Ikea D.I.Y. Kitchen

Timmyhealy

Hi, we have bought a new house and have to get a kitchen fitted, we know the design we want and have looked at two different places and got quotes. I was in UK during the week and out of curiosity I went into an Ikea I passed to have a look as I was never in one before. I was impressed by their stuff, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience of putting in one of there kitchen's or doing something similar. Getting it back from there wouldn't be a problem for me and wouldn't cost me, but what if there are some pieces missing?? The quality of their stuff, to me, looked as good as any of the Kitchen's I have seen, and there is a huge difference in price between them and what we have been quoted, a HUGE difference. Putting it together wouldn't bother me either. Anyone had any experience of them??

gn3dr

I bought one earlier this year and I would very much recommend it.

If you download their kitchen planner from the web you can input your dimensions and a design of kitchen. Then save this on their server and go to the shop - get them to recall it and they will clean it up. They will then give you a full list of parts and you go collect the stuff yourself, pay for it at the checkout and then load it into your own transport or get it shipped by them.

You can collect at any store (just check for stock beforehand - some special colours are to order (e.g. red) or if you want to ship to Ireland, they only do that from their Glasgow store.

I flew to Glasgow and got them to deliver to Ireland (took about 7 days) but by the time I paid for delivery it was close to €1000:eek: . Still cheaper than buying here though by a long shot (was about 1/2 the price of quotes we got here).

If I was doing it again I'd drive to their store with a van (don't underestimate the size of everyhting when boxed though - especially if you are getting corner units or tall units).

Their delivery service was not the best as regards careful handling - with some slight damage to the corners of some boxes which slightly damaged one or two shelving units inside.

Ker

I have just received my IKEA kitchen and I'm waiting for the plasterers to finish up so I can start putting it together.

I used the Kitchen Planner as well (very handy) then emailed a list of all the stuff I needed (it gets generated from the Kitchen Planner) to B2B.EDINBURGH@memo.ikea.com. The Edinburgh store will do you up a quote of how much all the stuff will cost to get shipped to you. My kitchen cost £1014 and £225 to get shipped, so £1239 all up.

I'm fairly sure that the Edinburgh store is the only one doing delivery to Ireland at the moment.

Calluna

Funnily, I was just talking to someone at the weekend who was singing the praises of IKEA....he gave me two pieces of advice....follow the instructions (to the letter...do not go by instinct) and if you have the capability to set up a business account with them, do so. It means you will get better service in terms of delivery, etc. He had a couple of houses to do, and a VAT no. Also mentioned that you need to see them in real life as some of the items in the catalogue are not as good quality...but all in all, v. good reports. I'm hoping to start a self build in the next month or two, so have been checking out their website.....and it seems there are significant savings to be made.

pencil

Did the same 2 months ago - rented a large van (Nissan Primstar) and headed over on the ferry (Dublin to holyhead).

We were getting quotes of 7-8k here. Our Ikea kitchen cost 2500euro which we fitted ourselves - looks great!

The online kitchen planner is the biz! Don't go without using it & checking the stock online first.

ircoha

pencil wrote:

Did the same 2 months ago - rented a large van (Nissan Primstar) and headed over on the ferry (Dublin to holyhead).

We were getting quotes of 7-8k here. Our Ikea kitchen cost 2500euro which we fitted ourselves - looks great!

The online kitchen planner is the biz! Don't go without using it & checking the stock online first.

Nice one Pencil, just wonder if u could edit the post to say what the van rental/ boat /petrol etc cost to compare with Ker's 225stg or 340 euro so people will know which is better
Thanks

pencil

Hired the Van in Galway for 180euro Saturday to Monday morning.
I think the boat cost around 300.

Ker

We worked it out that it was cheaper for them to ship it over (£225) then for us to hire a van (€150) and get the ferry over (€370). Of course, now is the peak time for the ferries. If you're going in the slow season, it may work out cheaper. Another reason we took the delivery option is that we would've had to take time off work and would've been shattered by the time we got back. They delivered everything to our door.

6th

You're a brave lot, I looked at IKEA for my new kitchen but decided to go with Cash & Carry Kitchens instead. Really dont want the hassle of putting it together myself.

doohan

Hi Guys,

Just wondering what else is needed after you used the kitchen planner and got a quote. For example is the kick board etc things like that. I am currently awaiting an email from the IKEA Edinburgh to see what the story is.

Cheers
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Scratchface

Ikea sounds good apart from the geography ! Cash and Carry would be one of the cheapest, with Kitchen World being a bit more pricey but less than 3000, and they come assembled. I work for a continentel kitchen Co. in Dublin, and the kitchens start at about 24,000 up to 45,000 and it's the same chip board carcass you will find in Ikea or kitchen world. The doors might be a bit smarter
but not by that much.

cltt97

I've probably assembled and hung up about 5 IKEA kitchens in my life (for myself and helping friends). I think probably 80% of all kitchens in Austria are IKEA kitchens! Very straight forward. My mother has had hers for at least 15 years now and it still looks great. Go for it.