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IKEA kitchens- good value, rubbish,never again or made well?

I need a new kitchen has anyone experience of IKEA and would they reccommend them, are the units well made and easy to assemble and fit, or is it better to get a fitter in?

Public Comments

1. I love IKEA. But if you want a whole new kitchen I would go somewhere else. IKEA offers great products, but when it comes to your kitchen and heavy pots and pans, I would go elsewhere!
2. i bought my new kitchen from ikea about 6 months ago so far touch wood i have not had any problems with it. The only thing i wasnt happy about was that the kitchen units cost around £900 but i had this fitted by ikea kitchen fitters and installation cost aound £2000, i would have got someone else to fit it but at the time i could not get a fitter to do it asap.
3. Oh hun please look on ebay.. I moved into my gorgeous Victorian house last year, we needed a new kitchen had a gross 70's thing fitted, i scoured ebay for about 6weeks and ended up with a gorgeous solid oak one, belfast sink, granite worktops, it came from a really posh house, and only cost £500... it's added about 12g to value of our house.... bargains to be had.. we had been quoted 10g for a chipboard one.. which is why i started looking... good luck x
4. Ikea has really good products in most cases. However, I would not suggest their kitchen, unless you are on a tight budget. An Ikea kitchen will last about 3 to 5 years. it's a very economical way to get a functional kitchen until you can afford a substantially built custom kitchen! the drawer mechanisms are really quite good. it's the 1/2" particle board carcass and shelving I dislike!! it has no real strength. Eventually the cupboard door hinge screws pull out, because the particle board carcass just disintegrates after a time. Saying that, if you are ona tight budget, and need a few years to build up some funds for a real nice kitchen, Ikea is the way to go. Home Depot also sells kithcen cupboards. Many building supply stores offer kitchen cupboards, as well. Shop around! To give you an idea, My custom kitchen cabinetry can run between $25,000.oo and $85,000.oo, depending on the type of materials and finishes and number of cabinets. All are cutom made, and custom fitted. This does not include the counter top or appliances, by the way! So you can see how using an economical kitchen by Ikea or some other such brand, at half the cost, allows you to have a new kitchen, while saving for your dream kitchen!!
5. We spend 12 years with an MFI one and had no troubles but updated it to an Ikea (mid price) one this year. The cost was fab, the sizes were much easier to design with and fit in our odd shape. The design tool was really good too. It was delivered on time and quick enough for us too with nothing missing. Hubby constructed it and he has fitted a good number of kitchens in his time ands wouldn't have chosen one for us it it was a bugger to fit. The comments I remember him making were that there was less space wasted behind the cupboards. Which for us as we had no pipes to hide was a benefit. The drawers open fully so that's cool plus the choice of heights mean we had spare space in our new kitchen. Love my pan drawers. Fab. Getting extra shelves is just a pick up next time you're at the store. As to how long it lasts...who knows but we don't mistreat it so there is no reason to think that it'll fall apart before our desire to change it for fashion and taste reasons. Oh and we used appliance fronts and small cupboard fronts to make our bespoke bathroom cabinates too.
6. i think ikea kitchens are way over priced prefer B&Q or WICKES got my kitchen from b&q, reasonable price, good design, lot of options and sizes and varieties and very durable good luck !
7. nothing wrong with IKEA ..i like their gear and its well made and easy to put together ....go for it!...as a builder i would say to you don't buy an expensive kitchen ..total waste of money ...if you spent £20000 on a kitchen today ..and had your house valued tomorrow .. you would have wasted £10000 guaranteed ....don't try it!