Kitchen SOS 2019

Original: A one off, quality kitchen built and fitted in the 1970's. An almost perfectly preserved 'Retro' style.

The Brief: Having chosen the kitchen originally over 30 years ago the owners thought it was about time for a change. They were looking for a mix of traditional and more contemporary look with uncluttered lines and an airier feel that wouldn't be subject to going out of fashion too quickly. As these were more of an elderly couple ease of use and maintenance were top on their list of priorities. To that end there was a considerable amount of changes made to the existing cabinet work and additional cabinets installed. Raising the oven to a height that didn't require stooping to use and the conversion of many of the cupboards to large scale drawers achieved a working kitchen that was much easier to use without strain.

Kitchen Chosen: From our Bella range they chose Euroline style doors finished in Natural Oak with all matching accessories such as cornice, light rails, decor panels and plinths.
Worktops: Duropal 40 mm thick high pressure laminated work tops in Tuscan Granite pattern. (All corners are Mason Mitre seamless joints).

Scope of works: This refurbishment was about as far as you can go and still call it a makeover as opposed to a full kitchen refurbishment. We treated it as a makeover, even though there were substantial renewals and movements of the existing kitchen as that is what the customer specified after lengthy planning and consultations. Below is a breakdown of what we actually did to complete this refurbishment.

Remove some existing units and reposition others.
Remove a wall unit that was built through a partition wall and re-build the wall and make good.
Supply a floor to ceiling appliance housing.
Take out a built in larder, make good and supply a new run of cabinets to replace.
Supply a new standalone drawer pack.
Supply new under hob drawer pack.
Eradicate any gaps in the existing cabinet works by fitting filler panels or moving the units.
Move the dishwasher and its plumbing to accommodate the cabinet works.
Supply and fit new matching cornice, light rail and plinths.
Supply and fit a total of 17 high quality metal sided soft close drawer boxes c/w cutlery trays.
Fit two blind corner optimisers.
Supply and fit a vented out fully integrated extractor with matching cabinet door.
Supply and fit a tall open end splay display shelf unit.
Fit new double oven in the new housing to suit the customer’s height.
Replace all plumbing and service valves within the kitchen area, fit two new outside taps.
Fix down the existing flooring and overly with 6mm WBP plywood.
Fit new Euroline doors and drawer fronts to all cabinets all on new soft close Blum hinges.
Supply and fit matching Cornice, light rails and plinths.
Dress all end panels with colour matched vinyl.
Supply and fit new laminate worktops.
Supply our Satin Chrome Tapered Bow handles.
Install new sink, taps and Induction Hob. (Customer supplied appliances).
Strip off existing tiles and make good to all walls.
Supply tiles to customer’s choice and tile all walls over work surfaces. Mastic to work tops.
Clear site via on-site skip.

                Total inclusive cost of all works (2012)    £7685.00