Second hand kitchen

[Kitchenhope]

ILs are having their v nice solid wood kitchen replaced. Do you think it’s possible to save the units etc and install in another house, or would they be destroyed by ripping them out? Any way to do this or companies which do it for you? We desperately need a new kitchen and they would suit us perfectly! TIA

It will be absolutely fine if taken out carefully, they just need to ask the fitters to remove with care.

I often see second hand kitchens for sale on FB, usually states "buyer to remove". If it's a good quality kitchen, o imagine it should move ok. B&Q have this guide]]. I'm sure there'll be a YouTube guide or 2!

Ooh thank you!

Would be great if there were companies who did this though - complete with van and installers! Surely still cheaper than buying a new kitchen??

Speak to a local joiner/kitchen fitter?

We brought a secondhand kitchen for our home when we couldn't afford to buy a new one and needed more than the single unit that was there when we moved in.
There should be no reason you can remove the old one without damage. Although the work tops might be a little more difficult.
Take the measurements, design it into yours and it's not as hard as you think.

Yes, take a look at the Used Kitchen Company. This is their whole business model:

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Just get a very good joiner to take it out and re-install. Worktops usually don't survive the move.

Thanks so much, so encouraging! I’ll definitely contact that company too. Getting my tape measure out today!!

We have a custom made solid wood kitchen and are having it taken out and altered and put back in so if its good quality it's definitely possible. We are getting new worktops. The only thing would say is get a quote for costs as ours is pricey though we are having quite a few changes.

We had a lovely wood kitchen in our last house. Agents told us that modern buyers thought wood was old fashioned, and preferred white gloss. So we took the kitchen out, replaced it with B&Q white gloss. Buyers loved it, it had three asking price offers in the first week. We moved our lovely maple kitchen to the new house (which had old, dark wood units we didn't like in sizes/layout that didn't work for us) - and as our one is still being made over 10 years after we installed it, I bought some extra doors for the larger kitchen and had units made up for those. We did removal/installation ourselves, so I don't know what it would cost to have it done- we had the time and incentive to do it carefully without damaging anything. So we got a very expensive wood kitchen for the price of a B&Q white gloss one....and got more for the house as well.
But we do need new worktops- I suspect one always would as a different kitchen usually means a different layout, and worktops are hard to remove/shift without damage. I'm not getting new worktops until we have done the floor, as we may still move the units a little and adjust their height, so we have a patchwork of old worktops at present.

(one of our workmen bought a pretty-much-new second-hand kitchen for his new house- a very posh one, and it came complete with very expensive white goods/oven etc. And all for less than a coupe of thousand quid- he just had to take it out and transport it.)

Definitely.

My DP has a 2nd hand kitchen in his flat, he got loads of units he didn't actually need but was able to fit it to really suit his kitchen due to the extra bits.

When I had mine refitted about 4 years ago my DP put most of the old unit along the back of my garage as storage, I got a new run of laminate worktop to go over it.
Loads of extra storage 😊