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?
Our kitchen costs 10,000€ without appliances and the sink. A down payment of 3,000€ has been agreed upon. Insolvency can happen with any trade. While 3,000€ would be a significant loss and frustrating, it wouldn’t be enough to jeopardize the entire house project. I would probably prefer not to make a down payment, but you have to understand the kitchens studios as well, since they have to advance planning and other costs. I also see it somewhat like an installment payment, of which I have already paid 3,000€, so I only have to pay 7,000€ within a year.
We have a modular house, so we planned and purchased our kitchen before the detailed construction plans were created. This way, the kitchen layout could be taken into account from the start, and we were able to settle the matter early on. No deposit was required initially; 80% was paid only after the measurements were taken, about 6 weeks before delivery, and the remainder was paid after final acceptance, which I thought was quite fair.
In hindsight, this was perfect because we had everything finalized and the exact dimensions were checked during the measurements. Now the kitchen fits perfectly. However, this is only possible if you have a planner who really knows their stuff, because at that stage you can’t fully visualize how it will turn out. After the shell of the house was built, I sometimes thought, “Oh dear, the kitchen might end up quite tight,” but in the end, it worked out perfectly.
By the way, we also asked, among others, Küchenquelle about an on-site appointment (which would have been very convenient with a child at home), but their phone response really surprised us: “We don’t schedule customer appointments without a building permit / planning permission.” At that time, we didn’t have one yet. When we asked why, they said it was because potential customers used kitchen quotes for their building permit applications but never followed through with an order, so now they no longer offer appointments without one. However, they couldn’t explain to me what kitchen plans or quotes have to do with the building permit / planning permission...
In hindsight, this was perfect because we had everything finalized and the exact dimensions were checked during the measurements. Now the kitchen fits perfectly. However, this is only possible if you have a planner who really knows their stuff, because at that stage you can’t fully visualize how it will turn out. After the shell of the house was built, I sometimes thought, “Oh dear, the kitchen might end up quite tight,” but in the end, it worked out perfectly.
By the way, we also asked, among others, Küchenquelle about an on-site appointment (which would have been very convenient with a child at home), but their phone response really surprised us: “We don’t schedule customer appointments without a building permit / planning permission.” At that time, we didn’t have one yet. When we asked why, they said it was because potential customers used kitchen quotes for their building permit applications but never followed through with an order, so now they no longer offer appointments without one. However, they couldn’t explain to me what kitchen plans or quotes have to do with the building permit / planning permission...
We took our structural measurements to the kitchen showroom and ordered the kitchen there in May 2015 (construction start 09/15). It was installed in April 2016. We had to pay a 80% deposit five weeks before the delivery date, which means in March 2016.
There was no reservation fee or anything similar, so the 11 months in between were not an issue.
There was no reservation fee or anything similar, so the 11 months in between were not an issue.
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