Painted wooden kitchen - DIY vs professional?

[Helliecopter]

Hi

We're about to start having a kitchen/diner extension on the back of our house. Stupidly excited about getting rid of the tiny, cold, ant-ridden lean-to where it currently is!
We've had a wooden kitchen from pineland.co.uk priced up and I'm surprised we can actually afford it, just about! The units are supplied bare and sanded ready to paint ourselves, or for 15% extra primed ready for a topcoat of our choice, or for 25% extra they'll paint it any F&B colour we choose.

So I'm wondering...
Has anyone had a pineland kitchen? How much would a decorator charge to paint the units? Is it worth the £1500 extra it'd cost to have them painted by the manufacturer, which would undoubtedly be a better finish than we could do ourselves, and a damn sight faster!

Any ideas?

Many thanks!

[RevoltedMum]

It would depend on how much you have spent on the kitchen. If you spent say £1,500 on units, then I would DIY the painting.

[EastwickWitch]

I was quoted £350 plus the cost of paint for my new kitchen.

[Helliecopter]

It's about £5k on units, it's quite a big space with island and over-mantle.

[fossil971]

Allow a day per coat so 4 days at say 120 a day? The pineland kitchens will need all the interiors painting, it's not just doors, so may take longer.

[Helliecopter]

Thanks fossil971 :)

£350 sounds a bargain EastwickWitch! I doubt I'd get such a good quote but I might try!

[OnePlanOnHouzz]

Hi - I get mine (just the fronts/ exterior ) painted every couple of years and our lovely painter charges about £275 - he chooses a rainy couple of days - so we fit in around the weather ! Worth every penny.

[EastwickWitch]

To be fair. the kitchen I've chosen already comes painted, but I don't like the colour.
So the £350 wouldn't involve priming etc just putting another coat on I think.