Is this kitchen fitter right?

[Pumpkin11]

Having a new kitchen fitted and It’s not looking right to me. The fitter is saying the oven tower can’t sit flush with the other units as the quartz worktop would overhang and chip but it looks misaligned and just wrong to me.

Can someone please confirm whether the fitter is correct? I also asked for a corner decor strip to hide the two corner panels but he says this can’t be done. I’ve included photos of what I mean. Would like to hear people’s views on this, thanks.

I can’t work out what you’re trying to say. Can you post a picture of the oven housing more clearly and then I’ll look at mine.

I’ll try to explain as those are the only pictures I’ve got (not living in the property yet). The tower which houses the ovens doesn’t align with the rest of the run of units as the tower unit sticks out slightly.

The two panels for the corner unit are visible and I assumed this could be hidden by one long strip.

I hope I’ve explained that better now

Just looked at mine to compare and unfortunately my ovens sit forwards of the attached worktop by at least 6 inches because of the wall behind.

It’s your kitchen, so you get to decide how you want it, not the kitchen fitter. I had a knobhead kitchen fitter too who also seemed to think he should make the decisions. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Our worktop on the other side that’s next to the big fridge freezer has rounded corners, so would this be an option?

I think your fitter may be saying that if you align the oven tower with the other units you will have an overhang of worktop between the other units and the tower which makes the quartz vulnerable to damage - that's your call to make though I guess not the fitters?

I can't see how a decorative strip would fit TBH given the hinging space the doors need. Perhaps the fitter can show you the problem?

So will your worktops overhang your base units (usually they do by about 1-2cm)?

If so then I think he is right and your oven tower needs to line up with where the worktop edge will be, not with the front of the base units. Otherwise you will have a 1-2cm corner of worktop sticking out when you get to your oven tower, which will catch and chip and look odd.

However if your worktop edge is going to be flush with the front of your cabinets, no overhang at all, then he is wrong and the oven tower needs to line up with the base cabinets.

Re the corner cabinets, it depends whether the company does corner decor strips and did you order one...?

The style of your cupboards means you can't have a strip to hide the join in the corner. You wouldn't be able to open and close the doors.

I have no idea what you're on about with the oven!

I think he’s right, sorry- our oven tower comes out further than the base units, I think that’s standard.

We do have trim hiding the corner joins but our doors are a different style to yours, I can’t see how it would work on yours.

It seems like he is right then. Yes, He said there would be an overhang of worktop on the base units and this is what I couldn’t get my head around, as all the pictures of kitchen designs similar to mine seem to be fully aligned.

With regards to the corner cabinet, it was supposed to be an actual corner unit not a blind corner unit but this got lost in translation by DH as he did the ordering . As soon as I realised I asked about the decor strip but he says they’re only done if there’s a bigger gap and it wouldn’t work on the type of doors we have, as a pp also pointed out.

Looks like he can crack on with getting it finished now that’s sorted!

Thank you for the replies.

That's very annoying (for you), to have "lost" that corner to a void..... is it too late to re-order the correct corner cabinet? Whilst the kitchen fitter is there it seems a shame - depends how short of cupboard space you are I guess ?

I don't see how the edge of the worktop will get chipped, unless you're swinging hammers close to the edge of the units.
Ours is flush and the worktop just pokes out slightly.
When the side panel is fitted it should look ok.
Having said that i fitted the kitchen myself so I've no idea whether that's standard practice. I haven't actually fitted the side panel yet on the oven unit!

We have a pull-out corner unit and a slim pull-out straight unit on the other side of the corner, so no hinges in the corner, and covered with a decor strip. Much better than the old kitchen that had nothing in the corner.

Our oven sticks out a little bit further than the units, maybe 1.5cm, and is flush with the worktop. That never bothered me.

Not sure if this is what you are talking about. Just looked at mine and, yes, worktop does come out a little bit, but oven unit and cupboards are flush. I've never noticed it to be honest. Will try and post a pic

I have the same cupboards and a stone worktop. Where the oven housing (eye level so a tall cupboard) is, the worktop protrudes by a couple of cm so the cupboard below the oven is aligned with the rest of the run. Like in booksforever's photo but because the handle bit is recessed, the overhang is deeper/more obvious IYSWIM. It hasn't chipped so far.

I don't know if there are specific decorative corner strips but you can get stick on edging to go on cut veneered/laminated boards. It looks like those 2 corner cupboards aren't perfectly aligned though so you wouldn't be able to do that. They seem to align at the bottom but not the top. It could be the photo though.

Just caught up with the further replies.

Booksforever yes that’s what I mean. I would have been happier with that as I think flush cabinets look neater and don’t Ming the worktop protruding like that.

As luck would have it the fitter has gone into isolation for a couple of weeks but at least that gives me some breathing space to think things through.

As the worktop is now on, can he make any changes to the cabinets? Or is it too late? I could ask him but I don’t want to give him the chance to wriggle his way out of it so I’d like to be sure before I speak to him.

I've been and look at ours. Our oven towers all line up with the base units and the counter top on the base units protrudes by a few mm. No issues with it at all. We have granite tops which were all measured and cut to fit. Depending on the depth of your tops he might have been governed by them not being deep enough, particularly if they were off the shelf in depth, if he had brought the front of the cupboards flush with the oven housings. I would challenge him and find out the exact reason why - it will be a lot of work to move the cupboards forwards and you may find there is then an issue with the worktop depth. But you contracted with him and if this was going to be an issue it should have been explained beforehand. Corner posts are usually provided to match the carcases I believe - ours certainly have been but they are wood so not sure what the position is for other finishes.

Of course, it’s actually called a corner post. Thanks bouncydog. I would actually prefer for the units to be flush and stupidly assumed the would be. With regards to the corner post he keeps claiming they don’t do them!

I point something out to him and he comes up with reasons as to why it can’t be done but to me his reasons make no sense. Think I need to wait until he returns and go through things with him again properly.

Could you very neatly fill the gap at the corner of the two Units? If not, I suspect it’s the type of thing you might not notice once the kitchen is Up and running.