Siematic kitchen v Local Joinery Firm
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Hi, we're busy doing up quite a large house and after looking at a lot of firms (not liking in-frame or flat doors) my wife chose the Siematic Beauxarts.
Apparently, we were told they start at £35k and go to, well, the sky is the limit. They have chipboard carcasses and 5 panel MDF shaker style doors with a painted finish. Nothing exotic here.
Now, we've had initial designs, had these tweaked and costed and came to £54k inc Corian tops. I asked for a price excl Corian and it came within budget. Since then, we've added an island and a couple more glazed doors (small) and they quote has shot up to £56k EXCL any tops which is £8.6k for granite.
£65k for a kitchen with Neff appliances, really? £40k on cabinets alone, £7k on appliances, plus fitting etc VAT and tops...
This is some way above budget now and this is without decorative end panels which will add thousands.
We have also become quite frustrated with the inflexibility of Siematic and anything "non-standard" attracting a massive premium even if it is a small dimension change to a cupboard door.
It has got me thinking, my wife isn't in to gadgets and gizmos and really wants a functional rather than a show kitchen, why not go with the local joinery firm we are using to do the rest of the furniture. In the end of the day, its still chipboard and MDF but we can do away without the fancy drawer liners, dividers and dust seals on the doors... We can also get what we want in terms of dimension, unit type etc. I'm a chartered surveyor and have project managed every detail of the build so far so sorting appliances and tops will be no big deal.
The cost saving will be huge and it seems like a good option but is there anything I'm overlooking here perhaps?
Cheers
JC
Apparently, we were told they start at £35k and go to, well, the sky is the limit. They have chipboard carcasses and 5 panel MDF shaker style doors with a painted finish. Nothing exotic here.
Now, we've had initial designs, had these tweaked and costed and came to £54k inc Corian tops. I asked for a price excl Corian and it came within budget. Since then, we've added an island and a couple more glazed doors (small) and they quote has shot up to £56k EXCL any tops which is £8.6k for granite.
£65k for a kitchen with Neff appliances, really? £40k on cabinets alone, £7k on appliances, plus fitting etc VAT and tops...
This is some way above budget now and this is without decorative end panels which will add thousands.
We have also become quite frustrated with the inflexibility of Siematic and anything "non-standard" attracting a massive premium even if it is a small dimension change to a cupboard door.
It has got me thinking, my wife isn't in to gadgets and gizmos and really wants a functional rather than a show kitchen, why not go with the local joinery firm we are using to do the rest of the furniture. In the end of the day, its still chipboard and MDF but we can do away without the fancy drawer liners, dividers and dust seals on the doors... We can also get what we want in terms of dimension, unit type etc. I'm a chartered surveyor and have project managed every detail of the build so far so sorting appliances and tops will be no big deal.
The cost saving will be huge and it seems like a good option but is there anything I'm overlooking here perhaps?
Cheers
JC
Edited by JMC180 on Wednesday 14th September 00:47
Gentlemen, thanks for all your guidance on this. My gut was telling me to go for the local joinery firm but I wasn't sure I was overlooking something obvious or otherwise going for someone not specialising in kitchens.
We have been considering a siematic kitchen since January and the original priced estimate was within budget, however in the last few weeks, we received a revised estimate through and the cost has shot up to an unsustainable level. I'm having the joinery firm prepare me a sample door and we will take it from there.
Thanks for all your advice again and I will start a build thread for the house shortly as we are 6 months in and st second fix stage on most things.
We have been considering a siematic kitchen since January and the original priced estimate was within budget, however in the last few weeks, we received a revised estimate through and the cost has shot up to an unsustainable level. I'm having the joinery firm prepare me a sample door and we will take it from there.
Thanks for all your advice again and I will start a build thread for the house shortly as we are 6 months in and st second fix stage on most things.
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