Cheapest way to redo tiny galley kitchen before selling house

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We’ve finally decided to sell up and move on! We have to move fast as we need to get a mortgage offer accepted within the next few weeks before our circumstances change (but that’s a whole other thread.)

Before the house goes on the market we really need to do the kitchen. It’s tiny at 3m x 2m. We can’t do much about that, but we can try to make it look nice. There are tiles missing, plaster coming off the walks. No real cupboards, just free standing units. Torn Lino on the floor. So as well as plastering and tiling the walls and floors and fitting the units, we need to chase the electrics, chase some plumbing and move a sink from one side to the other.

I’ve had a quote for all the work for £3.5k, which seems a lot. All the materials (units, new hob, tiles, etc) should cost about £1.5k. So all in all we’re looking at £5k. Does that sounds reasonable? I think it’s a lot for such a small space.

Another option is to ask the individual tradespeople to do bits of the world k e.g pay plasterer/tiler, electrician, plumber, joiner separately. Maybe that would be cheaper. Any top tips?

Thanks all. Our house is worth £400k ish because of location (London suburb / SE). I don’t think a cheapish kitchen would look too out of place. But I’d hope it wouldn’t look too cheap anyway. Good tip about not mentioning the kitchen is new to the agent (or at least the viewers).

I would definitely do it myself.

The other thing is, if you need to move fast, don't give people anything to dislike about your house. A fresh contemporary kitchen will be much more attractive.

I'm going to go against the tide here. Kitchens are really personal and a new kitchen would really put me off, especially if I was intending to knock through. I really wouldn't want to pay sor something I was going to rip out. Can the agent market it as priced to allow for kitchen replacement?

Or is London such a different world?

A b&q off the shelf kitchen would cost you next to nothing. Units cost 30 quid and doors from about 25 quid. Laminate worktop cheap too.

Or go to a kitchen showroom selling off their display kitchens.

3k for a kitchen your size sounds a piss take. A cheapo brand new kitchen will see any new buyer through a good 5 years at the very least and if they want yo Top it out on day 1 - it's a cheapo kitchen!
Top of the range hi spec kitchen to sell is a poor idea. New buyers may not actually like it but find it off putting knowing it's a ££££ kitchen that they are just going to bin.

Cheap kitchen is the way to go. Clean and useable for anyone thst wants it but painful to destroy should they choose.

*But NOT painful to destroy