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Thinking of upgrading the kitchen and bathroom in my flat - it was a new build in 2001, so everything has done good service, but needs freshening up.
Neither room is huge. Is it realistic to think of being able to do both (I won't do the work) for less than £10K? I have no idea about these things - ballpark costs would be really helpful.
We paid 2.5k to do an en suite and we cut corners.. used same toilet and sink. So reckon at least 3k. Kitchen will depend on quality, cupboards are easy but the worktop is askilled job. www.diykitchens.co.uk would be a good place to start.
Under 10k? Certainly doable.
Under 5k is doable to a good standard
This is encouraging, thank you.
Was thinking Ikea for the kitchen ... and getting a local chippy to do the work.
£5k might be doable if you DIY but if you are getting trades in you won't get much. I'd say 10k is possible but you'll need to be selective in what you spec.
Can do kitchen / bathroom for £5-7.5k if you source well, help cut costs. Caveat is having builders that are ok with you sourcing and project managing.
DIY kitchens or similar, taking clearance / open box or seconds stock.
Save £££ doing non-skilled work like ripping out old stuff / tiles off walls and leaving builders a plain room.
Make sure all components are outside each room and labelled for builders with clear plan / layout and inventory printed / agreed.
Take rubbish to dump yourself.
Clean / get rid of dust etc yourself at end.
Could easily cost triple going to all in one project managed places that do sourcing but flip side could be well worth it if you don’t fancy doing work or taking risk.
Last time I did both it hit 7.5k with decent components / standard of tiling etc. No haggling with builders - payed exactly what they asked for and did all the bits I promised on time.
I'd agree with nickjb.
I think yo might struggle unless you do some of it yourself.
Depends how complex and high quality you want the stuff to be but costs soon add up
I’d guess it’s possible but it’ll be tight if you’re paying for all the labour. You’ll definitely have to be tight on spec.
We just had our 2 metre square bathroom done and it cost £6k for everything. We went with someone who has seriously high standards and I reckon we could have saved £1k with cheaper spec and lower quality work but we paid more as we wanted it to last.
Our experience is that good fitters don’t want you to source stuff yourself as if they do it they know it’s the right stuff and they haven’t forgotten anything.
DIY and no services to move? Under £5k easy.
If you want someone to do it for you? It’ll expand to whatever you have to spend plus some more...