Rough total price for cheap kitchen

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I bought a small house a few years ago and the kitchen was a bit old, but passable. It's now looking quite run down and I think there might be some problems with a few floorboards which might need replaced. The last owner put down cheap laminate and it's falling apart and sunken in one part. I want to move in a few years but I can't put up with the kitchen and it will be harder to sell in its current condition. What sort of cost would it be in total (roughly) to put in a new cheap, but not total rubbish(!), kitchen ,replace the floor and potentially fix floor boards, and paint the walls, tidying up an area where new boiler was put in etc. There is an annoying added complication....2 walls are tiled all over, quite nice tiles and could stay, but when the wall units are ripped out , there would be bits of wall not covered by new wall units I think, which would make us either need to retile or come up with a creative solution! (Any ideas on this?) Could I do all this for around £5k or is this a closer to £10k job? Its an 8 unit kitchen, spread over two walls. Not big. I know you can replace doors etc instead of whole kitchen but the cabinet casings are old and not in good condition. Please help! Don't know where to start. Are there places that do everything - e.g. floor, installation etc or will I have to contact lots of people separately? Any advice appreciated.

Depends how cheap you wanted to go. For IKEA you could get 8 units for 1k , if you went on eBay there are 7 units for £300. Second hand you could go even cheaper. If the layout isn't changing you get get a handyman to do the kitchen rather than pay a joiner.

I think it could possibly be done for 5k if you watch every penny. Ikea kitchens are excellent value for money. You can get decent floor/wall tiles for £15-20/m2 (mega cheap start from about £5). You might be able to keep some appliances?
The biggest variable will be labour cost. So it’s a case DIYing as much as possible and finding an affordable handyman etc.

Cheaper to contact people separately

£5k should be easily doable.

Hopefully the loose and sunken laminate isn't due to rotten floorboards and joists or it could be a considerably bigger job than just fitting a new kitchen.

What kind of costs would be talking about sall74 if that were the case? Hundreds?

You see a lot of nice kitchens on eBay that people are taking out say to have an extension with nothing wrong with them that might be worth a look ?

Would you be prepared to do any of it yourself if need be? If so it should be easily doable on 5k. The sunken floor is the main worry but it could be as simple as needing some chipboard floorboards replaced. You need to get the laminate up and have a look I'm afraid.

The cheapest way is to buy your own kitchen and get an independent kitchen fitter to quote for fitting it. You can ask them to just quote for fitting the units and worktop and do the flooring and tiles yourself if you fancy. Wickes and IKEA will also quote you for fitting costs (charged per unit) and that would give you a starting price, but you can do better with an off the shelf kitchen range (Wickes and B&Q basic ranges) and an independent fitter.

For flooring, consider good quality sheet laminate. It is out of fashion but there are some really good ones now, it's cheap to fit, forgiving of less than flat floors (though I wouldn't ignore a sunken patch) and gives a good waterproof barrier. You'll only need a remnant probably so could get a bargain.

Also look at the IKEA all in one ready made kitchens, if only to rule them out. A fully fitted, if basic, kitchen would be better for sale. Be aware that IKEA units are a bit bigger than others and have no service void. The lack of service void puts some fitters off fitting them and possibly may bump their quotes up, though ours was an ex-ikea fitter and fine with it. We decided against IKEA units in the end for our small kitchen, because we worried they may make the kitchen look smaller, like putting a big sofa in a small room. But it's only a few cm so we were perhaps being fussy.

You need at least one drawer, for cutlery! Lesson learned when we moved into a house with kitchen so cheap they hadn't put in a single drawer!!

What kind of costs would be talking about sall74 if that were the case? Hundreds?

Really couldn't even hazard a guess, but rotten floorboards and joists really is 'worse case scenario' and hopefully it's just someone doing a crap job of putting laminate down on a slightly uneven floor.

If there are rotten joists then obviously you need to rectify the damp that's causing the issue.

I would get the flooring pulled up you never know there could be salvageable real timber boards underneath. If not don't just put a plaster on by relaminating it.
That's your starting area imho. A chippy could install units afterwards and then do fancy footwork around the tiling.
You'll also need to consider any white goods having to be replaced.
I reckon you could do it for 5k if you don't rush it

We renovated a 1906 apartment and in the kitchen they stripped back wall and floor tiles (3 layers one on top of the other), rewired, re-plumbed, tiled the floor and splashback (5m). That was the most expensive part. Approximately €3,000.

We did the rest ourselves.
KNOXHULT kitchen from Ikea with their cheapest oven and sink plus tap. No hob, just a freestanding double induction ring unit.
Freestanding Whirlpool fridge freezer,
Bosch washing machine and dishwasher (behind a hacked KNOXHULT unit) and cooker hood from online sellers. I trust Bosch appliances, even bottom of the range like here.
Cheapest IKEA table and chairs.
£2,000 approx.
It still looks good and works fine after 2 years of heavy student use. We put in a cheap kitchen thinking we could replace it when we move in, but the way it’s bearing up we’ll probably keep it!

Reading the OP, you could use Formica strips with a tiling or marble finish in the splashback area between the bottom and top units. I’ve seen plenty in DIY stores. They would cover any power sockets, though.

Laminate planks in a kitchen are not a great idea with food spills and water going through the cracks. Better something waterproof like vinyl sheeting or laminate sheeting as suggested by a PP.

If a kitchen floor is sinking it is very likely chipboard that has collapsed due to long-term water leaks. Laminate hides it and prevents it drying.

In which case you will have to pull it all up, repair the leaks, dry out the subfloor, possibly replace some joists, treat with wood preserver, and lay a new floor (preferably in 25mm WBP ply)

Then you can start the new kitchen.

Don't get chipboard floors unless you like carpentry.

@PigletJohn my sentiments as a lay person exactly. No plaster will fix a floor that covers problems