I know, I know it’s a ".. how long is a piece of string… " type question, but anyway. What would be a very rough guide price for a new small (7sq m) kitchen without new appliances ? Any feedback is welcome.
you’re right, it is a how long is a piece of string question.
Check Forster kitchen and Ikea and take the middle price.
Use the Ikea kitchen planner. It’ll give you accurate costs for their own kitchens. Double it for a more expensive version elsewhere. Treble it for a more trendy kitchen. If you can’t put it in yourself, get an estimate from a local fitter/carpenter once you know how many carcasses are involved. And whether he has to assemble them or not.
When i designed mine, i made the worktop 70cm deep rather than the usual 60, leaving a 10cm gap between the wall and the cabinets. The plumber was very happy. Looks better too and the 10cm gives you way more space.
You may also need a tiler and an electrician, but neither will probably cost very much. I sourced and bought the tiles myself, which also saved on costs.
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That’s a great idea. It means that electrical cables, clean water or wastewater pipes are just fixed to the wall. No need to embed cables or pipes in the wall. Chapeau!
Only 1 question, do those 10cm make it harder to grasp something close to the wall? How does it feel?
Exactly. I have a galley kitchen. The house is very old and the water pipe runs virtually the whole length of the kitchen. It could have been done without the 10cm gap but it would have been a pain. As i said, the plumber was delighted.
The only drawback is that worktops are usually only 60cm deep, so you’ll have to have one made to measure or tile it.
I had an Ikea worktop as one piece made to size. It cost about 3k but it’s worth it. Reaching for stuff is no issue a all. I keep certain things lined up, such as tea caddy, bread bin and toaster and it still gives me a lot of space to work with.
The builder simply fixed a 10cm batten to the wall and attached the cabinets to that.
I did exactly the same on my latest kitchen install last year, this time in our own apartment. I needed to re-route water and waste plumbing around two metres onto a wall at 90deg to the original sink fitting, so this was needed to install the piping. The additional worksurface depth is great as well. The only issue would be if you were using standard work-surfaces such as you can get in Ikea and DIY shops. In this case we were getting a custom-cut textured granite one anyway, so it added very little to the overall cost.
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Worth noting, in response to the earlier replies, that the IKEA design tool is great for visualising stuff, so if you have an unusual size or shape kitchen you’re trying to maximise then it’s worth spending the time going through it even if you have no intention of buying it from them.
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I’ll be using their tool and not buying from them just so I feel a bit of revenge for them making me snake through their entire store just to buy potato masher.
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