0% finance kitchens

[BlueMumma2018]

Moved into a house that needs doing up and I’m at my wits end with the kitchen. It’s vile.

just looking into getting a new kitchen fitted and not sure how to go about it. Has anyone had a kitchen by wren etc? And how have you found it? Will I save much money if I source the kitchen myself and get a fitter? Ps I couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery hence me looking towards this option. Thinking of paying 50% up front and the rest on 0%.

just wondering what kind of prices I would be looking at for an average size kitchen/ diner, mid range. Thanks

We had quotes from a fitter + buying off the shelf vs wren and vs wickes and wren worked out cheapest plus the added bonus of 0% over 3 years. Very happy with our kitchen too although we are moving now when its just paid off...we did have to spend about 4k ourselves on top to remove a small wall, electrician to add spotlights and wire in ovens and hob and new flooring. All in about 12k but we had x 4 top of the range appliances built in.

Personally I think that you pay more for what you get with 0% finance when it comes to kitchens because the finance deal is factored into the profit margin. They wouldn't do it otherwise.

I was surprised at how reasonable the builder (quite a lot of work required)/fitter/new kitchen (timber)/stone worktop costs were in comparison to other things - like replacing double glazing.

My daughter got a Wren kitchen and used their fitters and it was all fine, a few minor things went wrong but they were pretty good about sorting stuff out. Having said they, they do get plenty of bad reviews too so it seems to be partly luck re which fitters you get allocated, if you don't use your own.

I would look on a website like Trustpilot to see thousands of reviews for different kitchen fitting firms and make a judgement from that.

Edited to say her kitchen ended up costing about 12k but that included new floor, ceiling lights and lots of electrical work (new fuse board was required). This is in London. Initially the cost seemed like it would be about 10k but the costs did creep up as it's a very old house that had been rented out for years so additional work was required.

I had a kitchen from Wickes and an amazing joiner fitted it for us. We had a wall knocked down, new lights/electrics, fridge freezer, dishwasher, double oven, hob, sink etc flooring into the hallway and we paid about £14k in total. This was back in 2017.

I think the kitchen was £6k, joiner was £5k and then the rest was on floor, lighting etc.

The joiner charged us more for the Wickes kitchen as they come flat packed. Howdens come ready built.

I really can't fault the kitchen. We're about to move and will miss it so much.