They're also 55cm and I want to move to 60cm as there are more options longer term (for example replacing any appliances, or if I did decide to replace the doors in 15-20 years).
Fitting isn't a problem technically, I can do all of that, but don't really have the time (scheduling, and also it would take me too long and my wife would be "unhappy" to say the least).
(I already replaced the hob and oven, with a certain amount of "adjustment" required to get the 60s to fit in the existing units!)
Even after a few years, the insides of the cupboards start getting a but grotty. Edges exposed to steam or water start to fail and the covering peels away - and the insides never match the latest fittings.
Perhaps when one of the appliances gives up the ghost ...
But in a previous place I had ancient carcasses made of solid hardwood. I just sanded them down and repainted them. Furthermore they were of non standard shape and I could never have utilized the space available so efficiently with standard units. So we went for a mixture of refurbing old stuff with new doors and tops and combining with some new units where the old stuff was too restrictive.
Their kitchen planners are excellent, and customer service has been superb. For example, I ordered the current kitchen during the Advent calendar offer period. I went in on the day sofa beds were 30% off because I needed one. The kitchen planner advised me to come back 10 days later because their offer for that day was going to be a Fr 50 voucher for every Fr 250 spent - cumulative. So back we went on the relevant day, ended up with nearly 2k worth of vouchers with which we bought the sofa bed - thereby accumulating more vouchers - and then the kitchen nick-nacks and dining chairs, ditto.
In our last kitchen, we had 75cm deep worktops which were brilliant - and cupboards underneath with correspondingly 'long' drawers.
We'd definitely go for 75cm deep worktops again but would want the deep cupboards too to maximise storage space.
Thanks
A carpenter may be able to build and fix the cupboards, work spaces etc and you then just have to buy and fit the appliances. We had an offer of CHF 13,000 (including appliances), down from CHF 22,000 doing it this way for a studio apartment.
For another kitchen, 9m2, where the units were all fine but shabby, we had them taken down, cleaned and the units repainted with a high gloss finish and new handles. With new appliances the kitchen was like new and the total cost came in around CHF 7,000.
For example if you buy it from a Swiss supplier or Mobel Markt Dogern for example, do they provide the installation service or do you have to arrange that yourself? Also with installation service does that include taking out the previous kitchen or must you do that yourself? Anyone have the full from start to finish experience and the costs involved.
Also, am I right in saying you cannot deduct the cost of installing a new kitchen from your tax?
Normally they would also take out and dispose of the old kitchen, but we chose to do that ourselves because there was other work that needed doing, and we bought the appliances independently but the fitted items were still part of the installation.
You can (in SG) deduct it from your tax if it's a necessary refurbishment, i.e. the previous kitchen is older than the expected lifetime which is 20 or 25 years (see https://www.mieterverband.ch/mv/miet...ertabelle.html ).
If you have the plans for your current kitchen with electrics and plumbing this is really helpful, especially if you want to change the layout.
In most cases the costs can be deducted from your taxes. This could include the following:
Ripping out the floor and old kitchen and disposal
Electrician
Plumber
Plasterer
Flooring
Painter
Kitchen cabinets
Appliances
If I were ever to do a new kitchen again I would be sure to have someone to coordinate all the tradespeople. The kitchen suppliers don't generally do this and figuring out who needs to do what and when was quite challenging. Having done this once I could do it again but I wouldn't want to. One tradesperson (with an additional fee) can take the lead and coordinate the others.
Costs for a new kitchen vary greatly depending on the size of the kitchen and materials. If you get lucky and find a display kitchen which fits you will save considerably.
Count on being without a kitchen for a good few weeks depending on how extensive the renovation is.
Good luck!
Really, pretty much any way you could think of mounting them, and probably some you wouldn't, is possible. I'll be sticking with them for our next kitchen replacement, for sure.
The ones in our current kitchen are really shallow and only pull out half-way.
They are so bad. Some of the drawers now have 5cm diameter holes in the bottom where I had to cut out a hole to free a stuck knife or other utensil that was stopping the drawer from opening.
We need a new kitchen but the current kitchen area is quite small and there's a 'U' shaped kitchen there now which would probably have to be replaced with the same as I can't work out a way of getting a better kitchen to fit without getting an extension built.