Great video! Defo subscribing. Would you be able to do a video about the extension process and the overall cost of having an extension as well as tips, suppliers etc. It's hard to find transparent videos like that on youtube. Many thanks!
What a beautiful kitchen 😍 ❤️ thank u so much for sharing this. After watching so many videos, u have provided me with an idea of how things cost, even sharing the distance btwn the island and units has helped. That has been one of my biggest issues. Only ikea has accepted the distance less than 1m, going to Howdens tomorrow
Your kitchen looks great!! It would be lovely to see the rest of the extension and the total cost of it and any other tips you might have related with the design, building process and budget planning. The tips you gave in this video were really useful, thank you!
You have a beautiful kitchen also you was very smart with your appliance positioning. I like it, you have inspired me to get mine done. Thank you for sharing
really like the mirror backsplash, and the ‘breakfast’ counter. We’re looking to renovate a small galley (no open side) and looking for space saving ideas to make the area seem bigger
Nothing like a kitchen renovation 😊 Oh nice! A mirrored splashback would definitely help. I also share some other kitchen organisation tips in this which may be useful: ruclips.net/video/viFLaZy1ov0/видео.html
What a lovely kitchen Deandra, thank you so much for sharing your kitchen renovation. The measurements have helped me a lot in envisioning my own kitchen extension that I’m trying to plan. Very informative video thank you so much.
@@FinanceDee I think it’s high too, i have two almost identical quotes, maybe I need to find someone from out of town. (I live in a small town in the East Midlands)
Looks fantastic!! I've seen those lights but always wondered where they would look good, they work really nicely with your design 😁 Looking into my own kitchen refurb so this was fun to watch!!
Yes some of it we did ourselves (not plumbing, not electrics). Most of the kitchen (90%) was done by a kitchen fitter who was an all around handyman so not extortionate prices. Hubby did the last 10% of bits. I don’t recall saying in the video we paid £1,000 for plumbing, electrics, and kitchen fitting though 🤔
As a qualified Joiner who amongst other things makes kitchens I can say from experience that they are overpriced by a fair amount. Plenty of suppliers out there that will supply a standard kitchen (which is what Howdens supply) but far wider choice of spec, better quality and far cheaper and I say that as a Howdnes account holder of 25yrs. In my opinion they are average quality and poor on price. I got a price from them for my own mothers kicthen and they were £1500 more expensive for fewer units,less pull outs and low grade worktops. There is little to promote Howdens in reality but if someone is happy with the result then the rest is immaterial.
@@FinanceDee Hi and thanks for the reply. I could but then I would be accused of slating Howdens whilst promoting other companies. They all use cheap Melamine faced chipboard ,usually made by Egger. Howdens always edgebanded (covering the cut/seen ends of the components which formed each cabinet with a paper thin 0.8mm edgebanding which damage very easily whilst other companies used 2-3mm ABS plastic edgebandings which put up with knocks from saucpans etc when putting them away. Other companies had 15-20 or more colour choices just for the carcasses and all colour coded edgebandings all round whereas Howdens for years had a choice of off white of Oak effect. Their pull outs with baskets were horrifically expensive compared to others. Howdens never use to supply their units with drawers,pull outs,baskets,doors,drawer fronts etc and even feet bosses factory fitted but others do. This all takes time and costs money if you're emplying a fitter and as I mentioned Howdens are more expensive to start with. I even had one "designer" plan a kitchen where she put a wine rack each side of the hob extractor believe it or not. I could go on but as I say ,if someone is happy with their kitchen then that is great. I make Joinery including bespoke kitchens which are expensive compared to the likes of Howdens but if people do their research they can find better for cheaper. Glad you like your kitchen and all the best to you.. Regards Ade
@@FinanceDee One last thing that drives account holders mad and why I rarely every buy from them is their claim to be "trade only" when in fact they have sold to the general public for at least 20yrs and also their discount pricing which is so vague it's lamentable. Even with 65% discount it was often more expensive than others for fewer units etc.. Anyone from Howdens reading this can look up my name and account to check me out. I don't hide away and give my honest opinion based on my close on 40yrs in Construction and 25yrs of being an account holder. 🙂
Thanks for your comment Ade 😊 We do like our kitchen and have had no problems with it so far, but I hear everything you’re saying. It came out more affordable for us at the time but that was with some haggling. I’m not opposed to keeping my options open though for any future kitchen renovations if we move at some point
@@FinanceDee Hi Dee , thanks for the reply. I've always had the opinion that kitchens are effectively just wooden boxes on feet with doors and drawers. My first house had a very basic Howdens 600 kitchen in and It had been looked after by the previous owners (Family) and was still serviceable when I replaced it. It had lasted 24yrs. I've also seen high end bespoke kicthens look very shabby after 6yrs. All the best to you. Kind regards Ade 🙂
Thank you so much. Mirror was just through a builders friend of a friend of a friend. Hob was from appliances direct (look out for Black Friday sales in November) and extractor was from Amazon.
We asked for a recommendation from our builder and then we did the kitchen fitter on a day rate which worked out cheaper for us. That’s not always the case though. Plus my husband did some of the kitchen fitting himself to cut back on costs. It took just over a week in total.
My husband said “the ducts were ran in the ground at the same time as the damp coursing and the ducting for the original house”. I honestly don’t really know how to explain it myself, but hope that helps somewhat!
Was this including installation? Would you be able to tell me how much your quartz was, including fitting, so I can take that off your total as I'm trying to figure out roughly how much this exact kithcen would be for my house 😊 also, does it mark easily? Thanks!
We got a cash discount but worktops were around £2k including fitting. However we had quotes for around £4K+ elsewhere which I think is more standard. Worktops are fantastic and don’t mark easily. When it looks like it’ll get stained (like from a curry or red wine) I spray a bleach spray and leave it for 60 seconds, wipe it and it’s completely gone.
Thankyou ❤ really enjoyed your videos, I'm on my kitchen journey & it's been a minefield but you have opened up my enthusiasm again,. My quates up to now have been between £30.000 / £37.000 & I haven't got a big kitchen 🤣 so Howdons here I come 👍
Wow that seems like high quotes! Just for the kitchen and not the extension itself? I would definitely recommend checking out Howdens (although you need someone with a trade account with them, like a builder)
Yeah my builder had an account with them so had access to Howdens. But I done the negotiations about price and of course discussed kitchen design with them.
Beautiful kitchen and reasonable price too. It's in my 2023 list to do is to revamp my kitchen.
Thank you! It’ll be worth it for sure 😊
Great video! Defo subscribing. Would you be able to do a video about the extension process and the overall cost of having an extension as well as tips, suppliers etc. It's hard to find transparent videos like that on youtube. Many thanks!
That is a video I wanted to do actually about extension costs so hope to get around to that in the next couple of months 😊 glad you enjoyed it!
What a beautiful kitchen 😍 ❤️ thank u so much for sharing this. After watching so many videos, u have provided me with an idea of how things cost, even sharing the distance btwn the island and units has helped. That has been one of my biggest issues. Only ikea has accepted the distance less than 1m, going to Howdens tomorrow
Thank you so much for this comment, really rewarding to know you have found it so helpful! Good luck at Howdens tomorrow ☺️
Your kitchen looks great!! It would be lovely to see the rest of the extension and the total cost of it and any other tips you might have related with the design, building process and budget planning. The tips you gave in this video were really useful, thank you!
Thank you! This may be a future video about the extension as a whole, but I’m not sure yet 😊
kitchen looks lovely and this was a great breakdown thank you! would definitely love more videos on regrets/loves etc.
Thank you very much! Ok cool if a few more people are interested I’ll definitely record a video on this 😊
You have a beautiful kitchen also you was very smart with your appliance positioning. I like it, you have inspired me to get mine done. Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much! Super glad it’s inspired you 😊 this kitchen and it’s functionality has surely improved my living so I hope yours will too!
The design is lovely, and cost is great too!
Thank you! ☺️
really like the mirror backsplash, and the ‘breakfast’ counter. We’re looking to renovate a small galley (no open side) and looking for space saving ideas to make the area seem bigger
Nothing like a kitchen renovation 😊 Oh nice! A mirrored splashback would definitely help. I also share some other kitchen organisation tips in this which may be useful:
ruclips.net/video/viFLaZy1ov0/видео.html
I love how detailed and thorough you were with measurement description and your haggling tips are going to come in useful for me hopefully 💖
Glad you’ll find it useful 😊
What a lovely kitchen Deandra, thank you so much for sharing your kitchen renovation. The measurements have helped me a lot in envisioning my own kitchen extension that I’m trying to plan. Very informative video thank you so much.
Ahh thank you so much! I really appreciated videos like this when I was doing my kitchen so glad to know this can help others plan theirs 😊
Really amazing break down of things. Thank you so much for taking the time to go through.
Pleasure ☺️
This is very informative. Thanks for sharing with us. Would you able to let me know the dimension of your kitchen please?
Glad it’s been helpful 😊 the back wall is 4.4 metres and the island is 2.7m long by 0.9metres wide.
Thank you for giving the cost of your kitchen. I have been quoted over £4500 just for installing a kitchen 1/2 the size of yours.
Pleasure! Wow, that is an extremely high quote. Is it because there’s complex electrical/plumbing jobs that need to be done too?
@@FinanceDee not at all, it is simply taking our old kitchen out and replacing it with new, no extra electrics or plumbing.
I would get a few other quotes personally. That seems pretty extortionate for a simple kitchen refit.
@@FinanceDee I think it’s high too, i have two almost identical quotes, maybe I need to find someone from out of town. (I live in a small town in the East Midlands)
have you found the cheaper installer? @@wendycoyne2899
Love the kitchen and the price sounds very reasonable to me 👍
Thank you! 😊 I agree feels like we got a fair deal for our money but I did spend MONTHS trying to get prices down anyway possible lol.
Looks gorg and beautiful. I see the side project paid off massively. Love it👌🏿👏🏿
Ahh thank you!! Yes side hustles definitely helped this endeavour ☺️
Looks fantastic!! I've seen those lights but always wondered where they would look good, they work really nicely with your design 😁 Looking into my own kitchen refurb so this was fun to watch!!
Thank you 😊 The light above the island you mean?
@@FinanceDee yes exactly 😊
Great video ….. Q: how did you get a joiner / plumber / electrician / painter for £1000 ? Presumably you must have done a lot yourself?
Yes some of it we did ourselves (not plumbing, not electrics). Most of the kitchen (90%) was done by a kitchen fitter who was an all around handyman so not extortionate prices. Hubby did the last 10% of bits. I don’t recall saying in the video we paid £1,000 for plumbing, electrics, and kitchen fitting though 🤔
21.50 ….. you said kitchen installation £1000 and I’m assuming the rest 👍🏻
Yes that was just to fit the cupboards in. Didn’t include plumbing, electrics or anything else.
Great video! I’m planning a new kitchen next year so good to know what the cost was!
That’s exciting! Let me know if you have any questions ☺️
As a qualified Joiner who amongst other things makes kitchens I can say from experience that they are overpriced by a fair amount. Plenty of suppliers out there that will supply a standard kitchen (which is what Howdens supply) but far wider choice of spec, better quality and far cheaper and I say that as a Howdnes account holder of 25yrs. In my opinion they are average quality and poor on price. I got a price from them for my own mothers kicthen and they were £1500 more expensive for fewer units,less pull outs and low grade worktops. There is little to promote Howdens in reality but if someone is happy with the result then the rest is immaterial.
Interesting perspective! May I ask where would you recommend as having good quality kitchens?
@@FinanceDee Hi and thanks for the reply. I could but then I would be accused of slating Howdens whilst promoting other companies. They all use cheap Melamine faced chipboard ,usually made by Egger. Howdens always edgebanded (covering the cut/seen ends of the components which formed each cabinet with a paper thin 0.8mm edgebanding which damage very easily whilst other companies used 2-3mm ABS plastic edgebandings which put up with knocks from saucpans etc when putting them away. Other companies had 15-20 or more colour choices just for the carcasses and all colour coded edgebandings all round whereas Howdens for years had a choice of off white of Oak effect. Their pull outs with baskets were horrifically expensive compared to others.
Howdens never use to supply their units with drawers,pull outs,baskets,doors,drawer fronts etc and even feet bosses factory fitted but others do. This all takes time and costs money if you're emplying a fitter and as I mentioned Howdens are more expensive to start with. I even had one "designer" plan a kitchen where she put a wine rack each side of the hob extractor believe it or not.
I could go on but as I say ,if someone is happy with their kitchen then that is great.
I make Joinery including bespoke kitchens which are expensive compared to the likes of Howdens
but if people do their research they can find better for cheaper. Glad you like your kitchen and all the best to you.. Regards Ade
@@FinanceDee One last thing that drives account holders mad and why I rarely every buy from them is their claim to be "trade only" when in fact they have sold to the general public for at least 20yrs and also their discount pricing which is so vague it's lamentable. Even with 65% discount it was often more expensive than others for fewer units etc..
Anyone from Howdens reading this can look up my name and account to check me out. I don't hide away and give my honest opinion based on my close on 40yrs in Construction and 25yrs of being an account holder. 🙂
Thanks for your comment Ade 😊 We do like our kitchen and have had no problems with it so far, but I hear everything you’re saying. It came out more affordable for us at the time but that was with some haggling. I’m not opposed to keeping my options open though for any future kitchen renovations if we move at some point
@@FinanceDee Hi Dee , thanks for the reply. I've always had the opinion that kitchens are effectively just wooden boxes on feet with doors and drawers. My first house had a very basic Howdens 600 kitchen in and It had been looked after by the previous owners (Family) and was still serviceable when I replaced it. It had lasted 24yrs. I've also seen high end bespoke kicthens look very shabby after 6yrs. All the best to you. Kind regards Ade
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Really loved the kitchen and your video - I think the price was fantastic for what you have ended up with
Thank you 😊 glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks Dee. Great video and look forward to more. Take care lovely 🙂
Thank you, and you take care too 😊
@Diandra_G can you confirm where you got the mirrored splashback from please ?
Hello, your kitchen is beautiful. Can you please tell me what size the drawer unit is. Thank you
Thank you 😊 the drawer unit is 90cm wide.
Thanks for breakdown! Would you mind sharing where you got the mirror splash-back from please? Thanks!
Unfortunately it was one of those friend of a friend random occurrences and it’s not even a business 😞
Thank you for sharing!
Very helpful thanks
Hi Great Kitchen, where did you get your Mirror S+F , also the HOB and Extractor . Thanks
Thank you so much. Mirror was just through a builders friend of a friend of a friend. Hob was from appliances direct (look out for Black Friday sales in November) and extractor was from Amazon.
thanks for this video! The fitting cost was a lot less than I thought how did you get it so low? How long did it take?
We asked for a recommendation from our builder and then we did the kitchen fitter on a day rate which worked out cheaper for us. That’s not always the case though.
Plus my husband did some of the kitchen fitting himself to cut back on costs.
It took just over a week in total.
Very insightful, how much was the Quartz?
Around £2k
Can you just comment how you got extractor ducted under the floor to outside. I am having extension done as well Thank
My husband said “the ducts were ran in the ground at the same time as the damp coursing and the ducting for the original house”.
I honestly don’t really know how to explain it myself, but hope that helps somewhat!
Lovely kitchen
Hi! Can I get the name/place of where you got your quartz countertops please! Thank youu
Pena marble: www.penamarble.co.uk
@@FinanceDee You’re a star!! I’m liking and subscribing right now!!
@ToriSoboro aww thank you 🥰
Was this including installation? Would you be able to tell me how much your quartz was, including fitting, so I can take that off your total as I'm trying to figure out roughly how much this exact kithcen would be for my house 😊 also, does it mark easily? Thanks!
We got a cash discount but worktops were around £2k including fitting. However we had quotes for around £4K+ elsewhere which I think is more standard.
Worktops are fantastic and don’t mark easily. When it looks like it’ll get stained (like from a curry or red wine) I spray a bleach spray and leave it for 60 seconds, wipe it and it’s completely gone.
@@FinanceDee Hi there, I was also looking for countertops. Would it be possible to ask where you bought them from?
Thankyou ❤ really enjoyed your videos, I'm on my kitchen journey & it's been a minefield but you have opened up my enthusiasm again,. My quates up to now have been between £30.000 / £37.000 & I haven't got a big kitchen 🤣 so Howdons here I come 👍
I bought it from Peña Marble www.penamarble.co.uk
Wow that seems like high quotes! Just for the kitchen and not the extension itself? I would definitely recommend checking out Howdens (although you need someone with a trade account with them, like a builder)
Wonderful! If you don’t mind me asking, how did you get such a great discount on your Quooker tap?
Great question! It’s a fohen tap. I searched the hashtag #fohen on Instagram and looked through peoples posts until I found a coupon code 😊
The installation was only £1k? Did you do some of it yourself?
He charged us about £250 a day and it only took about 4 days to the bulk of it. My husband finished the last 10% of work.
@@FinanceDeeThat's really good! Did you have to pay for an electrician/plumber?
How much did the extension cost?
~£45k excluding new kitchen
Fitted for £1000?
Just to fit all the cupboards. Not plumbing and electrics.
I thought Howdens only dealt with trade.
Yeah my builder had an account with them so had access to Howdens. But I done the negotiations about price and of course discussed kitchen design with them.
@@FinanceDee ah cool makes sense. I love the extractor. Normally they take up too much wall space and distort the streamline of the kitchen.
@adrianSams