quoted 16k kitchen feel awkward about declining this quote.

[winewolfhowls]

Just wondered if I'm out of touch with prices.

We have a small gallery kitchen in the North. We would need new appliances (dishwasher and oven), old kitchen taking out and skimming. Flooring, electrics, tiling the walls, and painting not included. Approx three strides of me across kitchen for size guide. All our choices are mid range, including appliances, quartz counter tops. No posh gadgets.

I was thinking maybe 10!

The bloke doing the quote was lovely, which is making me feel awkward about declining the quote since they put so much time into the design, but we definitely can't afford this.

If it's just me out of touch I guess we need to just save more!

Kitchens can cost a wide range of- £16k seems pretty normal for a run of the mill kitchen, though I’m sure some will say they fit they’re fine for a couple grand!
Why not get a couple more quotes in?

Have a look at gower rapide. Good quality kitchens. Also symphony kitchens
if you’re wanting to cut costs don’t have loads of end panels and fancy drawers etc. I’ve got a symphony kitchen atm and they tried to add end panels where the appliances are, mine are free standing and it was unnecessary and expensive, so I didn’t buy them. Yes you see the colour of the base unit but they are a lovely light oak shade

A previous poster mentioned symphony.

Please don't get a symphony kitchen without first reading the reviews. Also check if the kitchen place you got your quote from buys from symphony.

I used a local kitchen company but it turned out that they bought the kitchen cupboards from symphony - after 4 years of little use the cupboard doors are falling apart.

In previous houses I had a plumber fit a howdens kitchen and the quality was so much better.

Take the cad image and say you will think about it. I got one of these done by a kitchen company. Then I went to b&q and bought the same sized units as on cad image as I knew they would fit. I got 2 worktops and same sized sink, picked out double cooker, washing machine, integrated dishwasher and fridge freezer. I picked Caraway units and charcoal grey smooth doors. I think they were called Stevie or something like that with matching plinths. The whole actual kitchen cost about £6.5k including all appliances and extractor fan. DH fitted it himself. He got a jig template for cutting out sink and hob. He did tiling on wall between base and wall cupboards and vinyl flooring all put into a btl house as old kitchen was poor.

Perfect. That’s what we said after a local bathroom showroom quoted us £22k for a new ensuite. We’d sat with a salesman designer for an hour putting a design together. We took the paperwork, shook hands and said thanks, but no thanks.

In the end we got a general builder, did some of the work ourselves and managed to also renovate the family bathroom, for half the showroom quote.

Everyone gets a ‘discount’ at Howdens. We were offered a 85% ‘discount’ when we got a quote there. It shows how nonsenical
their list prices are. They try to work out what you can afford to pay and then ‘discount to that amount, and try to make you think you’re getting a good deal so you’ll sign on the dotted line.

DIY kitchens prices are much more transparent. The price is the price. Our DIY Kitchens quote with no discount was cheaper than our Howdens quote with 85% ‘discount’.
That was for a better quality kitchen as welll - DIY were fully built units and Howdens were offering flat pack.

I think that is very realistic. does it cover everything?

Shop around, I don't think you're of touch. I have a tiny galley kitchen and want to keep my own applicances. I've so far had quotes ranging from £19k to £2.8k, not including fitting, or electrics or tiling.

I'm good at saying no now and not being embarrassed. I especially hate the hard sell on integrating appliances as they offer credit, so it won't cost me anything now.

That's a lovely kitchen, sadly we are about an hour from you. Our kitchen is considerably smaller than this, but your price was what I was, perhaps optimistically, hoping for ours!

Am going to another local company on Saturday to see what they offer

Oh I hadn't heard of health implications?!