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We're still going through this at the moment - just awaiting the Howdens quote.
What's putting me off DIY Kitchens slightly is that we'd want it custom painted to match a colour that Howdens do as (sort of) standard, which is going to add an extra layer of complexity if we want to return or add anything.
We also want a freestanding island on chunky legs (like below) which is possible with Howdens but not DIY.
But once we see the price discrepancy that might tip it back to DIY Kitchens, the quality seems pretty widely regarded as superior to Howdens.
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We're still going through this at the moment - just awaiting the Howdens quote.
I know why they do it, but it's so annoying the faff it takes to get a price out of them.
We have something similar - there's a couple of things on our Howdens kitchen that I can't replicate on the DIY kitchens planner.
If they don't scupper the sale by being weird about their price and I try to stick with Howdens I'm thinking of making a design at DIY that's a bit simpler than our Howdens one, without the features I can't replicate.
Then I can get Howdens to design that exact kitchen and get a decent price on it. Then upgrade small bits from the price matched one back to what I wanted in the first place.
However, this level of faff is a real turn off. As I'm typing I'm not sure why I'm sounding so committed to helping Howdens make a sale!
christianSpaceman
I'm doing my kitchen and I've just got the Howdens quote back - it's 22K for a kitchen priced up at about 9K on DIY Kitchens. I expected it to be higher, but I'm actually a bit shocked at the discrepancy.
It's so much higher and unreasonable that I suspect that any potential relationship with them might have been ruined but I'd still rather go with them if possible (not at that price obviously) as they're a mile up the road and easier to fix any issues come installation. Has anyone managed to use their (Howden's) price match against DIY Kitchens or (alternatively) somewhere like IKEA.