Has anybody used DIY-Kitchens for quartz/granite worktops?

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phario · 29/05/2019 21:18

We've been running the numbers for a quartz worktop for a kitchen renovation. Running it through diy-kitchens.co.uk we got a price that was about £400 cheaper than estimates from Benchmarx, Magnet, a local kitchen shop (high end), and almost £1k cheaper than Wickes(!!).

The total predicted by diy-kitchens is £2.5k and other local kitchen shops are quoting £2.9k (Wickes quoted £3.4k but I have no idea what was up with that!).

My feeling is that many of the above people are going through the same supplier. Still, the DIY-Kitchen quotation is so much cheaper that it's hard not to be suspicious.

Have any of you used DIY-kitchens for quartz worktops?

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phario · 29/05/2019 21:23

Sorry, I just realized the Benchmarx estimate doesn't include VAT (and likely the Magnet estimate doesn't either). So this brings both in line with the Wickes estimate.

However, the local kitchen shop does include VAT, as does diy-kitchens, so the question remains.

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WBWIFE · 29/05/2019 23:03

Everyone that I know who has used diy kitchens for anything has said they're really impressed with all of the quality of everything

Andonandonan · 30/05/2019 07:40

I think you can only get their cheap prices if you also buy a kitchen from them.

I had run quotes through their website for quartz worktop & they were much lower than the actual quote the supplier gave me, so even though we had a diy kitchen (& love it), we got our worktop from somewhere else.

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phario · 30/05/2019 09:40

@Andonandonan:

I was a bit confused by your message. If their prices were so low, why did you get it from elsewhere? Did you buy the worktop separately from your DIY kitchen?

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Andonandonan · 30/05/2019 10:15

@phario

Diy kitchens work with a quartz supplier (it’s not diy themselves that do the quartz). When I got an actual quote from diy’s quartz worktop supplier, it was a lot higher than the website estimate. So I got my worktop elsewhere as could get a better price from a different supplier, whilst still getting my kitchen from diy.

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phario · 30/05/2019 10:49

@Andonandonan: that's really helpful. Thanks. I'll contact the people to find out. I suspect all the prices are heavily normalized.

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