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[tunnie]

Wondered into Homebase today after buying my train ticket for next month, decided to look at kitchens, as the house i saw would need one.

The actual price of the kitchen itself was not too bad, £400 or so for the units, nice beech wood style, another £400 for work tops and all the handles and other little bits.

After i fully stock it will all appliances, i could see it would cost £2k-2.5k

Guess i should shop around i can get it cheaper than that.

But i foolishly asked how much for fitting?

I almost fell over when she said 3.5k, but she said, "ohh its a professional job"

Lady for that money i would want to keep the immigrant workers you get to fit it.

I can't see it being that hard? Bolt some units on the wall, same with the ground units. Be carefull when cutting work tops so its neat. Get a sprit level, a hammer and screwdriver!?

Surely its not that difficult?  :-/

[willyboy]

I Just bought the stuff & fitted it myself it is a simple enough task if you map out what size units etc  Hardest part is if you need to cut worktops anything other than a straight cut   even then make sure you buy reverse cut blades for your jig type saw or it wrecks the tops finish..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

In 1986 Moben Kitchens quoted my ex and I £10,000 to supply and fit a kitchen!!

[Lazydocker]

That's pricey!!

Do it yourself... It's not hard and the important thing is to take your time!

[Taxi_Driver]

In my last house......i used the trades that were already working on the house to fit the kitchen.....they fitted it, in about 3/4 days.

Chippie, i was paying £150/day......but bloody good and didnt cut corners....he basically did most of the fitting.....i was amazed how he fitted the work tops and did the joints.....no glue or rubbish like that....
he bolted them together.....you couldnt even feel the join with your finger after he'd finished.
I had a plumber on site as well.....for the dishwasher/washing machine plumbing and sink. Think he was £100/day
And then an electrician.....think he was about £130/day

Soon mounts up tunnie.....but that was when trades were hard to find.....in this economic climate.....i expect trades are falling over themselves for work.....and expect their prices have dropped.

Be better to buy the kitchen and get your own trades to fit  

[Andy B]

You can EASILY spend £3.5 on a new kitchen. My fridge was £1200.  

[tunnie]

agree work tops would be the hardest, bloody heavy things, and very, very thick to cut through.

I had a look under neath, they all have adjustable feet, just looks like you bolt it onto the wall. Putt some of those wall socket thingys to screw into, same with top bits.

Would have to get a sparky to sort out the oven and hob, but apart from that!

[tunnie]

You can EASILY spend £3.5 on a new kitchen. My fridge was £1200.  

On the kitchen yes.

But this was the FITTING ONLY!!!

3.5k just to FIT it!

[Andy B]

.....
But this was the FITTING ONLY!!!

3.5k just to FIT it!

Ah! Sorry ...... misunderstood you.

[tunnie]

In my last house......i used the trades that were already working on the house to fit the kitchen.....they fitted it, in about 3/4 days.

Chippie, i was paying £150/day......but bloody good and didnt cut corners....he basically did most of the fitting.....i was amazed how he fitted the work tops and did the joints.....no glue or rubbish like that....
he bolted them together.....you couldnt even feel the join with your finger after he'd finished.
I had a plumber on site as well.....for the dishwasher/washing machine plumbing and sink. Think he was £100/day
And then an electrician.....think he was about £130/day

Soon mounts up tunnie.....but that was when trades were hard to find.....in this economic climate.....i expect trades are falling over themselves for work.....and expect their prices have dropped.

Be better to buy the kitchen and get your own trades to fit  

Basic stuff i can do, i would fit the kitchen myself, plumbing is easy as well, worst i can do is get wet  

Leccy stuff i would leave to a professional though  

[matt-sboro]

lol - do it yourself its really easy and then just pay a chippie to fit the worktop with the proper cut - thats where you notice if its a bodge job or not

[Marks DTM Calib]

The worktops are easy enough.

You need a jig (I ahv one) and a good router (I haev a big Ryobi one). A few masons mitres adn off you go.

As for units, I found the screwfix ones excellent (pre-assembled!), reasonably priced and made by Moores.

[gwa]

Wondered into Homebase today after buying my train ticket for next month, decided to look at kitchens, as the house i saw would need one.

The actual price of the kitchen itself was not too bad, £400 or so for the units, nice beech wood style, another £400 for work tops and all the handles and other little bits.

After i fully stock it will all appliances, i could see it would cost £2k-2.5k

Guess i should shop around i can get it cheaper than that.

But i foolishly asked how much for fitting?

I almost fell over when she said 3.5k, but she said, "ohh its a professional job"

Lady for that money i would want to keep the immigrant workers you get to fit it.

I can't see it being that hard? Bolt some units on the wall, same with the ground units. Be carefull when cutting work tops so its neat. Get a sprit level, a hammer and screwdriver!?

Surely its not that difficult?  :-/

Try MFI, you'll probably buy the business for that  

[Marks DTM Calib]

Ow yes, for the trim pieces (kicker boards, plinths etc), Ikea are about the cheapest  

[Danny]

the house i'm in the middle of negotiations with has a partly fitted homebase kitchen (swmbo works there ), just cupboards and worktops, they're extremelyy nice units though, but its always cheaper to fit them yourself!