Hello everyone,
We bought a Roundhouse kitchen 6 years ago. We wanted a darker kitchen and were initially pleased with it. With a couple of months though the paint started to chip off all over the kitchen, in spite of our careful use. Roundhouse use white MDF so, as the paint chipped off, bright white spots started appearing all over the kitchen cupboards. A few years ago Roundhouse repainted all the doors at their expense but it just started again straight afterwards. We now have white spots everywhere and have taken to colouring them in with a dark felt tip pen.
In addition, we have multiple doors which have started swelling at the bottom. Roundhouse claim that it’s due to excessive use of moisture. This can be only due to cleaning but what kitchen isn’t designed to be cleaned?
At the point of sale no one pointed out to us that:
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It’s a painted kitchen and it’s likely to chip very quickly. Roundhouse now tell us in the post sales chat that painted kitchens just chip but, having only ever had cheaper non painted kitchens in the past, I didn’t realise this is a thing with painted kitchens. It would have been good to know at the point of sale as I wouldn’t have bought it.
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The dark painted is literally painted over white MDF so it’s going to look very obviously pockmarked within a year or two.
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The kitchens are designed for excessive moisture. I’m still trying to work out what constitutes excessive moisture? We certainly don’t bath our kitchen cupboards.
Is anyone else having these problems? I ask because Roundhouse are refusing to accept there is a problem with the kitchen. Their implication is that it is our use of the kitchen rather than their design. Clearly, we know how we use it and the most galling thing is that we’re incredibly tidy and fastidious in caring for our home. We have had no issues with other aspects of our build except for the Roundhouse kitchen.
Keen to know if we’re just unlucky or others have the same problems.
Thanks!
Tris