Kitchen's Kitchen

On which bit?

I got indicative quotes for cabinetry - and this was not the most expensive by far, but also not down the low end of the market by any means.

Indicative quotes were based on: hypothetical kitchen, 3 double under counter cabinets, 2 double high level cabinets... and it was purely me attempting to get a comparable idea of the range of prices as the final price was always going to depend on what the final configuration would be.

If I were just doing the cabinets and minor other changes then even with Miele everything I'd be within £40k.

It's the fact that at the same I'm fully replacing plumbing, gas, electrics, and shelling out the ceiling and floor and redoing those - this really pushes the costs.

I haven't got lots of quotes for the builders, only 2 quotes and both were around £10k for the scope of what I've asked for.

Feels like I'm approaching a stop / go decision and either I do all of this and am fully committed, or I just pull the plug now. If I pull the plug I still have to face replacing the boiler in the next year or so, and ripping out the worktop and damaging cabinets to achieve this - and that's ignoring the unsafe electrics and fire risk.

Simply: It's not an order of magnitude cheaper to do this another way (i.e. I cannot get this to £5k no matter what)... but I could possibly get it to £25k if I go cheapest almost everything (but I'm aware that this is what led to the precise problems with this room - someone "value engineering" their way to what was delivered). Feels like there are bands of cost for a full kitchen renovation, a ~£15-25k range for entry, a ~£40-70k for mid-range, and a +£70k for super premium.