How Much Time Does It Take To Install A New Kitchen?

While the time it takes to build a kitchen varies depending on the extent of the job, when substituting like for like, a good rule of thumb is one week. This does not account for the time spent planning a new kitchen. If your kitchen renovation is part of a larger home extension or remodel, or if the design and fittings are more extensive, the job might take weeks, if not months to complete. In a garage conversion or even a house addition, most people prefer to build a new kitchen.

A typical work schedule for installing a kitchen

1. Create your brief and budget.
2. Communicate your specifications.
3. We agree on a formal contract, schedule the work, and agree on a budget. (Keep in mind that the majority of competent builders will not be available to begin immediately; consider this on your schedule.)
4. We finalize your brief.
5. Disposal of the previous kitchen. This should take around a day.
6. Complete plumbing and electrical work, as well as final measurements.
7. Conduct wall repairs, such as patching or plastering.
8. Decoration – the process of painting or wallpapering walls, woodwork, and other surfaces.
9. Now is the time to install new flooring (tiles, floorboards or lino etc).
10. Base units are installed first, followed by wall units.
11. Worktops have been erected and the piping for the new sink has been connected.
12. Tiling the walls.
13. Units are equipped with doors and knobs.
14. Appliances have been fitted.
15. Certificates required are handed over to you for safekeeping.

Costs of kitchen remodelling on an average basis

A new kitchen may cost anywhere from £7,000 to £20,000, depending on the size of the space, the specifications, the quality of the materials chosen, the number of appliances, the cost of installation, and your location.

High-end kitchens can be sophisticated and often of higher quality, justifying their significantly higher price tag. While a few simple flat-pack kitchen modules can be purchased for around £1,000 and installed on a do-it-yourself basis, high-end kitchens can be sophisticated and often of higher quality, justifying their significantly higher price tag.

Multi-oven range cookers and professional-style kitchen faucets, as well as high-quality kitchen units and stone worktops, all contribute to the final cost, so it’s important to think about the quality and finish you want right away. A top-of-the-line professional type range cooker, for example, would set you back more than £10,000, while entry-level models start at £650. The cost of a kitchen workshop varies greatly, with laminate costing approximately £25 per linear metre and genuine stone or composite costing around £275-£350 for each countertop linear metre.

Smaller elements, such as the hinges on your cabinet doors, should be budgeted for as well. Though most kitchens now come with soft-close hinges, some firms charge around £20 per door or £35-50 per drawer for them.

Before making a final decision on a contractor to build your new kitchen, get at least three quotes. This will give you a more accurate idea of the project’s costs.

The figures given are the estimated average monthly costs for June 2021.

Cost of kitchen installation

The duration and cost of installation will vary based on a variety of factors, including the following:

• The size of the area and the number of units being installed
• The kind of worktop that you select (stone, for example, is trickier to fit than laminate).
• What type of ornamental work, such as plastering, is required?
• Whether you are installing new flooring,

The scope of the work — relocating or extending a kitchen, for example, will certainly need more labour than a simple like-for-like replacement of equipment.

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