Should you buy a ceramic kitchen?
If you’re looking for a new kitchen, you may well want something that looks special. One of the currently fashionable choices is a ceramic kitchen, which has doors fronted with real ceramic. It’s a great look.
However, before going out and buying a ceramic kitchen, it’s worth taking into account it’s disadvantages too.
Reasons to buy a ceramic kitchen
The single biggest plus for ceramic kitchens is, quite simply, the look. They look beautiful — it will give a real wow factor to your kitchen that will impress everyone.
However, their appeal is not just skin deep. Ceramic-fronted doors are one of the most durable materials available and are almost impossible to scratch or stain. In fact, they are practically indestructible.
Reasons not to buy a ceramic kitchen
The biggest reason for thinking twice about buying a ceramic kitchen is price. Typically, they cost about three times the price of most other matt finish kitchens.
So what does this mean in practice? Well, suppose you want a large L-shaped handleless kitchen with an island, comprising say 25 units. If you were to have a matt laminate door, the cost is likely to be £12,000 – £18,000 for the units. However, if you were to have real ceramic doors instead, the cost is likely to be £35,000 – £60,000 for the units.
If your heart is set on having a real ceramic kitchen, but don’t want to spend £35,000 – £60,000 on the units, you could have some of the kitchen in ceramic and the rest in say a laminate, lacquered laminate or lacquered door finish. So, for example, you could have just the island in ceramic. This should reduce the cost of the units to £20,000 – £35,000.
Even if money is no object, though, there are drawbacks to ceramic kitchens. Most significantly, the choice of colours & finishes is more limited than for other materials.
You might think, of course, that it’s worth the cost and the restrictions to have a kitchen everyone will admire. However, buying a long-term investment on the basis of a current trend is always risky. It’s quite possible that ceramic kitchens could soon go out of fashion.
Alternatively, if you are happy with just having the look of a ceramic kitchen, you may be better off buying a ceramic effect laminate kitchen instead. Using the same kitchen example as before, this should cost £12,000 – £18,000 for the units.
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