New kitchen or makeover?

[movedilemma]

Had a quote for a kitchen makeover for £12k. It's for 3 new base units, 2 high double wall cupboards, shelves, new sink, new counter plus all new doors for existing units, moving cooler, and repurposed existing counter top. All fitting, electrics, plumbing, disposal et . It's medium sized kitchen - making it from 'L' shape to 'U' shaped. It's pretty good quality- i.e. definitely not budget but not top end. I'm wondering if this is similar to a whole new kitchen cost and if we'd be better off doing that instead? Or am I really naive and a new kitchen would actually cost much more? Anyone got any insight?

Sounds like a lot..
Have you priced up a new kitchen with Wren and diy kitchens?

I've tried the online calculators but find them really confusing- not sure I'm looking at like for like and how much is included, plus fitting costs. So it goes round in circles. Would rather have higher quality refurbished kitchen than budget new kitchen, but no idea what a similar standard new one would be. And really can't face sitting through a whole design appointment just to get a quote.
Was wondering what other people had paid for makeovers or new kuchens?

You would need to go into Wren, and they have 3 different budgets of units.

DIY, is not poor quality either, but a bit more work for you to figure it out.

I had a quote for a new kitchen from Howdens and a quote from a refurb company earlier this year. The refurb would have cost more than the brand new kitchen! (Although I didn’t have fitting costs to consider, but the difference was thousands not hundreds so I guess even if I’d been paying a fitter there wouldn’t have been a lot in it)

Thanks, yes am surprised how much it is but does seem to be a quality refurb. Would much rather reuse things if we can. Just sits a bit oddly that we'll spend all that money and still not technically have a 'new' kitchen. I do think a new kitchen to this standard would still cost more though, so maybe that's how I can make sense of it.