My wife got in touch with our future neighbor. They have already ordered and paid a deposit for their kitchen (completion of our semi-detached house is July 2017). Now my wife wants us to buy the kitchen as well. I think it’s a bit too early.
Of course, you should know the kitchen layout before submitting the electrical plan, but there are still several months until then. If I am supposed to submit the electrical plan after the shell construction, that would be around the beginning of 2017.
She said that kitchen deals are currently very good. When I occasionally browse through the weekly newspaper ads, I always see offers from one of the many kitchen studios and furniture stores.
I can also imagine that nowadays you can buy a kitchen for €10,000 (about $11,000) and have it installed only after more than 12 months. What are your experiences with this?
Of course, you should know the kitchen layout before submitting the electrical plan, but there are still several months until then. If I am supposed to submit the electrical plan after the shell construction, that would be around the beginning of 2017.
She said that kitchen deals are currently very good. When I occasionally browse through the weekly newspaper ads, I always see offers from one of the many kitchen studios and furniture stores.
I can also imagine that nowadays you can buy a kitchen for €10,000 (about $11,000) and have it installed only after more than 12 months. What are your experiences with this?
Winterkind23 Aug 2016 11:36Thank you for your feedback! It’s always very helpful here.
We are just starting to look around to decide on the floor plan. This makes planning easier. We will probably take our time with the purchase or buy when we believe we have good terms.
We are just starting to look around to decide on the floor plan. This makes planning easier. We will probably take our time with the purchase or buy when we believe we have good terms.
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Username_wahl23 Aug 2016 11:56If the countertop is intended to extend into the window area later, this should be taken into account during the shell construction phase.
Our construction started at the end of April 2014. We moved in November 2014.
We began looking for a kitchen (initial consultation) in May 2015. Then we started negotiating with two studios simultaneously.
In the end, we placed the order in mid-July 2014.
Kitchens from standard offers usually don’t fit your custom kitchen layout (dimensions) anyway. So you’ll rarely be able to take advantage of these “super bargain” deals. Furthermore, you often have to make compromises with bargain kitchens (e.g., hinged doors instead of lift-up cabinets, cabinet placement, cabinet colors, countertops, etc.).
Besides, these bargain kitchens from the studio always have some corners cut somewhere (e.g., cheaper appliances or similar).
In the end, you will put together a “custom” kitchen. After all, you want YOUR kitchen with YOUR realized wishes in YOUR house (as far as the budget allows). You can always have that made independently of bargains.
Finally: Without knowing your wife — she will quickly push every bargain kitchen idea towards the “dump” because she has her own vision of the kitchen. And if she issues the threat, “If we don’t take this countertop, I won’t cook in the kitchen,” you’ve already lost.
Okay, I didn’t really care because I cook about 75% myself anyway — but I didn’t want to risk the other 25% and household peace.
I see little point in starting the search a year in advance. A few months before moving, so you have peace while planning and the kitchen manufacturer has enough time for production and delivery, is enough.
We began looking for a kitchen (initial consultation) in May 2015. Then we started negotiating with two studios simultaneously.
In the end, we placed the order in mid-July 2014.
Kitchens from standard offers usually don’t fit your custom kitchen layout (dimensions) anyway. So you’ll rarely be able to take advantage of these “super bargain” deals. Furthermore, you often have to make compromises with bargain kitchens (e.g., hinged doors instead of lift-up cabinets, cabinet placement, cabinet colors, countertops, etc.).
Besides, these bargain kitchens from the studio always have some corners cut somewhere (e.g., cheaper appliances or similar).
In the end, you will put together a “custom” kitchen. After all, you want YOUR kitchen with YOUR realized wishes in YOUR house (as far as the budget allows). You can always have that made independently of bargains.
Finally: Without knowing your wife — she will quickly push every bargain kitchen idea towards the “dump” because she has her own vision of the kitchen. And if she issues the threat, “If we don’t take this countertop, I won’t cook in the kitchen,” you’ve already lost.
Okay, I didn’t really care because I cook about 75% myself anyway — but I didn’t want to risk the other 25% and household peace.
I see little point in starting the search a year in advance. A few months before moving, so you have peace while planning and the kitchen manufacturer has enough time for production and delivery, is enough.
A few days ago, we signed a purchase agreement for a kitchen (with a down payment), even though the groundbreaking will only happen in two weeks and the house definitely won’t be ready before next summer. However, we were convinced by the design, and the cabinet fronts and countertops can still be changed. This way, we have practically taken care of this topic and can focus on other issues and deadlines. Also, we will have the installation plan for the kitchen earlier. We are buying the kitchen without appliances, which keeps us flexible in that regard and, above all, allows us to obtain them more cost-effectively than through the kitchen showroom.
We’re just starting to build now, and our contractor immediately said we need kitchen plans because of the connections.
So, we went to a kitchen showroom for a consultation. The friendly guy there drew up some designs and did the calculations. I told him I needed a few days to think about whether I wanted to keep everything as it was, and he emailed me the draft with the plans showing where everything would be placed (we have an island). We even made some changes afterward, and he sent us updated plans by email.
Our kitchen was supposed to cost 25,000 (currency). He wanted 11,000 (currency) upfront at the time of signing the contract, even though we won’t need the kitchen until June 2016.
That was too risky for me! It would be funny if the kitchen showroom went bankrupt by then ^^ That was just too long a wait for me. I would never do that! But at least I already have the plans for my dream kitchen.
So, we went to a kitchen showroom for a consultation. The friendly guy there drew up some designs and did the calculations. I told him I needed a few days to think about whether I wanted to keep everything as it was, and he emailed me the draft with the plans showing where everything would be placed (we have an island). We even made some changes afterward, and he sent us updated plans by email.
Our kitchen was supposed to cost 25,000 (currency). He wanted 11,000 (currency) upfront at the time of signing the contract, even though we won’t need the kitchen until June 2016.
That was too risky for me! It would be funny if the kitchen showroom went bankrupt by then ^^ That was just too long a wait for me. I would never do that! But at least I already have the plans for my dream kitchen.
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