Anyone getting a new kitchen in 2020?

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If so, are you up for a support thread? I'm equally excited and terrified at all the decisions, I'll have to make!

Joining to educate myself, as we'll be getting a new kitchen in the summer, hopefully! Just got to get planning for the extension and the extension built first. :)

Does anyone have a rough idea of plumber and electrician costs for installation. We have a quote which excludes these so want to try and estimate what we're in for!

I think it depends on how much it's like for like replacement or complete new kitchen.

My kitchen fitter included plumbing in his quote and it was about £350 to change radiator and plumbing in appliances (slight location move but same wall)

I ended up needing a new gas pipe installed (about 20fts worth as some of the old one was too narrow) for my new cooker and that cost me £500 which included resetting boiler, cooker connections.

Electric I was told £250 a day 1-2 days for moving plug sockets etc etc.

Thanks @Toomanycats99 that's really helpful we're doing an extension so expect we will need to do all those things anyway.

I'm doing a big kitchen extension this year... Trying to emulate a Tom howley kitchen for pennies!!! 😂
Can't afford inframe so getting second nature mornington beaded from units online which were by far the cheapest. I've also used Karen at one plan on Houzz and she was amazing, the finished design looks quite high end in my opinion, perfect symmetry, big island. Also picked up tips about buying a more ornate moulded plinth in another second nature range to get that skirted plinth look. Our units alone will be about 6k but that's with a 1200mm larder being created for us with spice racks on door etc. Haven't ordered it yet. This has been a lot of planning!!! 😂

@Cottipus this sounds very similar to what I’m hoping to do. Can you share roughly how much it’s costing?

@needmorecoffeeandcake it’s come in around £26k for the kitchen- that’s about 15ft + 12ft of base units /drawers plus about 21ft of worktop and wall units. Also included full height larder fridge, u/c freezer, 6 ring induction and extractor, eye level oven, eye level oven/microwave combi, sink. Dishwasher came from our existing kitchen.

Sounds like a lot but it is a big kitchen and it included moving all services into a brand new room, plastering, new electrics (6 x new sockets), undercounter lighting, taking up and refitting existing floor and tiling by all the worktops.

Cheapest quote was around £20k but didn’t include moving services, tiling and the extras etc and the shop we went with could supply a builder to do the work we wanted, (for an extra few £k) so we were happy to go with them.

I will try and remember to put some pics up when it’s painted!

@Cottipus thanks for that!

I'm planning a kitchen this year but I've decided to do a free standing one.
I am absolutely clueless at the moment!

I just want my house back! 2 weeks in and hopefully last day tomorrow. Well for a while as they are back Friday /Saturday next week to install worktop, template glass splash back and connect dishwasher / washing machine.

I'm fed up of stuff everywhere (my house is not very big) and living in ready meals. Cooker was connected yesterday so actually managed to cook a proper meal - still having to wash up in the bath though!

We are getting new kitchen from b&q gloss white garcinia. I'm getting all appliances integrated except washing machine.I've been researching best place for appliances at good prices. Im looking for double built in oven. The reviews are so mixed. My head hurts
Think going to be big job. We are moving doorways, blocking up doorways & knocking wall down between lounge and dinning room.

We're having an extension, which will include the new kitchen. I'm so worried that the measurements of the space won't be 100% accurate to the plans, which will impact the installation.

Dumb question - should we wait until the extension is built before ordering the kitchen?

The plan should be accurate... Your planner will be able to tell you exact internal measurements based on block / brick work, cavity etc however if you are going for a kitchen with a short lead time as we are, then it may be worth waiting till walls are up!

We haven't even had a decent quote yet and I'm over the whole thing.

I made a rough plan on DIY Kitchens which is about £3.5k with worktops, it's 8 base units, 5 wall units and 2 larder units, not including appliances. We need about 10m2 of floor and tiles, fitted hob/double oven and dishwasher, some plugs moved and downlights fitted. We also need a new boiler, moved 90° on to the next wall. That's basically it.

For basically the same plan we've been quoted £11.5k and £12k fully fitted (not including the boiler). One company didn't respond to contact, one company didn't show up to the quote appointment, one company came and hasn't got back to me (since Tuesday, and he's a Which trusted trader and seemed great) and I've got one more coming on Tuesday.

I'm going mad trying to price up the actual material cost of everything but so far I can't see that it's more than £5/6k maximum and by what people have said about rates on here we might be around £3-4k for fitting (Central Scotland)? That's just about doable but I can't get my head round a total price of £15k?! It's a tiny kitchen!!

That does seem extortionate, even your fitting costs seem high tbh but I suppose you've factored in flooring, plumber to move boiler, sparky too... Id go with the diykitchens option, have a look at units online too, they've been so so helpful and more willing to accommodate not so normal sizes, very quick to respond to emails too...so hopefully you'll be looking at 8k max, ignore the ridiculous quotes... Magnet quoted me 26k for mdf door cabinets then did their showman bit and reduced the price down to 13k and looked so happy with themselves 😂 I'm getting mine for half that price with solid wall doors!

Wood not wall!

We wanted to avoid all the waiting around for planner to come to the house, all the sales talk and banter and booking a showroom appointment for more of the same . Times this by about 5 companies and it's enough to blow my head off. So we went to each showroom armed with with OnePlan's set of plans too. Had two who priced it as we asked and three who added a load of accessories we didn't ask for ( one added 7 end panels we didn't need ) . Seems they just want to sell you crap you don't really want. So keep an eye of for that .

polarisation
We are paying 2grand tbh I was shocked at that. That includes plumbing. Tiling
Then £800 to hard wire cook and move plug

The guy who I'm waiting for said he'd initially give a quote for just the fitting, and he'd itemise it, so I was looking forward to understanding how the pricing works out. From what I've googled it's max £250 per worker per day for labour but I'm not sure if that price includes stuff like plaster and other building materials or if that's charged separately? I'm hoping £4k is too high tbh! The next people I'm seeing do fitting or supply and fit, I'm pretty impressed by DIY Kitchens so far (except for when I discovered the "show full price" toggle and suddenly it was £2k more!)

Has anyone done the wall units without cornice and pelmet? I took it off to save money... I almost took off the soft close hinges but then remembered we'll have a child's bedroom directly above!

Wehaveafloater... How good is Karen though 👍 yes I hate the hard sell... And 7 extra panels 🤣
Polarisation... I definitely think you need pelmet and cornice, pelmet especially as if you don't have that youll see the bare carcass underside of wall units

So glad to have found this thread. We've been to Wickes but I want really impressed with the design after a long consultation appointment.

How do I go about finding a good independent please? Not high end as we're on a high street budget!

Celeriacacaca why don't you go to more high streets, with no intention of buying from them, then go to diykitchens / units online etc and buy your kitchen from them, you'll save thousands. If you're like me and can't face this process (I was in a filthy mood after listening to magnets crap) then pay a kitchen designer like a few of us have and they'll basically give you a perfect design and shopping list that you can then email to any kitchen companies (diykitchens Inc) and they'll give you a quote and put it into a shopping basket for you

polarisation
We are thinking of taking soft close hinges off too at £14 a pair. Also taking end panel off at £70 no ones going to see it against wall

@happyshoes
where you buying your hinges? they are about £2.50 each (blum) = £5 per pair.
the last thing you should remove is these.
add up the amount of doors you have and work out you want this kitchen to last for 5+ years and will use it day in and day out

I agree with diseno, I think you would regret not having these... I can't believe they're trying to charge you 14 a pair!