New kitchen price shock

Ours cost about £11000 10 years ago from Magnet. No quartz worktops and none of the renovations you need and no qooker tap. I had Neff cooker and hob and got Stoves in replacement - like the oven but preferred the Neff hob. Units are white gloss. Yours sounds about right. Enjoy x

We inherited one of those free standing units when we first married. In the rental house when we took it over it held everything and the drop down flap was the only ‘worktop’ in the kitchen. I looked for one a while back when we were thinking of a summer house, ideal I thought until I saw how much they sell for now. The summer house idea was turned into a larger conservatory so the need never arose.

Nine years ago our kitchen cost £8000 including the white goods and flooring. Thank goodness it’s still going strong if prices are that much higher now.

midgey

Joseanne that was where the bread was buttered!

I'm sure my grandma had one and the cups inside that middle section swung on hooks too.

Urmstongran
I’ve always wanted one of those, my granny had one, and my auntie.
I’m not sure where I’d put it, but I would love to have one.

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.

Joseanne that was where the bread was buttered!

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

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.

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

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.

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

I'm having a modern version of that Urmstongran.

Goodness, how we’ve moved on! ?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

* knock down the price, not the kitchen!

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.

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.

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!

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 ... ?