Kitchen diner full renovation cost

[Didimum]

Hi, I’m not sure why I’m finding it so hard to find ballpark costs online. It seems like a popular renovation project these days what with the popularity of open plan living and installation of bifold doors to garden etc.

Anyway - our house has a linked kitchen / diner area, also in that space is a small walk in pantry, a small WC and very small utility area. The whole space is about 25sqm.

We’re looking to knock through the entire thing (will need one or two support beams), swap the kitchen and dining area over, possibly move position of WC and utility also install large doors/bifold doors in wall out to back garden. New flooring, new appliances etc.

I know the sky really is the limit with stuff like this. But has anyone done similar, and what was the full cost? Did you go low end, mid range or high end? Will obviously gather some quotes, but it’s not something we’re looking to do for a long time, I’m just looking to mentally prepare myself! Please do ask anything silly I’ve missed out. Thanks!

we did low cost renovation of our kitchen just plastering rewiring and tiled floor and new kitchen units and though our kitchen units were only £3000 the whole thing cost us £6000 so whatever price you are thinking be prepared to double it

Mid range (DIY kitchen with solid wood doors), no bifold/patio doors/ fenestration changes, knock through/steels, re plaster, re-plumb, and rewire room, with new flooring came to £35-40k in 2020. Roughly half of that was kitchen itself, including units (£6k), appliances (£5k), worktop (£3.5k), tiled floor. The building/structural work was about £15k

If you need support beams you’ll need a structural engineer and building regs , builder , new kitchen /utility/toilet you’re looking at 20-25k , southern prices , not sure where you are

similar to yours in that we swapped the kitchen/dining room round and worked on the utility. Higher end kitchen and was just under 40k 🤢 We do love it though

We did a bit less than you, no bifolds, just a small door and 2 new windows (aluminium, 8.5k), making good walls and ceiling, plastering, decorating (5k), bricked up a door and window, created an entrance to a pantry (15k), underfloor heating, plumbing, electrics (10k), tiling (5k), kitchen, island, worktop, appliances (mid range, local joinery, 25k), plus fitting, light fittings, sockets etc- estimated to come in at 75k, but fear it to probably go a bit higher. In a comparatively cheap part of the UK. Friends closer to London did kitchen renovations with small extensions and bifolds and they say they all paid 200k plus.

Extensions will sky rocket the cost though. None of that is happening. Also not entirely sure £25k is a midrange kitchen cost. Unless I’ve misread.

If you love it, you love it!

I’m questioning the need to knock through these areas needing support beams (utility, WC and pantry). Not sure how much gain there would be on the significant cost increase!

Also interested as we are looking to do the same .

We did a kitchen project including pantry, hallway, downstairs loo and utility about 50 square metres in all. We added a dividing wall, made a new window opening, had all the electrics redone as we wanted to move the cooker, moved the doorway, new kitchen, new appliances, new utility units, new pantry cupboards and silestone worktops and everything decorated. Whole lot came to around 56K. Think the electrics were about 6K, new appliances around 6K, builders were 15K, kitchen fitting 4.5K, new floor 5K (amtico but did the hallway and downstairs loo as well), worktops 4.5K, decorators 2.5K. We had a project manager who also cost quite a bit but sourced all the trades and managed them.

Can't help with cost but we have a large kitchen/diner. I love the separate small utility and wc/boot room we have.

I'd keep them I think they're useful to have separate and it helps keep my kitchen tidier.

We're just about to start (hopefully as its taen 18 months to find a builder).
Knocking down structural walls, can't stretch to bifold so having french doors, skylights, new kitchen and all miscellaneous We're looking at 80k and fingers are x that contingency doesn't go over 10%

I am doing an extension to achieve this. The total cost of I’ll be around £100k, £60k of this is building costs and £40k is kitchen, utility room, flooring, radiators etc.

I would estimate you could do yours for under £40k or £30k if you go for a more basic kitchen.

list out what you will need - my structural engineer cost £600. You will need building control as week so round it up to £1k. Add another £6k for the beam work.

then you need plasterers, electric work, plumbing, new kitchen and kitchen fitters, new flooring and flooring fitted. Do you need new windows?

then of course you will need lights, switches, new furniture, probably new radiators. I forgot about radiators and spent £2k last week on them🫣