago:

Kitchen ripped out and removed
Handmade units made from tulip hardwood 1 of 4.3 metre run
And 1 of 1x 2 metre island (6 units)
Painting of units
Basic plumbing and electrics
Granite work tops
Taps and handles

Total bill nearly £7000.

New range cooker but from ebay £900

Ie the units themselves, granite and fittings were included in the price.

No tiles as granite included splash backs

If in doubt get more quotes to compare because every kitchen is different.
To me it sounds about right - I would expect the builder to be employing a qualified electrician to do electrics and a qualified Gas Safe Registered engineer to do gas and be a consultant on kitchen design.
The gas engineer would be the expert who could advise on ventilation and on location of things that are close to cookers and boilers.

If you have gas in your kitchen do make sure a gas engineer is involved.

Not London but SW.

I do the decs - they tile floor. Not having wall tiles - am sick of them. Laminate work tops and upstands.

Dual fuel slot in cooker. Some bespoke shelving. Small kitchen. Mid range cabinets that look chunky and designed to last. I buy appliances separately - they fit. Quite a lot of electrics involved - nothing flashy like undershelf / plinth lighting, just extra sockets.

OP your quote seems spot on with lower quote. I'm saving the skip costs by taking it to the skip myself.

We paid our builder £650 to fit the kitchen which included a peninsular unit, 2 pull out larders, 2 swing out cupboards and overhead cupboards.

Unless your kitchen is huge or very expensive units, it sounds a lot for fitting to me.

No, no, no!

It's way too much.

I'm in greater London. A good fitter is £150/day. It should take about 2/3 days. Day labourers are about £60/day. Probably 2 guys can knock it all out in a day. A skip used to be about £200. Electricians and plumbers are about £150/£200 a day. They should be done in a day or less.

You are being quoted 100% markup on already generous daily rates.

If you feel brave enough, start talking directly to individual tradesmen. I found organising my new kitchen myself to be much easier than I thought. And would certainly go that wy again.

Do electricians and plumbers charge a day rate?! All the ones I've used (in London) charger per hour, and it's usually about £50-60ph. Have I been robbed?

skip hire here is 220+VAT and you will need to buy a permit to put it on the road, £25 for a week, £45 for 2 weeks.

the prices do seem a little on the expensive side but are not astronomical and if they come with a recommendation i would probably go with them.

my kitchen (picture on my profile) was fitted by a local chap and I paid him £800 (including the utility room which is not in the pic) - some of the units had to be adapted as he installed them and all of the worktops had to be cut to size

electrician wired in the hob and oven - 1 hour
plumbers did the sinks - 1/2 day
DH did the tiling
its in a new build extension

Lovely kitchen talkinpeace! Your timings sound about right.

I was conservative in my estimates because I wanted to be careful not to exaggerate, and it's been a few years now. I live in greater London, and £3000 sounds like some one trying it on to me.

Can I ask people where they sourced their actual kitchen stuff and how they decided what they wanted/needed.

In the past, I've always paid a company to design, source and fit. But this costs, no?

Units : Ikea
worktops : online - solid bamboo
flooring : online - solid bamboo
tiles : local specialist - on the tiles
appliances : Southern Domestics Woolston, graded stock

I designed it using the Ikea online tool