How do Second Nature Kitchens compare with other brands?
Second Nature Kitchens are one of the many brands sold by independent kitchen showrooms. But how good value are they? To know this, you need to know how they compare in price and quality to other brands sold by independents and to the kitchens places like Howdens, Wren, Magnet and Wickes sell.
How do Second Nature Kitchens compare to places like Howdens, Wren, Magnet and Wickes?
Second Nature Kitchens are higher-quality than the kitchens places like Howdens, Wren, Magnet and Wickes sell. This means a Second Nature Kitchen should last longer than a kitchen from somewhere like Howdens, Wren, Magnet and Wickes.
Given the quality difference, you’d expect a Second Nature Kitchen to cost more than a kitchen from somewhere like Howdens, Wren, Magnet and Wickes. However, this isn’t necessarily the case. Second Nature Kitchens sometimes works out similar in price.
How do Second Nature Kitchens compare to other brands sold by independents?
The kitchens sold by independent kitchen showrooms differ substantially in terms of both price and quality. Therefore, some brands cost more than Second Nature, some similar and some less. Likewise, some brands are higher-quality than Second Nature, some similar and some lower-quality.
The downside of buying a Second Nature Kitchen
Second Nature are one of many ‘doors only’ kitchen brands. Therefore, if you buy a Second Nature Kitchen, although the doors will have come from Second Nature, the rest of the kitchen, ie the carcasses, drawers, hinges, mechanisms and storage solutions will have come from elsewhere.
The problem with this is two-fold. Firstly, if you’re looking at a Second Nature Kitchen, how do you know if the carcass, drawers, hinges, mechanisms and storage solutions being supplied are good-quality? Now, many people think that the quality of a kitchen is determined just by the quality of the doors. However, this isn’t true. The quality of a kitchen is determined by the quality of all the components that make up that kitchen, not just the doors. So, if the doors are high-quality, but the rest of the kitchen is low-quality, the kitchen won’t last. This problem is compounded by the fact that retailers usually only tell you that you’re buying a Second Nature Kitchen. Therefore, it’s difficult to know how good-quality the carcasses, drawers, hinges, mechanisms and storage solutions you’re buying are.
The other problem is that if, a few years down the line, you get a problem with the carcasses, drawers, hinges, mechanisms or storage solutions, if the showroom you purchased the kitchen from are no longer trading, who do you go back to? You cant go back to Second Nature as they only supplied the doors.
If you’re concerned about buying a kitchen from a ‘doors only’ brand like Second Nature, you should look at buying a kitchen from a ‘complete’ kitchen brand instead. ‘Complete’ brands manufacture all of the components of the kitchen, not just the doors, hence why they are called ‘complete’. There are a number of ‘complete’ brands available from independents.
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For more info on Second Nature Kitchens, visit their website: https://www.sncollection.co.uk/
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