IKEA Kitchen fittment
Discussion
After some advice on kitchen fittment please.
We finally decided on an IKEA kitchen and have gone ahead with it. The issue is the fitting.
We were initially quoted £2,000 for a "dry fitting". We were told that it might be "a little more" for the under cupboard lights etc. I was expecting maybe a grand or so.
We agreed that we would be removing and disposing of the old kitchen and waste ourselves.
Their installers have now come back with an ADDITONAL quote of £5,300...... i.e. £7,300 to fit.
Apply finish coat of plaster too walls ready for decoration **PRICE IS
PER SQUARE METER, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DECORATIONAL £1,188.00
WORKS & AND IS A MINIMUM CHARGE OF 5 SQUARE METERS**
Renew pipe work to kitchen to include renewing 42mm waste pipe
for kitchen to incorporate new kitchen design £540.00
Relocate/Replace existing main stop cock £300.00
Connection of sink, tap and dishwasher upon completion of kitchen
installation. £300.00 (£100 per connection)
Board does have RCD protection however not labelled,
recommendation for new board. Supply and install new consumer unit inc. RCD / MCB's £1,498.80
Supply and install additional sockets (per socket) **Standard white
fascia to be installed, if client wants a different customer it is
chargable** £312.00 (£156.00 per socket)
Install supply for under unit lights / cabinet downlights (per supply) £216.00 (£72.00 per connection)
Connect ucl & drawer lights (3 feeds), D/w, Hob,Hood, Oven,
microwave £760.00
Supply of electrical certificate £168.00
Is it me or am I being taken for a ride here? I have made some initial enquiries as to other quotes but am waiting to hear back. It seems that most I can see online are approximately half the cost for the new consumer unit. I'm reticent to even change it as it already works, was tested not that long ago and has RCD protection. We have zero electrical issues anywhere in the house. At an absolute guess I'd say it was circa 20 years old.
They have confirmed that the connection of the sink etc is £100 per item and that this merely includes screwing in the connector - the actual pipework cost is seperate.
Nothing is being moved apart from the dishwaher which is being moved about 2ft closer to the waste/water feed. We already have an Ikea induction hob that will be transferred to the new design and stay in exactly the same place - no new connections. The new oven if anything is less powerful than the old one. The microwave will be fitted above the oven - so approx 3ft from the consumer unit.
I got the vibe from the guy that there is some healthy profit/commission between the fitters and his trade friends.
So basically............
1 - Are these prices too much?
2 - Has anyone had the kitchen "dry fitted" by one team and managed the rest of the work themselves?
We already have a VERY good local plumber who I'd rather entrust the work to but have no idea how this whole thing works.
We finally decided on an IKEA kitchen and have gone ahead with it. The issue is the fitting.
We were initially quoted £2,000 for a "dry fitting". We were told that it might be "a little more" for the under cupboard lights etc. I was expecting maybe a grand or so.
We agreed that we would be removing and disposing of the old kitchen and waste ourselves.
Their installers have now come back with an ADDITONAL quote of £5,300...... i.e. £7,300 to fit.
Apply finish coat of plaster too walls ready for decoration **PRICE IS
PER SQUARE METER, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DECORATIONAL £1,188.00
WORKS & AND IS A MINIMUM CHARGE OF 5 SQUARE METERS**
Renew pipe work to kitchen to include renewing 42mm waste pipe
for kitchen to incorporate new kitchen design £540.00
Relocate/Replace existing main stop cock £300.00
Connection of sink, tap and dishwasher upon completion of kitchen
installation. £300.00 (£100 per connection)
Board does have RCD protection however not labelled,
recommendation for new board. Supply and install new consumer unit inc. RCD / MCB's £1,498.80
Supply and install additional sockets (per socket) **Standard white
fascia to be installed, if client wants a different customer it is
chargable** £312.00 (£156.00 per socket)
Install supply for under unit lights / cabinet downlights (per supply) £216.00 (£72.00 per connection)
Connect ucl & drawer lights (3 feeds), D/w, Hob,Hood, Oven,
microwave £760.00
Supply of electrical certificate £168.00
Is it me or am I being taken for a ride here? I have made some initial enquiries as to other quotes but am waiting to hear back. It seems that most I can see online are approximately half the cost for the new consumer unit. I'm reticent to even change it as it already works, was tested not that long ago and has RCD protection. We have zero electrical issues anywhere in the house. At an absolute guess I'd say it was circa 20 years old.
They have confirmed that the connection of the sink etc is £100 per item and that this merely includes screwing in the connector - the actual pipework cost is seperate.
Nothing is being moved apart from the dishwaher which is being moved about 2ft closer to the waste/water feed. We already have an Ikea induction hob that will be transferred to the new design and stay in exactly the same place - no new connections. The new oven if anything is less powerful than the old one. The microwave will be fitted above the oven - so approx 3ft from the consumer unit.
I got the vibe from the guy that there is some healthy profit/commission between the fitters and his trade friends.
So basically............
1 - Are these prices too much?
2 - Has anyone had the kitchen "dry fitted" by one team and managed the rest of the work themselves?
We already have a VERY good local plumber who I'd rather entrust the work to but have no idea how this whole thing works.
I fitted my own IKEA kitchen so can't comment specifically, I know that costs have gone up a lot recently but looks like daylight robbery.
Our house was re plastered for £500/room (all walls and ceilings, full skim)
Connecting a tap/dishwasher to a water supply/drain takes less than 5 minutes and could be done by a desk jockey (me)
The electrics, if in-unit service channels are used is easy, more complicated if chasing out the walls but are meant to be regulated.
New drain pipe is less than 1hour and <£20 in materials assuming <3m run and a normal trap.
Get a few more quotes I'd say.
Our house was re plastered for £500/room (all walls and ceilings, full skim)
Connecting a tap/dishwasher to a water supply/drain takes less than 5 minutes and could be done by a desk jockey (me)
The electrics, if in-unit service channels are used is easy, more complicated if chasing out the walls but are meant to be regulated.
New drain pipe is less than 1hour and <£20 in materials assuming <3m run and a normal trap.
Get a few more quotes I'd say.
Thank you.
It was "advised" by the fitters - some firm up near Worcester......
Yep, a few electricians have replied quoting between £700 and £1000 for a new consumer unit depending on how bad of a job it is. Apparantly ours isn't capable of doing something with DC but is otherwise fine....
It was "advised" by the fitters - some firm up near Worcester......
Yep, a few electricians have replied quoting between £700 and £1000 for a new consumer unit depending on how bad of a job it is. Apparantly ours isn't capable of doing something with DC but is otherwise fine....
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