Where to begin when buying a new kitchen?
Work out your budget
Kitchens can range from £4000, to £40,000 depending on size, door types, finishes and appliance branding.
You should decide from the get go, whether you want your dream kitchen, something cheap and cheerful, or anything in between.
Fitting of the kitchen cabinetry and appliances averages £2500 and tends to include all items supplied by your kitchen manufacturer such as sinks, electrical appliances & worktops.
There may be supplementary works needed such as moving water and drainage points, electric sockets, wall & floor coverings such as tiling, or walls removed to enlarge the space.
Some of our partners offer 5 years interest free allowing you to make flexible payments.
Measurements
Its essential to have accurate measurements of your space.
Most people think the rooms length and width will do, but in reality, we need the size and position of all doors, windows & openings as well as the ceiling heights. The positions of your water, drainage, gas and electricity points are needed to accurately design your kitchen and helps to create an accurate labor quote.
We can have a trained kitchen surveyor pop in and create your room digitally, ready for a digital kitchen design.
Design
The kitchen design is done within a local kitchen showroom, with plenty of door samples, worktops & appliances to choose from. Most showrooms have full size kitchens on show to get a real feel of the materials which make up your new kitchen.
You can sit down with an experienced kitchen designer to create your space virtually, allowing you to see 3D renderings & giving you a sense of how your space will come together.
At the end of this, you will be given a quote for your kitchen & a quote for fitting.
You are under no obligation to buy and If you are ready to create your brand new space, you can go ahead and leave a deposit.
Prefit Survey
Once you have placed a deposit on your kitchen, Its time to find a kitchen fitter.
Some kitchen suppliers will provide quotes on their own fitters and others require you to find your own fitter.
We have vetted fitters that are experienced in fitting the products from our panel of kitchen suppliers.
It is essential that your kitchen fitter carries out a pre fit survey on your kitchen.
They will double check measurements and ensure things will fit correctly.
They will ensure there the water supply and drainage will work in the new kitchen set up.
They will identify whether any new appliances you have purchased have adequate power.
They will identify where your gas point is and whether it needs capping off.
Work out how waste is disposed of (skip, rubbish removal or you could dispose of yourself)
Identify where they can set up a area to cut panels.
Discuss any supplementary works such as floor and wall coverings.
At this point you will be account for any extra work to be carried out such as wall coverings, electrical work, plumbing work, decorating as the fitter will be able to quote you.
If supplementary works exceed your budget, there is still time to speak with your kitchen designer to make tweaks to your plan in order to avoid any costly labor.
Installation
A kitchen install usually takes 5-7 days. Add and extra 4-5 days to have flooring and an extra 2-3 days for wall plastering & tilling. In this time, your microwave and local takeaway tend to become your best friend.
Once your kitchen is delivered, your fitter will start with removing your old kitchen and fitting your new kitchen.
If you have ordered luxury quartz worktops, a professional template survey will need to be carried out once the all the base cabinets have been installed. Quartz worktops will then be cut to size in a factory, delivered & installed around 7 days later.
With your new kitchen complete, the fitters should have packed up, cleared down any waste & you are free to enjoy your brand new kitchen.
Its not uncommon for snags to appear in the weeks after install. Its best to make a list of them all and your fitter should come back to rectify.
Want to get the ball rolling?