Cost of a new kitchen

[MollyFaith00]

Hello!

We are looking into redoing our very tired and falling apart kitchen.

We are looking at new units/tiling/oven/hob. White goods and fridge are staying.

It's already extended so it is a decent space (but not silly big!! Just a nice family kitchen).

Would anyone be happy to share what they paid for a new kitchen?

Did you use a big kitchen shop or independent tradesman?

Thanks so much!
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I am planning mine at the moment and I am leaning more towards ordering mine from DIY kitchens who seem to be very well reviewed on Mumsnet. They have their own factory so no middle man hence that is why they seem to be cheaper on similar kitchens from other suppliers

I have been messing about with their online planner which puts in the cupboards / drawers for you and also tallies up the price as you build your virtual kitchen. I am then also able to add or receive worktops to see what it does to the price.

Give it a try and see what price you get back.

As an example my 5m x 3m kitchen is returning a £4100 including handles but no worktops. That price could go down if I change the drawers to cupboards. Mine is the Norton Light Grey.

planner.diy-kitchens.com/

We just had our kitchen done. We bought the kitchen from B&Q. It was about £3,500 including an underbench fridge and good extractor fan. We already had oven, hob, dishwasher. This was a mid range kitchen. We then paid £3,300 for it to be fitted. We bought a freestanding island from IKEA because we wanted to be able to move it if necessary. I should add that we added a couple of extras from B&Q that we could have easily done without to bring costs down, ie. Under cabinet sensor lights. I've added a pic.

we will be going with DIY too kitchen 11ft by 14 ft 12 cupboards
ours needs doing all of it from walls outward
DIY quote £3000 for cupboards, doors and worktops
installation £800 (ex son in law)
electrics around £1000
plasterer around £1500
Flooring around £300 (vinyl)

We had a fairly large kitchen installed last year. 3 pull out full height units, one very large. No top boxes, lots of base units around the three sides and a 3 meter island. It was DIY kitchens top spec inframe kitchen.

Total was 6k. Granite (medium-top end stuff) was another 5k. I fitted it myself doing all the plumbing and electrics so just material costs there.

@Jellyshoeshurtmyfeet tell me where you live as I'm moving in, that's gorgeous

@Throughthegate ha ha, thanks. I'm really pleased with it considering it was B&Q

Can I ask what the finish is? Is it a foil wrap or a wooden thing? (Sorry I am not up on the terms!)

@Jellyshoeshurtmyfeet yes! Love it. Nice colour. What's the flooring?

@Jellyshoeshurtmyfeet Your kitchen is beautiful! We’ve ordered the same one, it’s getting fitted next month. Seeing yours has made me excited as I was a bit nervous about buying a B&Q kitchen.

@Throughthegate it's just wooden finish.
@Allmixedup76 it's oak style laminate flooring, it was quite inexpensive, also from B&Q and recommended for kitchens and bathrooms.
@sk1601 you won't be disappointed! Everyone who's seen it has admitted they weren't sure about it until they saw it, even the kitchen fitter said he was unsure of the colour til he saw it finished! It feels very good quality.

Where are you from I may be able to assist

@Jellyshoeshurtmyfeet I love that dark blue!

Can vary so much
3.5k from benchmarx
£8k Wickes sale (small)
£11k Wickes (med)
18k Wickes (large)
45k Harvey Jones
50k local bespoke
Not all mine! Families

Such a how long is a piece of string question
My first kitchen was £3000 from Ikea, saved fitting costs by doing it ourselves
My most recent one was £30k all in, including tiling, electrics and replastering - it's solid oak, handmade by local joinery company with silestone worktops and is a thing of beauty - it's also quite a bit bigger and more awkward than first one
Both great kitchens that suited time & house and wouldn't have done either differently.

The big extra cost is what you decide to do about worktops. They really add to the cost of you want any form of stone. We have just replaced a wood worktop with quartz. £1800 for a small L shaped worktop in a London flat. DD is having a new kitchen and the worktop is over £3000 for a slightly bigger one. That’s over 1/4 of the cost of the kitchen which is reusing the fridge freezer and dishwasher.

Other expensive extras can be built in bins (vital in a small flat) built in microwave and any bespoke sizes. Electrical goods can be as cheap as you like but DD wants to buy once and have decent brands. Same with sink and taps.

So, a C shaped kitchen for a small kitchen that needs to fit a lot in, from John Lewis, is around £13,000. It won’t age, it has clean lines and looks very smart. No one is going to DIY so it’s a case of coughing up a realistic amount.

Watching this with interest! I just started a thread about helping me design my new kitchen.