Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

Marian...............dont take things too personal.
I am the first person to jump on anyone I think is taking the P but I dont think that there is any malice in what John has posted.

Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

I dont think there is any malice in anything jaysay posts tbh.

Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

Agreed Em, and love Jaysay's sense of humour.:)

Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

GG, to get back on thread, couple of things to watch for, make sure the base units have legs, and dont stand directly on the floor, that the carcasses are 18mm and not 15mm, the drawers have steel runners, and the drawer bases are 18mm and not just hardboard, glue all the joint before screwing them together, and you wont go far wrong, band q actually have some decent stuff, at a reasonable price (I rarely recommend them for anything), but the private companies will still normally win hands down on quality.

Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

I nearly asked who are band q??:D:D:D..then the penny dropped b & q!:o
and I know band q ( I shall call them now) carcasses are 3 mm thicker (18mm) than some standard 15mm ones.. had a look on their site and some of the kitchens are quite nice and I like the challenge of building the units myself, least I theres no one to shout at if I its wrong...:D

Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

Its also nice to be able to blame someone else

Re: is there such a thing as a cheap and decent kitchen?
 

Magnet had a clearance warehouse in Bradford, then only one in the country. I picked up my kitchen for around £1100...17 units. It was a current kitchen. In the showroom it was priced at over £4000. My cousin came up from Windsor and picked up all his appliancies at rediculous prices: Neff hob (RRP £600) for £80, Neff Double oven(RRP £750) for £200, Top range Phillips dishwasher (RRP £500) for £150 and granite double sink for £100.

My kitchen units have the Bluemotion drawers(self closing) which are expensive anyway. It used to be on Cemetery Road in Bradford. Dont know if it still is.