Kitchen Sets & Flatpack Kitchens

Ikea Kitchens, easy for the DIY people

Advantages: good quality, easy to understand how to put it together, easy to install, excellent organization
Disadvantages: came in 96 boxes, can be labour intensive

We bought a full ikea kitchen about 1.5 years ago. Now the first thing that I can say is they are so affordable. When looking to redo our entire kitchen, we spent only about 2500$. Most people spend a lot more than this. Ikea delivered the kitchen in 96 boxes! Yup, their kitchens come the same way as all of their other products. This aspect was a little bit of a pain, because it is labour intensive, but it works if you have time and not money. I ...
...was challenging at first, but once you have done two or three and you know how they work, they are very easy to snap together quickly, but make sure you have space! You need space for the boxes and space to build the cupboards, and more space to put all of the cupboards you have already built so they are not in your way. When it came time to put the kitchen together, the instructional DVD that came with everything was very easy to understand, it ...

newmommy123 08.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ikea Kitchen Systems

kitchens direct -avoid!!

Advantages: didn't get that far!
Disadvantages: rude customer services

I have just read the reviews on this company and feel I have had a lucky escape. I had a salesman at my door at a time I was looking for a kitchen. He took my details and someone called me back to confirm a time for an appointment. They were vague about the time saying they could get held up in traffic. The crunch was when she asked me 4 times if I had a partner/husband. I explained I was the sole owner and would be the only person choosing the ...
...had a partner. At this point I stated she was in danger of me cancelling the appointment-she then hung up! I am very suspicious of this company and wonder why they are so persistent in trying to find out if their customer is single! It is almost like they don't think single women can afford a kitchen! ...

carolTC 10.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Kitchens Direct

BE AWARE!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Everything

DO NOT LET THESE PEOPLE IN YOUR HOME! I used to work for this company for approx 3 months in the Milton Keynes branch and it’s about time the public knew the truth about this company. Training The new recruits are given one weeks training Wages £200 a week plus commission on all deals that are on price or no more than under 25% Pricing They charge for a group one door approx £1000 a unit or group 5 £2000 He will then ...
...to the price A rep can offer you a feature home discount of 25% to secure a deal on the day The branch manager will offer you another 50% off on the day Trade will offer you it even cheaper a week later of 75% They tell you the company manufacture; install and project manage the whole job! LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES! They buy their kitchen units in FROM JJO (J & J Ormerod) nothing is manufactured and its costs them about £40 a unit. They ...

IAN_C 17.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Space Kitchens

Magnet Galashiels

Advantages: Quality kitchen and top service
Disadvantages: None

...incidentally was also supplied by Magnet 15 years earlier. Sadly it was still in great condition. Only changed because wife said it was "out of date". Staff very friendly with no pressure to buy. Chose Linton. expensive but very nice. Amazed at prices Magnet could supply appliances. Much cheaper than I could manage on internet. The "full circle" process worked well with everything happening at times agreed at the outset. Only one week from fit of ...

Allycomet 04.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Magnet Kitchens

IT kitchen? IT service too!

Advantages: Very modular design, easy to combine units and fixtures together
Disadvantages: Let down by the inability of the companies to work together!

...their incompetence, right from The B&Q designer forgetting to order the survey, to the subcontracted woman who completed the survey (5 minutes with a tape measure is NOT a survey!) to the 2 month wait for a delivery. But once work "started" our problems got worse. It turns out there are 3 or 4 companies all trying to work together but failing miserably. Rok was controlling it, but subcontracted the work out to another company (on a permanent contract ...
...hinges (as Rok claim that B&Q are at fault, and it's not their problem), we need an extra worktop support leg (we had to ask specifically for one in the design stage, but the worktop fitter says two are required to support the weight of the worktop), the pull-out larder unit needs fixing, the fitters split the wall unit when screwing in the pelmet, we need extra plinth for the cooker (which wasn't included in the calculations), and the self-closing ...

Dave_E 16.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of B&Q Flatpack Kitchens