Do you rate Magnet or John Lewis kitchens?

[mrsdarcy]

Our kitchen is being ripped out tomorrow and we're getting some building work done before fitting a new kitchen. We'll be without a kitchen for a couple of months. I've had quotes from Magnet and John Lewis who were both rather expensive, I thought. I am a bit worried that Magnet's reputation seems rather patchy, and John Lewis wanted to do something wierd with the microwave housing.

The builders have said they could fit an off-the-peg kitchen from somewhere like Wickes or Howdens but my main concern about doing that is that we need to fit a few applicances into rather a tight space and I dread being told "sorry love, your washing machine isn't going to fit"! So I think I would quite like that side of things to be someone else's problem.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

We have a howden kitchen, it's lovely we fitted our own door handles to make it more custom to us.

Ovens, dishwasher, hob ect are pretty standard you can pick from their catalogue when designing your kitchen but purchase them yourself once you've got the quote.

We saved almost a grand by buying appliances from elsewhere.

Magnet we found very expensive and not very good quality from the showroom

Magnet kitchens.
I feel an anxuety attack coming on.
Their post installation customer service is appalling.
Why would you want to run a company so badly?
The actual kitchen still looks nice.
I would never use them again though