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New kitchen time - oh and worktop content! 😮

sadexpunk · 2025-05-21T18:31:20Z

our mates a builder and has accounts with mkm and howdens, so said if we get a kitchen from them he can get it a bit cheaper and sub out to a kitchen fitter. we've had both round, got the mkm quote, and going to howdens saturday for the er..... hard sell 'presentation'. kitchens about 3m square, mkm quote comes in at 10k with decent worktop, 7.5 with laminate. first of all, wowzers, is worktop really that expensive? a very rough guess is around 6-7m needed, but 3 different directions so i guess 3 lengths. secondly, maybe im living in the past, but 10k? for a 3m square kitchen? by the time we've paid for new floor and wall tiles and fitting, its going to be a pretty penny. both have said their first price is just an initial quote and they expect to have us knock it down, and howdens have said theyll beat mkm's quote, so i guess there can be a bit of playing one off against the other but still..... tempted to have a go myself, but i swore id never do it again after fitting our last one :D lastly, if worktops are the deal-breaker, are there any online alternatives that might be a little more palatable? we'd really prefer solid ones rather than laminate as our last ones chipped on the edges and looked crap after a couple of years. cheers

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sadexpunk

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keep this thread updated with how it goes please @ji, be interesting to read your experiences too 🙂

when we've got our floors and doors in, i'll post some before and after pics and the running total which has been more than i envisaged already 😀

Posted : 05/10/2025 11:38 am

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