Where to find the best kitchen designers
For most people, the search for a new kitchen is the search for great kitchen designers without breaking the bank. That might seem like a fool’s quest, but is it really so impossible? Where would you go to find the best kitchen designers?
Kitchen designers at the high street chains
Most people start by checking out high street chains such as Wren, Magnet and Wickes. There you’ll be met by a “sales designer”, which sounds promising. They’ll tell you all about the great offers they have on like a 50%-off sale.
The problem with he chains is, their “sales designers” are first and foremost salespeople, and kitchen designers a poor second. They’ll spend most of their time telling you about their amazing special offers and perhaps as little as just twenty minutes actually designing your kitchen.
Given the fact that it takes around 4 hours to design a kitchen properly, a design that’s been produced in 20 minutes is most likely going to be poor. For example, the design is unlikely to make best use of the available space. It will also probably contain one or more design errors. An example of a design error is placing a fridge freezer or a fridge too close to a wall. Doing this means you’ll lose access to the salad drawer in the fridge. This is because when you try opening the salad drawer, it will hit into the side of the bottle shelf. Worst of all, the design may not actually fit. Unfortunately, people often don’t discover this until the kitchen is being installed, by which time it’s too late.
What’s worse is that their special offers aren’t usually as good as what they seem. In reality, their 50%-off sales are fake. This is because they double the RRP (recommended retail price) and then knock 50% off. They do this to mislead you into thinking you’re getting a bargain. This is just one of the many smoke and mirrors sales tactics the chains use to trick you into buying a kitchen.
Kitchen designers at the trade-only suppliers
If you talk to a builder, they’ll tell they you they can get you 80% off a kitchen from a trade-only supplier such as Howdens, Benchmarx or Magnet Trade. Doesn’t that sound amazing?
Not really. Builders promises of getting you 80% off your kitchen is again, just a smoke and mirrors sales tactic. In reality, the prices builders quote for kitchens is usually similar to the chains.
Also, the kitchen design you’ll get from places like Howdens, Benchmarx and Magnet Trade is unlikely to be any better than the one you get from the chains. This is because they also only spend about 20 minutes on your design.
Kitchen designers at the independent kitchen showrooms
If you know the right independent kitchen showroom to visit, you’ll get a properly designed kitchen that makes best use of the available space, is free of design errors and will actually fit.
Fine, but doesn’t this come at a hefty price? It does if you don’t know the right showrooms to visit. However, if you know the right showrooms to visit, you’ll get a kitchen that costs similar to the chains and trade-only suppliers. Plus, their kitchen will be higher-quality than the chains and trade-only suppliers and will last longer.
So, how do you find the right showrooms in your area?
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