New Kitchen

Paulyman

Myself and my wife are looking to get a new kitchen. We are in no rush and have a budget of €8k to €10k. We live near Swords so naturally tried Cash & Carry Kitchens first of all. They did not return my phone call from last week and when we visited the showroom yesterday, nobody bothered to ask us if we needed help so we left. Why should I give them money if they lack interest I thought!

Kitchenworld were the opposite. The guy was trying to get us to get an appointment straight away saying that the free installation offer ends on Monday and if we needed a kitchen in June that we need to get cracking on it straight away. It made me feel uncomfortable and in your face as we had a similar situation with a nearby bathroom firm and despite a great end product, the hassle was unreal. I want to avoid this at all costs.

Woodies in Airside were ok but the guy who talked to us did not seem to know too much regarding kitchens. Has anybody any recommendations around the Dublin area?

Homer

I know they get mixed reviews here but we couldn’t recommend Tierney kitchens highly enough. We are just outside swords and went up to the showroom in balbriggan and they were fantastic to deal with start to finish.

Toto Wolfcastle

We went with Bespace near Blanch recently. Excellent quality and value and some very clever uses of the space. We did have a little trouble getting in touch with them a couple of times but overall we were very happy.

bert n ernie

Paulyman wrote: »

Myself and my wife are looking to get a new kitchen. We are in no rush and have a budget of €8k to €10k. We live near Swords so naturally tried Cash & Carry Kitchens first of all. They did not return my phone call from last week and when we visited the showroom yesterday, nobody bothered to ask us if we needed help so we left. Why should I give them money if they lack interest I thought!

Kitchenworld were the opposite. The guy was trying to get us to get an appointment straight away saying that the free installation offer ends on Monday and if we needed a kitchen in June that we need to get cracking on it straight away. It made me feel uncomfortable and in your face as we had a similar situation with a nearby bathroom firm and despite a great end product, the hassle was unreal. I want to avoid this at all costs.

Woodies in Airside were ok but the guy who talked to us did not seem to know too much regarding kitchens. Has anybody any recommendations around the Dublin area?

Would you consider Ikea? We did a design appointment with them last week and were quoted 8k approx for a large L shaped kitchen and deep island. Quote included appliances. Fitting is separate charge, but might be worth a look.

budhabob

bert n ernie wrote: »

Would you consider Ikea? We did a design appointment with them last week and were quoted 8k approx for a large L shaped kitchen and deep island. Quote included appliances. Fitting is separate charge, but might be worth a look.

I second Ikea. Even if you have no interest in Ikea, I'd go to them, design the full kitchen, come home, think about it, tweak it....and then you have the design you want to bring everywhere else.

We went Ikea, fitted it ourselves, happy with the end product.

Paulyman

With Ikea you would have to get the fitters yourself or can they recommend somebody? I definitely would not try this myself!

Muahahaha

Paulyman wrote: »

With Ikea you would have to get the fitters yourself or can they recommend somebody? I definitely would not try this myself!

Ikea have their own fitters who do the job. I was told the cost of fitting is around about 20% of the cost of the kitchen so if its a €5k kitchen it would cost an extra €1k to fit. You could probably find a good handyman to fit it cheaper. Though Im not sure but Ikeas 25 year guarantee might be dependant on you using their fitters to fit it.

GaGa21

bert n ernie wrote:

Would you consider Ikea? We did a design appointment with them last week and were quoted 8k approx for a large L shaped kitchen and deep island. Quote included appliances. Fitting is separate charge, but might be worth a look.

Can i ask when you booked your appointment. I tried online weeks ago and it said there was no upcoming appointments available.
Would hate to drive up to Dublin and they not able to fit us in.

Muahahaha

GaGa21 wrote: »

Can i ask when you booked your appointment. I tried online weeks ago and it said there was no upcoming appointments available.
Would hate to drive up to Dublin and they not able to fit us in.

I got one on a cancellation the day before. They update their booking system regularly so keep checking back. Otherwise I believe they are typically booked up for 4-5 weeks in advance, maybe even more at this time of year when a lot of people are thinking of a new kitchen.

An alternative is to sign up for an Ikea Family Card and with that you can get an online kitchen planning service. It is basically back and forth via email. It is not as informative as sitting down with someone for an hour but it does give you a design and drawings and costs.

volono

I'd advise you to get in contact with friends ,family etc. for references and get someone privately to do it tbh. Complete personal service, will turn up numerous times to plan out design, choice of doors, worktops, handles , hood, appliances etc. etc. .Will almost certainly work out cheaper as well. The massive problem is that idea have all their carcasses/ wall units at a slightly different size than anything else in the trade which in turn makes their worktops and doors a different size. IF down the line you'd like to have your kitchen freshened up and refaced, you'll have to go back to ikea to do it, something to bear in mind o.p.

budhabob

volono wrote: »

I'd advise you to get in contact with friends ,family etc. for references and get someone privately to do it tbh. Complete personal service, will turn up numerous times to plan out design, choice of doors, worktops, handles , hood, appliances etc. etc. .Will almost certainly work out cheaper as well. The massive problem is that idea have all their carcasses/ wall units at a slightly different size than anything else in the trade which in turn makes their worktops and doors a different size. IF down the line you'd like to have your kitchen freshened up and refaced, you'll have to go back to ikea to do it, something to bear in mind o.p.

Its interesting how you seem to think that's an issue.....I think its a massive plus for ikea because you can refresh your kitchen for a small cost with loads of options.

Muahahaha

budhabob wrote: »

Its interesting how you seem to think that's an issue.....I think its a massive plus for ikea because you can refresh your kitchen for a small cost with loads of options.

Likewise, I think it is one of the advantages of Ikea kitchens, you can just go back and easily replace all the doors & handles. I know there are services like this for other kitchens but doubt it is as cheap or easy as Ikea would be.

volono

Yes i agree, u can easily go back and replace etc. but ONLY IN Ikea if you've gone with ikea in the first instance. The point being they are a non standard size compared to literally everything/everyone else who supplies to the market/ buisness. Going forward, completely understand the point , after the fact, if you've boughtfrom Ikea , but personally i'd like to keep my options open from day 1.

Muahahaha

Yeah see where you're coming from but are there tons of other options available if you need to update a kitchen 10 years from now? I've seen some specialist companies do it but havent seen it on a big scale, most kitchen companies would prefer sell you a brand new kitchen rather than have you update it for a cheaper cost. With the Ikea system they actually encourage people to refresh rather than replace and at least you know they will always have a large range a decade from now and that the prices are typically cheaper than what other companies would charge to replace all doors and handles. And that you can do the job yourself pretty easy too, no lead in or ordering times, just go to the store, buy what you want and fit it the same day.

Horses for courses I suppose but I do see it as a decent selling point of Ikea kitchens, that and the 25 year guarantee when many kitchen companies only offer a 10 year guarantee.

volono

Can understand your point muahaha , i know people in the trade would be a big difference i suppose. If the carcasses are good then theres no problem refacing : new doors, handles , worktops, gable ends, cornice and pellmut. Actually quite popular from what i've been told

Vonbine

Paulyman wrote: »

Myself and my wife are looking to get a new kitchen. We are in no rush and have a budget of €8k to €10k. We live near Swords so naturally tried Cash & Carry Kitchens first of all. They did not return my phone call from last week and when we visited the showroom yesterday, nobody bothered to ask us if we needed help so we left. Why should I give them money if they lack interest I thought!

Kitchenworld were the opposite. The guy was trying to get us to get an appointment straight away saying that the free installation offer ends on Monday and if we needed a kitchen in June that we need to get cracking on it straight away. It made me feel uncomfortable and in your face as we had a similar situation with a nearby bathroom firm and despite a great end product, the hassle was unreal. I want to avoid this at all costs.

Woodies in Airside were ok but the guy who talked to us did not seem to know too much regarding kitchens. Has anybody any recommendations around the Dublin area?

I'd steer clear of Woodies, had very bad experience with the quality of work by installers. Your at the mercy of independent installers who are not affiliated to Woodies. You buy the kitchen from Woodies, and Woodies then provide your details to independent installers who do the work. Any issues during / after installation, and Woodies will point you back to the installer. The installers who installed my kitchen left a trail of sub standard work in multiple other houses in the area.

kajo

Homer wrote: »

I know they get mixed reviews here but we couldn’t recommend Tierney kitchens highly enough. We are just outside swords and went up to the showroom in balbriggan and they were fantastic to deal with start to finish.

I found them shockingly bad to deal with the fitting was not great and they did some damage to one of our own internal doors. Getting them to come back and fix the disaster they created is worse than hopeless so you can forget the years and years of a promised guarantee. They just don't honour it so its not worth the paper it's written on. The materials they use are super low quality and simply do not stand up to any standard. I have a video of my dream kitchen that is now the nightmare of our life that cost thousands. I only wish it was gone from my house but cash don't come as easy for us as it did for them. I see in the papers somebody had taken them to court over a bad kitchen that cost over 7k and won their case. If that don't help you decide to buy from them or not then feel free to request my video.

molly09

Hi

Can I ask for those who went to ikea, at the design appoint did you bring the kitchen measurements and picture ?

Muahahaha

molly09 wrote: »

Hi

Can I ask for those who went to ikea, at the design appoint did you bring the kitchen measurements and picture ?

Yes bring as much info as you can. I had brief sketches made up of each aspect of the kitchen so that helped speed things up. Definitely bring measurements at a minimum otherwise you're wasting your time and theirs.

ShauntaMetzel

You didn't mention here either you want to transform your existing kitchen or want to install complete kitchen units from the zero. However, if you are willing to install a new unit then I would suggest you to go with Ikea kitchen units. They are low in price, and they are easy to install. I think in this regard, you only need to contact Ikea Dublin via their official site from here. With all kitchen accessories, furniture and other products, they also offer installation services.

On the other hand, if you already have some kitchen structure, then I would suggest you transform it with some DIY ideas. First of all, you should check the cabinets and doors. If we find any issue with drawer, cabinets, or doors especially with the wooden ones, then you should replace them with the bespoke doors and drawer fronts etc. In this regard, you can consider the bespoke cabinet doors from here. Moreover, you can also go with the granite kitchen shelves in case you want to replace the existing ones.

In the same token, Howdens kitchen units could also be a great idea. However, I am not sure about their Dublin based offices.