Kitchen Fitting FAQs: Your Questions Answered

We charge from £795 to fit a small kitchen of up to 8 units, and £1,250 to £2,200 for a typical kitchen of 9 to 15 units. Larger kitchens with 16 or more units or an island cost £2,200 to £3,500 to fit. Flat-pack assembly adds £25 a cabinet, and every price is fixed in a written quote after a free survey.

We don't charge by the hour or the day. Each kitchen gets one fixed price for the whole job, so you know the total before work starts, however long the fit takes. As a market guide, kitchen fitters listed in Glasgow on HaMuch charge roughly £191 to £315 a day, which is useful for comparing day-rate quotes against a fixed price.

For a new kitchen supplied and fitted by us, most Glasgow homeowners spend £6,500 to £11,000 before appliances, with small kitchens starting at £4,495. If you buy the kitchen yourself, fitting typically costs £1,250 to £2,200 on top. A full renovation with plastering, tiling and flooring usually comes to £8,500 to £18,000, depending on the room and the finish.

The cabinets and doors are usually the biggest cost, followed by worktops and appliances. Fitting is normally a smaller share of the total. The extra that most often pushes a budget up is changing the layout, because moving a sink, hob or sockets adds plumbing, gas or electrical work. Keeping the layout is the simplest way to protect your budget.

Quotes vary because they often cover different things. One may include removing the old kitchen, plumbing, gas, electrics and waste, while another covers fitting only and adds the rest later. Some fitters charge by the day, others a fixed price. Ask every fitter for a written, itemised quote, then compare them line by line rather than by the total.

It depends entirely on what the £4,500 includes. If it covers strip-out, plumbing, gas, electrics, tiling and making good, it may be reasonable. If it's for fitting alone, with trades charged on top, compare it with our fit-only prices of £1,250 to £2,200 for a 9 to 15 unit kitchen. Always check whether VAT is included.

There's no VAT to add. Kitchen Fitter Glasgow isn't VAT registered, so the price on our website and on your written quote is the full price you pay. When you compare quotes from VAT-registered firms, check whether their figure includes VAT, because 20% on top can make a large difference to the total.

It depends on the range, the size of your kitchen and whether there's a sale on. Compare the full cost, not just the cabinets: doors, worktops, plinths, end panels and appliances add up. Remember fitting too. Flat-pack ranges need assembling, which costs £25 a cabinet with us, while rigid units don't, so the cheapest units aren't always the cheapest kitchen.

Yes. We assemble and fit IKEA METOD and ENHET kitchens from £795 for up to 8 units, plus £25 a cabinet for flat-pack assembly. A typical 12-cabinet IKEA kitchen costs £1,550 to £2,500 to fit, including assembly. IKEA Glasgow at Braehead is close to our Johnstone base, which helps if an order is short of a part.

Both can work well. IKEA's installation service charges £50 for a measuring visit, quotes a dry fit and gives a 5-year workmanship guarantee. An independent fitter like us offers a free survey, one fixed quote covering plumbing, gas and electrics, no VAT and a 2-year written guarantee. Compare both quotes on what's included before deciding.

Not directly. Howdens only sells to trade customers, so homeowners buy a Howdens kitchen through a tradesperson with a trade account. We can order your Howdens kitchen through the trade and fit it, with the kitchen and the fitting shown as separate lines on your quote. You can see door styles at Howdens depots in Glasgow first.

Yes. DIY Kitchens supplies rigid, ready-built units and you arrange your own fitter, so there's no assembly charge with us. Fitting starts from £795 for up to 8 units. Because the units arrive full size, we check your doors, hall and stair at the survey, which matters most in tenement flats with tight turns.

Yes. Retailers generally sell their kitchens with or without fitting, and Wren lists using your own fitter as one of its options. We fit retailer kitchens from £795, with assembly charged only if your range is flat-pack. Check your retailer's terms first, as some offer extra guarantees when you use their own installation service.

Yes. We fit integrated ovens, dishwashers, fridges and hobs from any brand, including IKEA's own appliances. Send us the model numbers before the kitchen is ordered, so the housings, gaps and ventilation suit the exact appliances you've chosen. Gas appliances are connected by our partner Gas Safe registered engineer and new circuits by a certified electrician.

We do. Sink, dishwasher and washing machine plumbing is done by our own team. Gas work is carried out by our partner Gas Safe registered engineer, and new sockets, lighting and cooker circuits by our partner certified electrician. We arrange and manage them as part of your job, so you deal with one person from start to finish.

Yes, as part of a full kitchen renovation. James and our team do the strip-out, joinery, plumbing and fitting, and we arrange trusted plasterers, tilers and floor fitters and book them in the right order. That way the plaster is dry before tiling, and the floor goes down before the units, without you juggling separate trades.

Yes. Moving a sink adds plumbing work, moving a gas hob needs our partner Gas Safe registered engineer, and new sockets or a cooker circuit need our partner certified electrician. Each change is priced at the survey and listed separately on your quote. In tenement flats, the waste pipe route decides how far a sink can move.

Yes. Our partner certified electrician provides an electrical certificate to BS 7671 for new electrical work, and our partner Gas Safe registered engineer provides the paperwork for any gas work they carry out. Keep these with your house documents, because a buyer's solicitor may ask for them when you sell your home.

Every kitchen we fit comes with a 2-year written workmanship guarantee from the day the job is finished. If anything we fitted fails because of our workmanship, including work by the partner trades we arrange, we put it right at no cost. Your units, worktops and appliances keep their own manufacturer guarantees on top of ours.

Get in touch by phone, email or WhatsApp, with a photo if you can. We'll arrange a visit to look at it. If it's our workmanship, we fix it at no cost under the guarantee. If it's a fault in the units or appliances, we'll explain what's wrong and help you claim from the retailer or manufacturer.

The retailer's or manufacturer's guarantee covers the products, and our guarantee covers the fitting. IKEA, for example, gives a 25-year guarantee on METOD cabinets, which is separate from who fits them. Some retailers offer extra cover when you use their own installers, so check your retailer's terms. We fit to the manufacturer's instructions on every job.