How to find the best value fitted kitchen supplier
A new kitchen is a major investment, and we’re all looking for great value. So how do you find a fitted kitchen supplier who sells high quality, affordable kitchens and will do a great job?
Don’t use the chains as your fitted kitchen supplier
Most people looking for a fitted kitchen supplier first go to high street chains such as Wren and Magnet. After all, their advertisements are everywhere, telling us they’re the cheapest.
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Their kitchens may be cheap in price, but they’re also cheap in terms of quality. Their low-quality kitchens are unlikely to last much more than four or five years before you need to rip it out and replace it with a good-quality kitchen. As the famous saying goes ‘buy cheap, buy twice’.
The other problem with the chains is that their designs are usually poor. This is for three reasons: Firstly, their designs rarely make good use of the available space. Secondly, their designs often contain design errors. An example of a design error is placing a fridge freezer or a fridge too close to a wall. Doing this means the customer will lose access to the salad drawer in the fridge. This is because when they try opening the salad drawer, it will hit into the side of the bottle shelf. Thirdly, sometimes their designs don’t actually fit the space. Unfortunately, many people don’t discover this until the kitchen is being installed, by which time it’s too late.
Finally, they charge a fortune for fitting. Their average fitting price is around £5,000.
Don’t use a builder as your fitted kitchen supplier
Many builders will offer to be your fitted kitchen supplier. They’ll claim to be able to save you a fortune by selling you a kitchen from a trade-only supplier such as Howdens, Benchmarx or Magnet Trade. Plus, they’ll charge you much less for fitting than places like Wren and Magnet
In reality, the prices builders quote for kitchens are usually similar to what places like Wren and Magnet charge.
Also, the kitchens places like Howdens and Benchmarx sell are no better quality than the kitchens places like Wren and Magnet sale.
The other problem is that when you buy a kitchen from a trade-only supplier via a builder, you’re buying a kitchen with little or no come-back. This is because your contract is with the builder and not with the trade-only supplier. So, If you get a problem with the kitchen a few years down the line, when you go back to the trade-only supplier, they’ll usually tell you that they only deal with the trade and you need to go back to your builder. However, when you go back to your builder, they’ll usually tell you that they’re only responsible for the fitting and you’ll need to go back to the trade supplier. This toing and froing usually goes on for some time until people eventually give up.
Use the right independent kitchen showroom as your fitted kitchen supplier
If you know the right independent kitchen showrooms to visit, you can get a kitchen that costs similar to places like Wren, Magnet, Howdens and Benchmarx, but is higher-quality and will last longer.
Plus, the right independents will design you a kitchen that makes best use of the available space and is free from design errors.
They’ll also quote you similar to what builders quote for fitting.
So, how to find the right independent kitchen showrooms?
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