Pre-made Kitchen Units

[audi321]

Does anyone have any recommendations for pre-made kitchen units? Am I right in thinking that stuff from magnet/b&q/etc are all to make myself?

Will I pay a major excess for having them made for me?

Thanks in advance!

[Paulbav]

Howdens are pre made

Paul

[rich0411]

Magnet are also pre made .. Think most your DIY sheds are flat packed..

[Simpo Two]

I found flat-pack far easier logistically. Easy to store until needed, bring them in one at a time, assemble on living-room floor, fit.

[Taylor Boy]

try easynet-kitchens.co.uk they are flat pack and offer free help and advice

[Trommel]

http://www.diy-kitchens.com

[singlecoil]

Paulbav said:

Howdens are pre made

And all they would need to do is to make them properly, and they would be a good buy. As it is, though, make sure you go and look at some in the showroom, and look closely.

[audi321]

Cheers guys. Flat pack no good for me so if Howdens are no good, are magnet the best option for pre made?

Edited by audi321 on Tuesday 5th July 21:01

[Toilet Duck]

Trommel said:

http://www.diy-kitchens.com

Another vote for this place. Extremely pleased with the units I bought from there.

[singlecoil]

What sort of price range are you looking at, what sort of style do you want, and how soon do you want it?

[audi321]

singlecoil said:

What sort of price range are you looking at, what sort of style do you want, and how soon do you want it?

No real budget (but we're talking magnet not hand made!). Something modernish and no hurry at all

[garycat]

www.wren-kitchens.co.uk

[singlecoil]

audi321 said:

singlecoil said:

What sort of price range are you looking at, what sort of style do you want, and how soon do you want it?

No real budget (but we're talking magnet not hand made!). Something modernish and no hurry at all

Never mind, I got close, but my stuff is traditionalish (painted shaker)rather than modernish.


There is a PHer who works at Kesseler-UK, who make really nice fully assembled cabinets to a higher standard than any other MFC cabinet I've seen. They also have a selection of doors made for them by other UK firms. Trade only, AIUI, but they have retailers and one might be in your area, might be worth having a look, especially as they can do custom sizes, which is a VERY good thing with kitchens. Certainly worth a look at the very least


Trouble is, I can't remember his forum name, if I do recall it I will put a link here so you can PM him.


I've remembered, his user name is stabbed rat

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=0...

Edited by singlecoil on Tuesday 5th July 17:45

[Simpo Two]

Pre-made is usually associated with higher quality, but you don't seem after that. What is the reason for wanting pre-made; inability to use a screwdriver?

[audi321]

Simpo Two said:

Pre-made is usually associated with higher quality, but you don't seem after that. What is the reason for wanting pre-made; inability to use a screwdriver?

I've installed 3 flat pack kitchens over the past 5 years and they took ages to put together. I recon the wall and base units (especially the units with draws at the top) took around 20 minutes each to put together and the new kitchen will have approx 25 pieces, thats around 8 hours (very boring) work which I was seeing if I could avoid.

I helped my mate put a kitchen in that was pre-made and it took a fraction of the time to install. Spoke to him tonight and he said his was from Howdens and iirc they were pretty good quality.

[Simpo Two]

audi321 said:

I've installed 3 flat pack kitchens over the past 5 years and they took ages to put together. I recon the wall and base units (especially the units with draws at the top) took around 20 minutes each to put together and the new kitchen will have approx 25 pieces, thats around 8 hours (very boring) work which I was seeing if I could avoid.

Fair comment; I actually like making them!

[jas xjr]

Simpo Two said:

Fair comment; I actually like making them!

+1

I like putting them together too . Very satisfying

[dave_s13]

garycat said:

www.wren-kitchens.co.uk

I wittled down my kitchen supplier to the above and Ikea.

The wren units are prebuilt and for the priveledge they charged an extra £1200. They absolutely would not haggle, the cnunts.

I save the 1200 and made the Ikea ones myself.

It aint as bad as you think it will be.

[Lefty]

I've got a Howdens kitchen, about 30 pieces (so about the same size as yours) and we fitted it in a weekend. Nothing wrong with the quality of the cabinets, especially when you consider the price.

30 units, all doors and knobs, solid oak worktops and breakfast bar, under-unit lights, mixer and belfast sink for about £3000.

Edited by Lefty on Wednesday 6th July 10:21

[RichUK]

We are half way through having a Wren kitchen installed.

The units came pre made and very well packaged / protected. This was only an issue for the week we had them before the fitters started, storing them took up plenty of space. Progress is quick with the installation and we should be done tomorrow (four days all in).

We found they were very flexible on price. Of all the kitchen suppliers we saw (Magnet, B&Q, etc) they were by far the most pleasant and flexible to deal with. It did help that we knew exactly what we wanted and how we wanted to do it.