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It’s a design + build company - so they take you through the whole process from feasibility study. There’s deffo been points at which I’ve had gripes with the process but overall we’ve found it really stress free. The standard of the work is really impressive and they really care about what they’re doing which is nice. I’m sure this is also possible in more traditional processes where you tender our to contractors too. You pay a premium I think either way for a ‘turnkey’ solution but with a young child and two busy jobs it was always going to be better this way.
I’ll do a full write up or a thread of its own at some point if people would find it useful.Yes most of the cabinetry is ikea with custom fronts, we’re having quite a lot of it built so this was a way to keep costs down. With nice Blum ironmongery and someone who cares building them they feel nice but clearly there is a difference between these and solid bespoke kitchens.
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Ok, yeah sounds like the best and as free of stress possible solution. But of course, that comes at a premium.
They do nice stuff, and as said, at this scale it's manageable. They probably have a shortlist of contractors they work with so they know who they're bringing in.Nowt wrong with IKEA hacking, also kitchenwise. All the hardware is good and proven. I've been looking at companies that do "custom" off the shelf solutions for IKEA hardware, but of course a carpenter can work with it too.
Rodolfo
All looking very suave, including examining man.
Who's doing the construction site management? The architects? Or you have a general contractor, or third party?
The kitchen is IKEA with custom fronts?
I'ld love (architect) to do a project like this sometime, to live vicariously through people that chose a lucrative profession and design it from a-z.
My current (since Jan. '19...) is a quite big office building and I just can't be on top of everything which is frustrating.