It is easy to open one, but if you’ve got a mate that gets a lot from them use his account, he will get a better discount, we had a council contract, used howdens kitchens and they practically gave them to us.

Good advice Forest.

1. Absolutely, I meant do the basic measurements yourself to give the showrooms an idea of what they can do. At some point you must have it measured professionally for the reason Forest gave..

2. The good news on quality is that even the cheapest kitchens these days are fairly decent but yes I don't plan to move so that is why I went up market German. It all depends on your budget my feeling is that for an extra £2k I get the kitchen I want and over 25 years that will be nothing. And a good point about selling your place. Go for what you want and not what you think the next owners want. Chances are they will rip it out anyway.

3. Again correct. Integrated appliances tend to be bespoke that is why I went standard free standing. I have also noticed that the average fridge freezer is a lot bigger these days and even my washer dryer is slightly larger. So I have created spaces that are slightly larger so should I need to replace I can pick from the whole market.

One more point

R

Agree with this big time, when we had our granny extension built (which we live in),we spent ages going round places and the builder said if you see a style in Howdens that you like he will get it for us.

Because he always uses them we got a massive discount about 40%.
We have a great kitchen that cost us about 3.5k.

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.