New kitchen budget?

[maw1681]

Anyone had a new kitchen recently? Last time we did it was over 10 years ago, just wondering about how much we're talking these days.
Fairly small kitchen, 3 bed semi. No structural work just new units & appliances, tiling and flooring.
Nothing too fancy just so it's nice and adds value with a view to sell in 3-5 years time

We've literally just completed ours, we had structural work and it is a medium sized kitchen I would say but just to give an idea, some of tbe prices WITHOUT structural work were:

Kitchen units only about £7.5K
Worktops (30mm CRL quartz) £4.6K but the cheapest quartz we had quoted was around £2K
Appliances about £5K (Bosch) but that includes warming drawer and full size larder fridge and separate full size freezer, you won't need these presumably)
Flooring £1.8K for engineered bamboo, but that is for a fairly large floorspace including dining area!
Kitchen fitter was £2.5K
We didn't have tiles as we went with a quartz splashback by the hob, upstands everywhere else and painted the walls ourselves with wipeable paint.

Plus builder, plasterer, plumbing and electrical costs but this will depend on what you need doing, we had to move pipes and basically rewire everything.

As you're only looking to add value and it's not your forever home by the sound of it you can probably choose cheaper units/appliances to keep the costs down if budget is an issue. I chose things based on being in this house for at least another 10 years.

Look at DIY kitchens, plan your layout on their online planner & find a kitchen fitter. Their units arrive ready assembled, which will save your fitters time. If you are planning on selling in the not too distant time, choose mid range appliances & if you can work with the electrics & plumbing you already have, keep your sink & main appliances in the same area they are now, you can save money on this as well,

How long is a piece of string?
A bigger kitchen than yours, but we could spend anything from 25K to 130K. What finish do you, do you want solid wood cabinets, do you want subzero, Wolff and bora appliances?
Most kitchen suppliers do free designs so you can an idea of cost before you commit.

Without seeing photos it’s hard to advise.

It’s not only the cost of the materials, it is the labour too. A low specification you could probably get for less than £8k but if you were selling in 3-5 years then it would defeat the object of you doing this as it would deteriorate in that time.

I would say that it should not cost more than £20k.
There could be underlying issues too that would need addressing.

I got.my kitchen from ikea last year, included units and worktop, £2.7k Husband fit the kitchen.

New appliances- built in ff, oven and hob £900. Used existing dishwasher.

New sink and tap £300. Could have gone cheaper but wanted a big copper sink.

Flooring 1k for kitchen and dining room.

Tiles £30.

Paint fnb £110

Handles, light.switches and cover plates for plugs £100

Nee lights £100

We did structural work, moved doors, boiler, knocked down a wall, add windows, but a lot was done by husband as he's a joiner.

I found really shopping around for flooring, appliances etc made a big difference. And finding a great kitchen fitter makes a cheap kitchen look.great. you would.never guess ours is ikea.

Thanks all, IKEA sounds like a good idea!
I was thinking £10k max but wasn't sure if that was completely unrealistic but sounds like it probably would be doable.

I'm debating not having a holiday next year and doing the kitchen instead.

DH is quite handy and put in our bathroom himself, he would be fine with putting in kitchen cabinets but we would obviously need an electrician and gas engineer in so I thought it might just be easier to get the whole thing done by a kitchen fitter.

The other option is not bothering and putting the money towards moving sooner rather than later, I think a new kitchen would add value but possibly not enough to make it worth it. Our kitchen is a bit dated but perfectly functional and at least has plain white units.
I might just get new doorknobs and worktop cover instead!

If you're moving, I wouldn't do it if it is OK. Maybe look at updating handles/painting the walls etc. Make sure any broken cupboards are fixed, that kind of thing. Save the money towards moving.

DIY Kitchens seem decent. I’m downsizing and job no 1 will be a new kitchen. I’ve priced solid oak inframe for a 3m x 3m kitchen and 2m square utility including AEG integrated fridge freezer, two single ovens, one of them combi, plus hob and dishwasher at about £7.5k, plus fitting, plus a sink/taps as I don’t like their options.

I’ve decided not to splurge on quartz etc worktops as I’ve got so many other things to do so I need to decide what to go for - price includes oak worktop but obviously I can’t have oak + oak.

You’ll definitely do it for less than £10k if you can do some of the fitting yourselves.

I’m close enough to visit the DIY Kitchen showroom which is a bonus as I’ll definitely visit before ordering.

I think just updating the doors / handles or worktops would be enough in your case by the sound of it! You likely won't make a profit on putting a new kitchen in and will have all the disruption of the work. If you're thinking of moving sooner I wouldn't bother.