How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

C - Euro sizing - ikea has no service void at the rear so you can’t feed pipes along walls behind. Also ikea plinth is 90 whereas uk is 150(ish) - this can fuck up integrated appliances if you don’t want ikea ones - particularly dishwashers.

I have just booked an ikea kitchen appointment and will be asking about this. Puts me off. I had a builder quote and he was saying that I will need a gap at the back of mine whatever I do for services which are unique in my flat.

Question for @chrisbmx116 - ikea benefits .. doors changeable down the line. Is this just ikea and if so, why? And other benefits for ikea over howdens other than maybe price? Cheers

Loads of websites sell replacement kitchen cupboard doors. IKEA is just a bit easier.

Yes, I believe all the canopy hoods can have charcoal filters and recirculate.

They are very helpful on the phone though, so you can just call and ask if you're not sure.

The canopy sizes generally correspond with the size of kitchen unit they are going to be mounted under, e.g. 54cm for 60cm cabinets, 76cm for 80cm cabinets and 86cm for 90cm cabinets.

You can still fit Ikea with a service gap, just put a baton between the wall and the rail it hangs off - this will obviously have the knock on effect of meaning you'll need a deeper work surface though.

Yeah as aggi said, basically because loads of folks have ikea kitchens there’s a market for replacement doors.
All my kitchens have been ikea and they have been fine.

Currently looking at a property that's had a kitchen extension but kept a pretty small dining room in place and wondering if it's viable at all to get everything pushed out to the new boundary line that the kitchen reaches.

Have been looking at various websites and trying to price up just how much it'd be but they're all (obviously!) pretty loose with their estimates from amounts that are questionably below reasonable to others that are wildly out of our budget - don't suppose anyone's got any idea what doing the below might come in at as a ballpark figure, to get it to a level where it's got walls, windows, doors and ready for a kitchen and anything else to go in?

We'd ideally want the red walls taken down, green walls put in and the toilet moved around (probably to the bottom right corner). There's a lounge below the dining room, and the existing wall for the floor above runs up to the current edge of the dining room with the kitchen currently a single storey extension beyond that.

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walls, windows, doors

Roof might help too. I'm considering something sort of similar. Lots of variables. I'm told 60k-100k maybe.

Ah, yes…roof would be useful!

Location too I guess, it’ll be down in east Kent which will no doubt add a premium to quotes.

Have you got some actual photos?
Is this not ground floor, you said lounge below?
Either way with material and builders what they are not cheap will be the answer.

Have you got some actual photos?

Sorry, poorly worded earlier...'lounge below' as in underneath on the drawing above - here's a snap of the back of the property, which is in an ideal location for us. We'd ideally be looking to 'fill in' the gap that's in the shadow of the property at present to make a big open plan space at the back of the house (so knocking through existing walls, marked red in the diagram).

Appreciate it's not likely to be the cheapest job in the world, but just trying to get a rough idea from others who may have done or are looking to do the same to see if it's realistic or an absolute pipedream.

Note: that is a side access down to the right of the property, but doesn't come across well at all in the photo!

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I reckon you are looking at £60k to get the shell of it done. Add more £10ks on top of that for nice things like fancy doors, roof lights etc.

I’d suggest that will cost around £80k depending on what finishes etc

I think you should talk to a builder or architect because how many walls are moved will play a big part in the cost as adding steels is expensive. There may be a smart way of doing it such as opening up the large back area you have now but keeping the current kitchen wall (removing the doors obvs as it would be internal then).
Nice doors are also expensive and I think they have gone up a fair bit since we bought ours so you'd be looking at around 10k or so if you wanted nice sliding thin alu doors that size, which is of course the correct decision if you are not going pivot and window seat.
I'd expect near 70-90k these days tbh, without even going too nuts.

Cost me 15k+ to knock down one internal wall, switch a window and door location, move services and electrics, then make good ready for a kitchen.

This was without steels, foundations, structural surveys or planning permission/building regs etc which you would likely need in your case.

Windows, doors rads etc were all extra.

Don't toilets need two doors separation to a kitchen space?

I'd take an online guide and double their numbers in most cases.

Don't toilets need two doors separation to a kitchen space?

No, the rules changed some years ago. Didn't work for fancy loft apartments. You do need a handbasin in the toilet instead.

Thanks all for your thoughts and experiences. They're roughly around where our thinking was, so good to know we're not miles out of whack or in an absolute dream world.

I have just booked an ikea kitchen appointment and will be asking about this. Puts me off. I had a builder quote and he was saying that I will need a gap at the back of mine whatever I do for services which are unique in my flat.

I'd be interested to hear what they say, we are starting to think about re-doing our kitchen

Any clue how much we’d be looking at to replace this french door and extend the opening and have a much wider set of doors?

3 story townhouse from the 60s, i’d love to do it but its going to be a fortune in steel right?

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These were quotes from 2019 so expect 20% increase.

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How wide?

1800mm wide door just cost me £1500 Inc vat supply and fit.

Knocking out the bricks to the side and rebuilding wouldn't be much but replacing the lintel would likely not be cheap.

likely ~3m or so would like most of the width of the room if we're going to do it

https://rationel.co.uk/

Would be another option. I should be getting a quote for 3m(ish) sliding doors from them this month as well as a bifold window/door

High end Italian timber slider 2970 x 2000 two leaf = £10k ex VAT & fitting. We won't be getting this.

I've had quotes for Schuco bi-folds around 5k ex VAT fitted for the same opening.

I want a larch framed sliding door. Bi-folds can get in the bin.

~5k for a 4.8 x 2.4m Reynaers sliding door, ordered 18m ago . Supplier pries have gone up since though . This was for supply and fit only

Velfac are a great medium budget option for actual French doors.