Kitchens are a bloody rip-off, tips please

[Soir]

Soir said:

dugsud said:

We did ours for around 13k including appliances and fitting....

Really like that (and very impressed with the price you got it for!)

Do you have a website address for them by any chance? Quick google not showing much

[rambo19]

29k for a kitchen!

I'd much rather have a double garage built.........

[Pistom]

rambo19 said:

29k for a kitchen!

I'd much rather have a double garage built.........

I'd rather spend the same amount on coke and hookers but the Mrs wouldn't be so keen. She'd prefer a new kitchen.

[theboyfold]

Soir said:

Soir said:

dugsud said:

We did ours for around 13k including appliances and fitting....

Really like that (and very impressed with the price you got it for!)

Do you have a website address for them by any chance? Quick google not showing much

I'd also be interested in finding out about them.

[dazwalsh]

Another vote for ikea if your on a budget. i fit them to all my rentals and the kitchen minus appliances never go over the 1k mark.

One thing they fall short on is a service gap behind the units but its not hard to plan for that and running everything below the units.

[Wozy68]

dazwalsh said:

Another vote for ikea if your on a budget. i fit them to all my rentals and the kitchen minus appliances never go over the 1k mark.

One thing they fall short on is a service gap behind the units but its not hard to plan for that and running everything below the units.

I make furniture for a living, my market is totally differnet to the Ikea one, however.

I employ amongst fulltime staff, ex employees as Sub Contractors to install our furniture that we oversee. They obviously work for other contractors and install a wide range of kitchens and other furniture from different companies.

Their opinion, not mine, is they have not a decent word to say about Ikea, as quite often there are parts missing when they come to install, customer service is supposedly shocking and their customer normally it seems, has to go back to store for the missing parts.

On a more personal note. I have only come across an Ikea supplied Walnut 'veneered' (I think it was paper) Chipboard worktop once, installed in a friends kitchen. It became scratched when you dragged a cup along it. Not good.

I must admit though, I do quite like the look of some of their designs.

[shtu]

dazwalsh said:

One thing they fall short on is a service gap behind the units but its not hard to plan for that and running everything below the units.

That's enough to put me off, as it can mean completely redoing the services, even when the layout doesn't change. Depending on the distances required, it can mean you wind up with drains that you can't get enough fall into the pipe run.

[singlecoil]

Ikea have to be saving the money somewhere, they are not exempt from the laws of commercial reality. I suggest any intending customer for kitchens of any level do their research carefully. Any honest kitchen maker will welcome detailed enquiries, and will be able to provide full information about their products and services.