New Kitchen advice

[city2]

Depends on your budget, if you want to do it on the cheap, I would buy your units from b&q most units are flat pack anyway and if installed properly will be fine, your biggest cost will be appliances which you can find on internet and choose your doors and worktops from a supplier. Job sorted or 10k for a company to rip you off,

 

[blue61]

My son works as joiner/fitter for a kitchen installer. In fact that do all fitting in a house. The fact they don't need to advertise but have plenty of work tells you the quality and competitive price.

My advice would always go with recommendations whatever the job

Good luck in your search

 

[carlosthejackal]

As others have said always try and get somebody who is recommended, I waited six months for my bathroom because I knew the quality of the work would be top notch having seen work carried out at my mates . The lad who did it doesn’t advertise because he gets recommended all the time .

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I had a Benchmarx kitchen fitted by a local fitter whose work I knew.

 

[FCBarca]

Depends on your budget - kitchens are typically the area of a home you dedicate the majority of your housing budget on. Kitchen specialists are the best approach but come at a cost. However, they provide a wealth of options on top of their experience

For our house, we spent many months with a specialist (No cost) designing & planning based on thelayout and they installed (with precision) within 24hrs. 5 1/2 years later, the only regret I have is a bar we have that I wanted something different (But balked at the price) - else, fantastically happy with the result & function, appearance of the kitchen

 

[GornikDaze]

I had a Benchmarx kitchen fitted by a local fitter whose work I knew.

Same here... they were happy to (more than) price match Howdens and upgraded the white good we were getting as well. Two years on still happy with the units etc

 

[BimboBob]

We used a local fitting firm who specialise in bespoke German kitchens. It was made in Germany. Built within 2 days of delivery. Nothing wrong, everything fitted superbly.

Did the same with the main bedroom.

Worth it as its 6 years old now and looks as new.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Surely worth checking the small print of the house insurance? Fairly straightforward to engineer a convincing 'accidental' fire in the kitchen and should pay for a redec of the rest of the downstairs +carpets if done well.

 

[peoffrey]

I sell fitted kitchens. I’ve been in the business for fifteen years but I can’t actually cook.

 

[Blue_eyes]

I sometimes fit kitchens in my job as a building contractor, I dont specialise in it though, I have experience with a few of the afforementioned companies but can only say as I have found. Wren seemed fine,quality good and easy to deal with(some parts were branded Howdens on reverse too).Howdens are a good company too, I used them sometimes and kept an account going for when a kitchen job came up, although Ive let it go now as I am starting to wind down. My experience with Ikea not so good,some end/fascia panels a bit flimsy (reversible)and had to use my own wall cabinet fixings as I didnt trust theirs,also they couldnt cut a worktop to the right length for us.After the third attempt( a week each time)we ordered it oversized and had it cut ourselves. One you might consider is B and Q higher end stuff,Cooke and Lewis, good quality,easy to get bits for and a good price(we got one ourselves).Of course you can pay as much as you like(and there are some cracking kitchens out there), but no matter how long it lasts, you might want a change of style after a few years anyway. As regards fitting, try to get someone whos been recommended or has fitted for friends etc as the fitting is probably the most important aspect. Anyway,good luck and I hope it goes well.