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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!

  • I made the mistake of reading all the replies on a question about Howdens v DIY on the DIY Kitchens Advice Facebook group - it's just full of people going on about how much better they are than Howdens, and it's giving me similar misgivings.

    I guess it will help my negotiating position if they can't make it affordable.

  • Fwiw we put a howdens kitchen in at our last place, and after ten years it still looked and felt pretty new. I was pretty happy with that if it was indicative of their quality.

    My coworker suggested this place, possibly owned / started by an ex-Howdens person: https://www.benchmarxkitchens.co.uk

    I've booked an online design session tomorrow

  • I went for howdens in the end the price was too good, service wise it was fine but the kitchen designer at my place was a useless cunt and made a few balls ups, just make sure you double check what they are putting in.

    Overall it's fine and tbh working in loads of houses with fancy kitchens that are lot its no better or worse than them. As long as you have a good kitchen fitter you'll be fine

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