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Kitchen Fitting

Kitchen Refurb, best course of action

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.51 PM

I want to do a complete refurb of my kitchen, it's a small 3x3m room and around 8 units. No gas stove, the boiler will stay where it is, sink will move and replace with a smaller (6 units) ready to fit kitchen from Wickes. Before the kitchen can be installed though, the room needs to be prepared as the floor has some bouncy floorboards (new floor to be installed) and the walls has vinyl wallpaper on. I can take the units down though after that what would be the best course of action? Can a kitchen fitter do the whole lot or best to split the job into 2 (prep and then kitchen)? I was planning/hoping to get the room ready and then once done, get a kitchen installed.

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2 Answers

Anonymous user

Hi, I suppose the question you need to ask yourself is how long can you survive without a functioning kitchen? If you can move the essentials like kettle, microwave, and create a washing area in another room then you could rip out the existing kitchen yourself, dispose of it, do all the necessary prep work and then install the kitchen at your convenience, potentially saving you a bit of money in the labour costs that a fitter would normally charge. In reality though, most people can't live for too long without a working kitchen. A kitchen fitting company/person won't necessarily deduct a huge amount from your bill for doing this first part of the job as it's nearly always expected and budgeted for in the original quote, but if you wanted to get the room perfectly prepped to go then I know I would certainly appreciate that if I was carrying out the work! I hope this helps. Joel
Answered3 August 2017
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Anonymous user

Hi There, Best I think is to assign the whole project to a company or person. Thickness you will look for responsibility for the project from one place and you will not have to hear excuses of the kind that they do not disable the floor properly or that contact is not in place. Also a professional will sort things out correctly. This is my personal opinion and I prefer to work that way. I hope my answer has helped. M
Answered3 August 2017
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