New kitchen price shock

How much is it?

Enid101

How much is it?

Exactly my thought!

Sorry I should have said ! £23k…. That includes ripping out ( including taking up floor and wall tiles, plastering, new false ceiling, units, appliances, quartz, spotlights, new radiator , flooring,

Goodness! A serious amount of money.
But you can afford it and like it so why not? As the advert used to say ‘because I’m worth it’.
Enjoy being in there!
I’d be way too nervous to have a Qooker even if I could afford one ... ?

To be honest it sounds about right to me. I had similar work done about four years ago and it was around £22k. You won’t regret the Qooker tap - it’s ace!

We replaced our cupboard doors with high gloss ones 11 years ago. I think they cost around £1.000 and that was just supplying them. We did all the fitting ourselves. I think with all the structural work you are having done and the new appliances it probably is a realistic price. I agree with Urmstongran sit back and enjoy it.

The quote I have just received was a few thousand less than that and we are hoping to knock it down further. We are not having new flooring though, and I am taking the quartz up the wall, so no tiling. No new radiator either. So guess your quote sounds comparable.

* knock down the price, not the kitchen!

We've just refurbished our kitchen. We have new tiles and flooring and have painted everything. We did all the work ourselves for just under £600. I'm now wondering what I can spend the £22.400 we've saved on .

I hope you love your new kitchen and if you want to treat yourself why not.

Everything seems so expensive now. I was shocked by the price of oat milk yesterday (up 40p in a month) so a kitchen quote would have me staggering.

I'm aghast. I think I'd be getting a few more quotes.

That is a lot of money, especially if you aren’t changing the layout. Our new kitchen three years ago which is quite big was just over £7000 and included a new double oven and extractor fan,. I suspect the high price could be due mainly to the quartz worktops, we had a very nice, good quality laminate for ours. Ours included new wall tiles as well. I do know that the cost of building materials has shot up because we were thinking of having a new garden shed but the price has doubled recently so we are just repainting the existing one. If it’s what you want and you can afford it then go for it but you could ask the people involved how they could bring the price down.

As a breakdown figure our quartz worktops are £3,600.

Lido we use oat milk too and have watched the price creep up recently. We prefer Alpro and fortunately Sainsburys and Morrisons regularly reduce the price from £2 to £1 so we stock up at the lower price, fortunately we have a large pantry to store it in.

My daughter has found the cost of everything has increased, the quote for her new window has gone up £1000 in seven months!

Optomistic1

Sorry I should have said ! £23k…. That includes ripping out ( including taking up floor and wall tiles, plastering, new false ceiling, units, appliances, quartz, spotlights, new radiator , flooring,

My DH took out the old kitchen himself and also took the old tiles off the wall, this reduced the cost quite a bit, it wasn’t difficult and we sold the old kitchen for £300.

Goodness, how we’ve moved on! ?

I'm having a modern version of that Urmstongran.

Well as you say you have worked hard all your life and you can afford it so go for it

My dd is planning a new kitchen (not a 23k one though!) and the cost of removing the floor tiles is considerable. They have underfloor heating which limits how the tiles can be removed, so it’ll be a big job. They can’t just lay something over the present tiles because then the UF heating won’t work.

Thanks so much everyone. Thanks for the reassurance that prices have gone up and that it’s not dissimilar to others kitchens. And thanks for agreeing that I should enjoy spending my money - I agree but find it hard!
My quartz is about £3600 so similar price Joseanne.
Xx

Looks fab Joseanne!
Years ago (early 60’s) units were free standing. Made such a huge difference to have longer flowing work surfaces. So modern and swish! My mum chose ‘Schreiber’ back in the day. She got a small discount because she worked at A.E.I. (later G.E.C) in Trafford Park.

Was that drop middle door stable enough to balance things on?

Joseanne that was where the bread was buttered!

5 years ago my new kitchen from B & Q cost £4,500, after a few tweaks, and I still thought it was expensive, I couldn`t even consider paying £23,000, but if you can afford it, go for it.