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That’s a normal price across all the custom fronts purveyors, even the Poland-based ones aren’t much cheaper. Hipster tax is real.
Even if you go semi-DIY, Fenix is expensive: we were considering doing some of our fronts in Fenix, buying the Fenix sheets direct from manufacturer and getting a friend who has a laminating machine to stick them on. They cost £115+VAT per sheet, so double that as you need to laminate both sides to avoid warping. Plus the cost of an 18mm sheet of ply to go in between, and mates-rates for doing the lamination, and you’re looking at £700 per sheet inc VAT before you’ve even cut it up into cabinet sizes, routed the hinge cutouts/handles, tidied up and oiled the edges, accounted for waste/damage etc…
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I've just done a calculation to replace our Ikea Metod kitchen doors by Plykea like ones with Fenix fronts from Husk (as they have unit prices available) and it works out at £6.5k. Is it just me or that's super expensive? I can get a whole new set of kitchen cabinets from DIY Kitchen and more with that amount.
As much as I want to re-use the cabinets it's not looking likely now... Unless Husk is a lot more expensive than Plykea?