Realistic cost for nice small kitchen please

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I'm about to start getting quotes for a new kitchen. It's 20 years since I last had a new one, so I'm very out of touch on prices, and want to have at least some idea before I go to showrooms.

I often hear people say they saved loads of money by sourcing this here, or getting a reclaimed that, or getting someone else to do the xyz. This is not me! I am (relatively) cash rich time poor, and I don't enjoy house decoration stuff, so I don't want to have to sort, manage, source, project manage anything. I just want one kitchen fitter who will arrange everything for me.

I realise there must be a huge variation, but I'm just looking for a ballpark. It's a smallish kitchen (just under 3.5m square). It will need everything doing (including replastered ceiling etc) but nothing structural (no walls moving). I'm looking for something mid range I guess - a step up from standard Wickes off the shelf, but not super luxury (I'm not interested in boasting that my marble worktops are hand-carved by artisans in an Italian monastery etc) . All electric, if that makes a difference (induction hob, electric oven). No interest in fancy gizmos, curved cupboards etc - I'm a keen cook and I just want as much cupboard space and work surface as possible. I want practical but beautiful! Don't know about style, but I quite fancy something modern Scandi ish.

Can anyone tell me even vaguely how much I'm looking at, so I can avoid looking like an idiot? Bonus points for any company recommendations (nb I'm in Kent).

Thank you!!

We have a small kitchen (2.9x2.5 ish) and we have had a kitchen done for about 10,500 late last year. That includes, kitchen, laminate worktop, fitting, new electrics in the kitchen, some plastering, moving of plumbing, new blinds and some new appliances (we kept our washing machine and fridge freezer).

We had to fight hard aa sourcing stuff to get it for that price. We used DIY Kitchens for the kitchen, a local fitter and sourced all appliances from different providers ourselves.

So it is doable. If you want something like a quartz worktop you can add about 2-3k onto that price. We couldn't afford that so went with laminate.

Got quoted 7.5k for just the kitchen, no plastering, electrics, floor etc. That was 4 yrs ago at Wickes. Similar size.

We went with an independent kitchen designer who designed, sourced everything and brought in all the workmen. Obviously wasn’t as cheap as doing it all ourselves but we were like you and had some money but time poor and also had a few other hurdles. We are up a single track lane so deliveries are a nightmare. She got it all delivered to her and then hired a transit and brought it up here and also removed all the old kitchen. We also got to see the kitchen on her big screen which was pretty much like walking through the house so you could see exactly how everything would look. So I would recommend you looking at independent kitchen designers and not be afraid to walk in their shops! It would probably be in the 30K price bracket though if you went with this option. Depends on if you need rewiring, changing plumbing etc too.

Thanks all, that's really helpful. Sounds like I might be closer to @Crazymadchickenlady situation than others. I don't think there'll be too much plumbing and electrics involved, fortunately. I was hoping I'd get away with 20 grand, but sounds like it might be a bit more than that. I love the sound of your kitchen designer with her transit van. I definitely don't want to be taking time off work to wait around for deliveries.