Kitchen in a flat

MotherOfRatios · 2025-03-29T11:19:42+00:00

Hi, posted before and a lot of people said to do DIY Kitchen so I eventually made the round trip to the Oxford store measured my kitchen and ordered it on Thursday then yesterday they rang me to tell me because I had put in the notes I live in a flat that they say delivery could be up until 10 pm at night and they won't take it up the stairs, they have said that I can cancel it but before I do, I just want to notice does anyone know of any companies in London that do shaker kitchens and will deliver to flats? I must stress I do not want a flat pack Kitchen.

kirinm · 29/03/2025 12:14

Can’t you find somebody to help you carry it? That would be quite a lot easier especially if you’re already done the hard work of designing and ordering it.

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MotherOfRatios · 29/03/2025 12:29

kirinm · 29/03/2025 12:14

Can’t you find somebody to help you carry it? That would be quite a lot easier especially if you’re already done the hard work of designing and ordering it.

it's more that the timing is really unpredictable, and I can't have people on standby. They deliver apparently until 10pm at night

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kirinm · 29/03/2025 12:32

We had a DIY kitchen and I feel like they did narrow the time down closer to the time. Did they suggest anything like that / could you ask?

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MotherOfRatios · 29/03/2025 14:38

kirinm · 29/03/2025 12:32

We had a DIY kitchen and I feel like they did narrow the time down closer to the time. Did they suggest anything like that / could you ask?

Yes and they said they can't guarantee

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Doris86 · 29/03/2025 20:06

MotherOfRatios · 29/03/2025 12:29

it's more that the timing is really unpredictable, and I can't have people on standby. They deliver apparently until 10pm at night

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It will likely cost you thousands of pounds more to buy an equivilant kitchen elsewhere. So probably worth your while finding a way around this problem.

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MotherOfRatios · 29/03/2025 21:00

Doris86 · 29/03/2025 20:06

It will likely cost you thousands of pounds more to buy an equivilant kitchen elsewhere. So probably worth your while finding a way around this problem.

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I've tried to find a way around the problem and I just can't

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MrsFaustus · 30/03/2025 17:46

Love our diy shaker kitchen butwould add that the ready built carcasses are incredibly heavy!

AuntieDen · 30/03/2025 18:07

they wont take it upstairs but is there somewhere inside they could leave it? a lobby?

If so book a couple of handymen for between 8 and 11 to carry the units up to your flat. Make yourself a sandwich and get a good book. If it arrives early sit on a camping stool apologising to neighbours and reading your book until 8. Boring but doable. If it arrives between 8 and 10 they have time to carry it straight up before 11.

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MotherOfRatios · 30/03/2025 18:09

AuntieDen · 30/03/2025 18:07

they wont take it upstairs but is there somewhere inside they could leave it? a lobby?

If so book a couple of handymen for between 8 and 11 to carry the units up to your flat. Make yourself a sandwich and get a good book. If it arrives early sit on a camping stool apologising to neighbours and reading your book until 8. Boring but doable. If it arrives between 8 and 10 they have time to carry it straight up before 11.

There's no lobby for them to leave in.

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Lovelysummerdays · 30/03/2025 18:27

I would go back to them and ask if there is a price point that will make delivery to the door possible. I’m possibly really cheeky but I have paid many a person to do what technically shouldn’t be done. For example wire in new dishwasher, deliver mattress upstairs fit washing machine under tumble dryer. Deliver type 1 by driving slowly down the drive whilst raising truck bed saves loads of time with a wheelbarrow best £20 a load I’ve spent.

Suggest you are happy to pay cash if they are willing to do it as a homer.

Lovelysummerdays · 30/03/2025 18:32

As an alternative do you know anyone with a decent size van. Or alternatively a moving company. You could have it delivered to them and they can bring it up for you could be expensive though. I’d agree with a Pp that they are surprisingly heavy.

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MotherOfRatios · 30/03/2025 18:33

Lovelysummerdays · 30/03/2025 18:27

I would go back to them and ask if there is a price point that will make delivery to the door possible. I’m possibly really cheeky but I have paid many a person to do what technically shouldn’t be done. For example wire in new dishwasher, deliver mattress upstairs fit washing machine under tumble dryer. Deliver type 1 by driving slowly down the drive whilst raising truck bed saves loads of time with a wheelbarrow best £20 a load I’ve spent.

Suggest you are happy to pay cash if they are willing to do it as a homer.

I did ask this and they said no due to health and safety and it's too risky to order the kitchen and offer cash on a day and then be stuck with the kitchen outside that I can't move

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MotherOfRatios · 30/03/2025 18:35

Lovelysummerdays · 30/03/2025 18:32

As an alternative do you know anyone with a decent size van. Or alternatively a moving company. You could have it delivered to them and they can bring it up for you could be expensive though. I’d agree with a Pp that they are surprisingly heavy.

So I queried this with DIY about the warranty and they said it would void my warranty, and there seems to be a lot of quality assurance issues lately so I'm guessing it's quite likely I would have an issue with something if I did I wouldn't be able to have it replaced because I would have voided my own warranty which would just waste more money.

I think I will just go with a bespoks local company

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