How do STORI Kitchens compare with other kitchen brands?
STORI Kitchens, previously know as Kitchen Stori, is a kitchen brand sold mostly via independent kitchen showrooms.
How good value are they? To know this, we have to compare them in price and quality to other brands sold by independents and to the kitchens places like Wren, Wickes, Magnet and Howdens sell.
How do STORI Kitchens compare with places like Wren, Wickes, Magnet and Howdens?
Before thinking of brands like STORI Kitchens, your first thought is likely to be one of the large high-street chains. Companies like Wren, Wickes and Magnet are familiar names, after all, and there’s probably a branch near you.
Alternatively, there are also large trade-only suppliers such as Howdens, Benchmarx and Magnet Trade. These are available via builders.
In all of these cases, though, there’s no comparison in quality with STORI Kitchens. STORI kitchens are higher-quality than the kitchens these places offer. This means they’ll last longer.
You’d expect to have to pay more for a higher-quality kitchen — but that’s not necessarily so. In fact, a STORI kitchen can sometimes work out no more expensive than a kitchen from somewhere like Wren, Wickes, Magnet or Howdens.
How do they compare with other brands sold by independents?
STORI are one of many brands sold by independent kitchen showrooms, and these vary in price and quality. So, while some ranges are similar in price to STORI, others are either more expensive or cheaper.
Likewise, while some brands are similar in quality to Kitchen Stori, there are others that are higher-quality and some that are lower-quality.
Are there any downsides of buying a STORI Kitchen?
STORI Kitchens might seem a perfect choice. However, it’s important to be aware that they only supply doors. Therefore, when a retailer quotes you for a Stori Kitchen, only the doors will be coming from Stori. All the rest of the kitchen, i.e. the carcasses, drawers, hinges, mechanisms and storage solutions will be coming from elsewhere.
The problem with this is two-fold. Firstly, while STORI provide high-quality doors, there’s no way of knowing if the rest of the kitchen you’re buying is high-quality. If the rest of the kitchen isn’t high-quality, the kitchen won’t last very long.
The other problem is that if you buy a Stori Kitchen and subsequently get a problem with the carcasses, drawers, hinges, mechanisms or storage solutions, if the retailer you bought it from is no longer in business, you’ll have no come back. This is because Stori Kitchens only supplied the doors. If this concerns you, you may wish to purchase a kitchen from a brand than manufactures all the parts of the kitchen, not just the doors. That way, if you get a problem with the carcasses, drawers, hinges, mechanisms or storage solutions and the retailer is no longer in business, you can go back to the manufacturer.
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For more info on Stori Kitchens, visit their website: https://storicollection.com/
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