[Closed] Kitchens

Check if you can just replace the doors and drawer fronts, perhaps the work top too. Unless you are redesigning the whole layout you can save a lot by keeping the old carcasses assuming they are not collapsing.

I have a kitchen company.

You'll find on Facebook(coffee Kitchen company).

All Cabinets are bespoke, any shape size or design you like. Usually board is 100% match for doors, but occasionally you have to choose one.

Bespoke doors, both size and colour from Burbidge, Uform, or PWS. I've installed kitchens under the price of Wickes & Howdens before.

If you want to send measurements, happy to a design(CAD), and a quotation.

DIY kitchens are great. Good quality, no nonsense and no messing around with trade price and then pushing for a reasonable price.

A friend has recently had an Ikea kitchen installed and all seems very cheap

So did I in my.utility ...almost imediately after putting a mid range wren in my kitchen

Ikea wasn't cash cheap compared to the wren but it did feel flimsy and cheap by comparison to our kitchen Would have been disappointed if I did my.whole.kitchen in it....

When B&Q did Cooke & Lewis units (their own "better" brand) the cabinets were perfectly fine. Some of the doors were too. But I've heard the quality has dropped of significantly. Might be wrong, I haven't checked. But most of the quality is down to the fitting. And chuck away all the hinges screws, runners etc. that come with them and get proper ones.
I've never heard many complaints about Ikea kitchens though. You surprise me.

I like IKEA kitchens. Well engineered with lots of varied solutions to storage, but the main way it is head and shoulders above most other kitchen places is the pricing. Not the actual cost, which is quite good, but the way it is priced. Each part has a price and they are completely open about it. You can swap bits in and out and see what difference it makes. Building suppliers are pretty poor at open prices but kitchen places are on another level.

When I had my kitchen done, I found a fitter first and used their preferred seller, this was Howdens. They were local to me, came and measured and did some designs to choose from, ordered and had the kitchen delivered, when fitting one of the doors was damaged and was able to go there and change it hassle free, also decided towards the end of the fit we could squeeze another unit in, again, drove up there and picked it up.

Kitchens been in a year now and still looks good, quality is good and should last ages.

I have a kitchen company.

You’ll find on Facebook(coffee Kitchen company)

Would be nice if you had a non Facebook site to 🙁 do you cover Bristol at all? Bit too early in my thinking to be worth going into measurements/quotes etc. but would be good to keep you in mind if you do cover Bristol

If you're DIY then IKEA kitchens are good.

I've done 3 now, they just work and lots a decent features like plenty of height & depth plus easy to 'play' with the spec to see the impact on price.

Just be aware that they're deeper than most, so if you don't get their worktops you'll need to watch the sizings.

I’ve had a DIY Kitchens installed in my new house - finished product is really nice but we had a few problems with delivery shortages and delays - not helped by being on a Scottish island. It was half the price of Howdens equivalent - they were totally useless. Really like their big range of different height and width of units in comparisons to the ‘sheds’.
Went for a solid surface worktop from Worktop Express. They were a bit tricky to deal with - sent them a detailed, dimensioned drawing and they sent their fabrication drawing back with wrong dimensions. Worst thing was the delay in delivery and it arrived in 2 pieces due to it being strapped to a flimsy pallet and wouldn’t let me collect it. Fortunately, our Polish joiner was able to glue it and the join not very visible as it’s mainly hidden by the hob and still haggling for a reduction.
Things to avoid are wooden worktops which stain and look rubbish in no time. On IKEA units be aware that they are deeper as they have no services void at the back.

+1 for DIY kitchens

I'm based in The Midlands(Ashby de la Zouch).

I have done kitchens as far away as Redcar, and Sidmouth though

What I offer is nothing like the DIY stores. For a start, you can have any shape or size, but you also get it made in a board that matches your door. From Howdens or Wickes for example - they don't do a large range of cabinets. They'll do one with white edges, and one with wooden edges. You have to put an end panel on to match your doors and hide the white/none matching wooden edging.

I offer the quality of the most expensive studios, but at a price equal to the DIY stores.

Anyway - nothing to lose by having a design and a price.

Good luck with it, whatever you choose.

We went with the fitter recommended by a friend first after pricing a DIY Kitchens version to give a rough idea of pricing.

He preferred Howdens. Happy with the quality of units. Interior colour matches doors. Look much more solid than previous B&Q. Soft close doors.

All in price was half what a kitchen showroom quoted (after spurious double glazing style discount).

I would recommend Howdens units if the pricing was right which seems to depend on how much discount the fitter shares or if you have a trade account.

I mostly fitted our old kitchen myself a long time ago. While I might have saved a few quid doing the new one myself the quality of fitting and finish was better than I could do. Worth the extra.