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  • I'm looking to get a kitchen designed and fitted. As far as I can tell, fitting companies have pretty opaque prices / discounts so I want to get a couple of them to quote me for a basically identical kitchen. We're probably going to get the fitting done separately as there's a bunch of other work that needs a builder to do, who would also fit it at the same time.

    I've had a design / quote from Howdens - has anyone got a decent company to get a competing quote from? I've used Magnet in the past, and don't really want to again. I'm in West London.

    Cheers!

  • Tardy response for the fast-moving forum, but when we looked 4 years ago the quality of Ikea/ Howdens/ Wren etc was basically on a par, but the cost of Ikea was 1/2 to 1/4 of the rest. Everyone goes on about the cabinets needing cutting to run pipes. We simply built the base units out 100mm from the wall and had deeper worktops, which we wanted anyway. Honestly, I don't think you can do better for a budget/mid-range kitchen than Ikea.

  • We chased pipes/wires into the wall but still required some cutting out around the pipes under the sink which is a pain as it looks ugly. Might get some MDF boxing cut neatly and painted to slide in and cover it.

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