Jump to content

Have any mums got awesome kitchens?

sarahew

By sarahew
in The Family Room Discussion

 Share

Recommended Posts

mooncake

mooncake

Posted
Posted

I believe Howdens and Wickes do free home visits and measure up for you... but you might then need to be a little sneaky to grab their measurements for use at other stores!!


Otherwise there's a paid for service at John Lewis where I think you can keep the plans whether or not you go ahead (online it says it costs ?50).


The kitchen designer we ended up with must have spent at least 14 hours in total actually with us present, carefully designing all of the details - and that was even though we already had a strong idea of the layout and appliances we wanted. That meant that by the end of it, we were essentially already committed as couldn't bear to go through the whole process again with anyone else!! In hindsight that made it difficult to negotiate on prices - particularly as we had to get the kitchen ordered in time for moving house / tied in with the building work.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
loulou26573

loulou26573

Posted
Posted

We are going with Howdens at the moment, been back and forth a few times but we're getting there.


Can I ask, does anyone have a recommendation for places to purchase integrated appliances? Howdens' Lamona range is so expensive and I'd rather go for names I know. Looking online is a stab in the dark at the moment! Thanks

Louise

Link to comment
Share on other sites
BeccaL

BeccaL

Posted
Posted

We did a combination of ao.com and Currys for appliances - went to Currys to actually look at the appliances, to compare things like placement of shelves, internal dimensions, etc - bought some from them (think oven and fridge) so we knew we were definitely getting the exact thing we'd looked at, and bought others from ao.com (hob, extractor fan and dishwasher) - got v good service from them and good prices.


There is something a bit tragic about sitting and watching videos about how a cooker works and where all its shelves go (there are lots of these on ao.com), but they were surprisingly useful!! Integrated fridges are pretty small, so it is worth having a good look at where everything goes inside.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
loulou26573

loulou26573

Posted
Posted

BeccaL Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> We did a combination of ao.com and Currys for

> appliances - went to Currys to actually look at

> the appliances, to compare things like placement

> of shelves, internal dimensions, etc - bought some

> from them (think oven and fridge) so we knew we

> were definitely getting the exact thing we'd

> looked at, and bought others from ao.com (hob,

> extractor fan and dishwasher) - got v good service

> from them and good prices.

>

> There is something a bit tragic about sitting and

> watching videos about how a cooker works and where

> all its shelves go (there are lots of these on

> ao.com), but they were surprisingly useful!!

> Integrated fridges are pretty small, so it is

> worth having a good look at where everything goes

> inside.


Tragic indeed but necessary! Thanks so much too, ladyruskin. My husband and I had a play in Currys the other day. Was surprised at how reasonable the prices seem there. APparently all we have to do is email dimensions of appliances to howdens and they will check they fit. What could possibly go wrong???!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mooncake

mooncake

Posted
Posted

Also try boots kitchen appliances!! you can get quidco cashback as well as boots points - and their installation charges are reasonable if you need them to fit.


we also got free tickets to ideal home show and grand designs where you cab get some great deals and see demos of things actually being cooked.


usually the kitchen supplier will take model numbers of your appliances to get the right measurements.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 6 months later...
EmiliaSanders

EmiliaSanders

Posted
Posted

We have designed our kitchen almost ourselves

In short, the basic kitchen design steps are:

Kitchen planning.

Sketch basic kitchen area.

Determine kitchen floor plan style.

Determine locations for all kitchen storage items (design cabinets).

Create kitchen design drawings.

And after that you can hire workers and implement your plan into action)

of course you should take care about what appliances you prefer to use, as for me, I chose http://rangestoreoutlet.com/

there are a big range of ovens (http://rangestoreoutlet.com/7-ovens) and microvaves (http://rangestoreoutlet.com/10-microwaves)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 11 months later...
  • 5 months later...
sylviamaria

sylviamaria

Posted
Posted

Hi Sue,


I found their service to be very good and prompt. But you are right - they don't deliver to the UK and you have to sort out delivery yourself which is both a pain and an added cost (though still cheaper in total than getting a kitchen from many of the places in the UK)...


Hope this helps! :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
sylviamaria

sylviamaria

Posted
Posted

Sue


All packaging was intact and all parts arrived. One door had a mark on it and we emailed them and they replaced it within a month (sent it over themselves). We used a swedish company called artmove for the shipping. They were ok, but not great. You could check for alternative companies. Generally very happy with the end result and the pickyliving service.


Best of luck with it all!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 6 months later...
thatmissbooth

thatmissbooth

Posted
Posted

Hi, we have an awesome kitchen! We used West and Reid, a local company who designed and built it to our exact specification. It's been in a year now and there isn't anything that I would want to change, the layout works really well, it's very solidly built and looks great.

www.westandreid.co.uk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ginster

Ginster

Posted
Posted

Looked at this thread for inspiration and now finally 4 months on I can say yes we have an Awesome Kitchen!

It's "Pronorm" from Germany (built there, shipped over) so fits quickly (tho our delivery was 2 weeks late).

Bought from and designed with Alaris kitchens in Bromley who both listened to my ideas and offered suggestions. They also fit it.


Builders were Martins. Very happy with the quality. Extension already there but they made great improvements.


Very happy. Best bits....

- either side of oven is a pantry cupboard. I love them!

- nearly all drawers and actually wish now the cupboards either side of hob were too tho we have found stuff that fits in ok.

- built in bin cupboard next to sink. Cannot live without.

- porcelain wood effect tiles inside and out and underfloor heating.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ChloeDunbar

ChloeDunbar

Posted
Posted

Definitely a second shout out for local kitchen makers West and Reid. We searched all around for a nice kitchens and went everywhere from John Lewis to Ikea to higher end before we came across West and Reid who made a super stylish, bespoke kitchen for us which I absolutely love. They were great to work with and surprisingly well priced. You can see our kitchen with dark green handless units and marble worktop.


https://www.westandreid.co.uk/


Chloe

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...