How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

We did on our last house, used London Stone. Nowhere locally seemed to make long enough or they wouldn't deliver, yet London Stone delivered to the Midlands. Quality was good, although the stone was not treated properly upon delivery, but they did sort that.

Following with interest, our off-centre ugly slabs built on top of paving slabs also needs to go.

Awk well was down howdens today sizing up a kitchen, couldn’t really have been less interested and also giving you a price that was it

for yourself? Surprised you're not looking at diykitchens.

my diykitchens quote was £2k less than howdens

Our IKEA kitchen (just carcasses) was a third cheaper than Howdens and DIY Kitchens quotes.

Do I even need to mention Howdens are terrible value for money?
Although saying that our ikea cabinets are getting a bit wobbly in places.

from everything i've read/heard, DIY kitchens have the best cabinets out of the howdens/magnet/ikea/ lot, and they are priced very very competitively too.

Next to city plumbing so just went in, but they didn’t install confidence and also just wanted to get a price to base it off to start.

I’ll check out DIY kitchens, I’m not fitting it well I’ll fit the cabinets and then get my dads pal who’s a kitchen fitter to come in and do all the worktops and finishing as he’s mobbed.

Howdens quote with basic sink, hob and electric oven was like 3.7 all in, not fitted obvs. Which I didn’t think was terrible,

It’s just a smallish kitchen so not million of units either

^ We recently managed to get Howdens to price match DIY kitchens: might be worth trying that (then going with DIY if they don't!)

finalising new kitchen design and appliances plan

I want a tall unit where I can keep a toaster and potentially an air fryer inside, to keep them from cluttering up my counter space.

I know both can kick out some heat. I can have the tall unit in a corner so the tall unit door opens onto a wall (i.e., out of the way) and that way the door can be open any time the toaster or air fryer is on. I could also get the fitter to cut a vent in the top of the unit so the hot air has somewhere to go.

Are there good reasons to not do this? Anyone got a similar set up?

Surely it’s easier to just take them out and use them on the counter top, I feel like stuff like that in a small space attracts grease ( more the air fryer than a toaster)

air fryer doesn't really have any grease in it surely - you don't add oil to the stuff.

I still wouldn't want to have anything generating that much heat in a cupboard. Not with the door closed. It'll get very hot in there without active cooling.

Even when you don’t use oil in them, they still produce something, mine does.

I personally wouldn’t use them in a cupboard and also if you do use them your gonna have to have the door open when you do which someone else I’ll walk into eventually

To counter what others have said I have an air fryer and microwave in a cupboard. We had vents fitted and made sure there was plenty of circulation space. I wouldn't shut the door when using the air fryer. No grease build up outside of the unit for me, clean it once a week. works a treat

I'm wondering if a tall unit with drawers instead of shelves is the way. That way the stuff can be pulled slightly out of the unit when in use?

I'd never use the toaster or the fryer with the door closed either way - it's going to be in the corner so having the door open won't really interfere with the room.

Pulling it out would probably allow for improved air flow but we just have it on a full dept shelf and then narrow shelves above plus more room above it.

^needs pics

We have a toaster and coffee machine in a tall cabinet. There’s a 2/3 shelf above the toaster. We keep the door open for a few mins after toasting. If I was to do it again I’d maybe have a pull out shelf for the toaster so the hot air doesn’t accumulate in the cupboard so much but we’ve used the current set up multiple times a day for over 2 years with no issues at all.

agree with @hugo7 - got any pics to share?

Dredge - that eBay link doesn’t work, could you find a photo / part number / part name? Thank you!

dis all I got for ye

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Careful with this chaps, you don’t really want a CO2 bottle indoors that could fill your house if it leaks.