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£25k for a kitchen...fucking hell

125 replies

DangerCake · 03/06/2020 07:31

Always inherited a kitchen.

New kitchen in new extension, if we can ever get a design that works we appear to be looking at £25K, and that doesn’t include flooring.

We are a bit limited as due to location, No Ikea or DIY kitchen option.

Is that just what they cost?

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Weathergirl1 · 03/06/2020 07:35

Probably depends how large the room is. We paid £10k 10 years ago for our small galley kitchen (no oven as retained the old one, and no fitted fridge freezer).

donquixotedelamancha · 03/06/2020 07:43

We had quotes like that, the cheapest were about £20k (no appliances). We paid £3.8k from DIY kitchens for the same spec.

Any chance you can arrange delivery yourself? They are in Yorkshire, even if it costs you a grand for delivery you'd save a lot.

Alternatively what about second hand units?

Don't pay £25k, you are just chucking money away.

Monty27 · 03/06/2020 07:46

Don't do it. Get a reliable builder in. Their stockist will design the kitchen for you and you can tweak it to your own spec and desires. And take your time don't be pushed xx

Bagelsandbrie · 03/06/2020 07:50

That’s insane.

We measured ourselves and used the Wickes design service and ordered everything to be delivered and then had a handyman fit it all. Cost us about £9k about 8 years ago and still looks good as new - this is a very large kitchen / diner extension.

c3pu · 03/06/2020 07:53

My budget has a been absolutely razor thin, but when I needed a kitchen to replace the original one from the 1930s I bought a second hand one off of eBay, £550 including Neff oven and hob.

All told doing up the entire kitchen cost less than £2000.

intheningnangnong · 03/06/2020 08:08

Also depends on the value of the house. One builder told us no more than 2% of the finished house value if reselling. No idea if that’s a good indicator, but keeps things real. £25k = £1.25M house

ILoveAllRainbows · 03/06/2020 08:08

Look at DIYkitchens.com. Lots of people including me have used them on Money Saving Expert. Look at the MSE DIY forum and do a search on diykitchens.com. You will need a builder to plan and measure up for you but there is lots of info on the diykitchens website.

ILoveAllRainbows · 03/06/2020 08:10

Also your builder will obviously also need to fit the kitchen.

Oliversmumsarmy · 03/06/2020 08:11

I would arrange my own delivery from DIY kitchens. The savings would definitely make it worthwhile

Wildlingyoumakemyheartsing · 03/06/2020 08:16

We have just had a new kitchen fitted for about 18k (it was part of a bigger restructure job)
We bought from Howdens - all units and no work surfaces meant we had a bigger discount. Bought in the sale (large kitchen) for 12 grand.
Then spent 2500 on granite work surfaces (we could have bought cheaper but decided the surface made a massive difference to the kitchen)
All appliances sourced through ao.com as it is WAY cheaper than other stores.

Wildlingyoumakemyheartsing · 03/06/2020 08:17

Oh btw to buy from Howdens you will need to have a builder arranged first as they actually 'work for' the builder. This was worth it as weeks later, our builder could exchange parts, alter things as they are interested in maintaining a good relationship with the builder...it's not a one off purchase

Bundlemuffin · 03/06/2020 08:20

My MIL spent about that much on her largish kitchen. But that's because she only got one quote (from the same company she used for her previous kitchen, 25 years before). She is like that. I think she's mad.

I got mine from Ikea, same size kitchen, cost about half that much all in (including fitting) and it's actually a better kitchen imo. Ikea will probably deliver to your area if you need them to. Or other people have suggested what sound like great options too.

I suspect a lot of kitchen companies have very high mark ups and survive on people like my MIL.

SamSeabornforPresident · 03/06/2020 08:22

We were quoted 17k from Magnet but paid around £8k from Howdens. We also went back to Howdens after their original quote and haggled some extra bits off. It's definitely worth trying them.

Bundlemuffin · 03/06/2020 08:24

Oh and we got the granite worktops from a separate place that only does worktops. It was even cheaper than the Ikea 'stone' worktops and looks fab.

2ndStar · 03/06/2020 08:28

Is it a specialised kitchen company which sends out a sales person?
They usually have a few stages of dropping the price. Some happen in the appointment. Last one is a phone call with their rock bottom price. Not the first call either.

Sadsammy · 03/06/2020 08:33

Get a builder who has a trade arrangement with Magnet, Howdens etc. They automatically get discount through them, usually between 40 and 60%.

madcatladyforever · 03/06/2020 08:34

That's insane, I'd only spend that much if I won the lottery. My last kitchen was ordered cross country from IKEA and fitted by a local carpenter and still looked like new when I moved house 10 years later. It cost £1000 and they threw in a free dishwasher which was also still working 10 years later.
You've got wickes, B&Q or ebay which sells kitchens including special end of ranges which are often lovely.
You just need a fitter.

Sushiroller · 03/06/2020 08:35

Go to benchmarx Howden or get it from DIYkitchens and sort delivery privately.

I had a benchmarx one it looked beautiful after 6 years and when I was selling everyone asked if it was newly fitted.

greathat · 03/06/2020 08:36

Was it one of the big hard sell companies? We ended up going with an independent one, got solid oak cabinets and granite worktops for a fraction of the price

yomellamoHelly · 03/06/2020 08:38

Sounds like a lot of money. Our kitchen (units, worktops and appliances - oven, hob, FF) was £6k and it was another £2k to fit it. In a previous reception room (to give you an idea of size). It's not fancy, but we're really happy with it.

dottiedodah · 03/06/2020 08:40

We spent about 5k a few years back .You need to find a reliable kitchen fitter in your area(most will travel a fair distance ) get 3 or 4 quotes .We had a guy to gut/fit the kitchen ,then another guy for tiling, and we went to a flooring shop for the floor .25k seems a huge amount ,Im sure you can do better than that.

Bluntness100 · 03/06/2020 08:40

Kitchens are like anything you can do expensive or you can do cheap. Ours was just under twenty k but we could easily have done it for half that. Things like granite work tops and the appliances built the cost up,

1990shopefulftm · 03/06/2020 08:42

we paid about 7k for one from wickes in 2017 and got a local contractor to install it for us. we took the old one out ourselves just got someone in to disconnect the hob and sink as we didn't feel confident touching it ourselves and paid about £200 for a man in a van to dispose of it.

Raindancer411 · 03/06/2020 08:43

Yes we were quoted that for our kitchen but needless to say we have not had it done yet.

BubblesBuddy · 03/06/2020 08:46

2% is low. Builders (Ken) often don’t understand kitchens and how important they are. In some areas a £1.25 m house buyer would expect a decent kitchen. £25,000 is John Lewis kitchen territory. So not extravagant.

It does depend on the value of the house but for a £200,000 house, how do you spend only £4,000? So the 2% is ridiculous.

Look for sales on units. Look for sales on oven and dishwasher etc. You won’t get discounted fitting and this is where a big percentage of the cost will be. Plus sufficient electrics and lighting. You could do some work yourself. You can get cheaper but you would have to compromise. Usually it would be quality and size/range of options for cabinets, no fancy fittings and a cheap work surface.