Kitchen fitting and renovations, start to finish

Fitting a kitchen properly is more than screwing units to a wall — it’s everything from ripping out the old one to the finished room you cook in. You choose the kitchen; we take care of the rest.

You pick it, we fit it. Most of our kitchens come from Wren, Howdens, DIY Kitchens, Magnet, B&Q or Wickes — or a local independent. Buy whichever suits your budget and taste; we check the order against your room before it lands, flag anything missing or wrong while there’s still time, and store it safely so the fit runs without gaps.

Practical layout advice, free at the site visit. We’re fitters and renovators, not a design studio, and we don’t charge for drawings — but when we measure up we’ll happily tell you what works in the space: where the sink and hob sit best, whether moving a socket or a wall is worth it, what’ll annoy you later. Sensible, on-the-tools advice, not a sales pitch.

The full job, one team. Rip-out, any plumbing and electrical changes, plastering, fitting the units and worktops, splashbacks, flooring, tiling, appliance connection, extraction and lighting. Nobody’s waiting on a trade who hasn’t turned up, because it’s us throughout.

Family-run, so you know who’s coming. One of us quotes your kitchen and one of us fits it — no showroom to pay for, no sales rep, no handover to a stranger.

We finish by decorating, refitting sockets and switches, testing every appliance and clearing the room properly. You get the kitchen back ready to use, not ready to tidy.

Every kitchen is different, but the shape of the job rarely changes. Here’s how a typical fit runs so you know what to expect.

The site visit and quote. One of us comes out, measures, and talks through the practical options — usually about an hour. You get a written, itemised quote that fixes the price before any work starts. Nothing is ripped out until you’re happy with it.

Ordering and lead time. Once you’ve approved the quote and chosen your units, they’re ordered. Kitchens usually take a few weeks to arrive, and that wait happens before we start on site — so your existing kitchen stays usable while everything is on order.

Week one — strip-out and first fix. We protect the floors and the route in, clear the old kitchen, then move any plumbing and electrics to suit the new layout. This is the disruptive part, and it’s also when the occasional surprise behind the units shows up. If it does, you hear about it the same day with options and a price.

Week one to two — plastering and units. Walls are made good and left to dry, then the carcasses go in, levelled and scribed to the room so there are no ugly gaps where the wall isn’t quite straight.

Week two — worktops, tiling and flooring. Stone and solid worktops are templated once the units are set and fitted a few days later; laminate tops go straight on. Then splashbacks, tiling and flooring.

Week two to three — appliances, snagging and handover. Appliances are connected and tested, decoration finished, and we walk the kitchen with you to sort any snags before we hand it back clean.

Most kitchens are two to three weeks on site. You get a schedule with dates before we start, so you can plan around the week the kitchen is out of action.

We don’t publish prices or budget bands, because a kitchen isn’t an off-the-shelf product — two kitchens the same size can be a long way apart depending on the choices below. Instead, every job is measured and quoted in writing so you can see exactly what each decision costs and adjust before we start.

The kitchen you buy. This one’s your call, not ours to mark up — an entry-level range with laminate worktops sits at one end; in-frame or premium units, solid stone or quartz tops and fully integrated appliances at the other. We’ll tell you honestly where the money makes a visible difference and where it doesn’t.

Scope is the biggest lever on our side. Fitting new units into the existing layout is one job. Moving the sink, hob or a wall to change how the room works is another — it brings in plumbing, electrical and sometimes plastering work that a straight swap doesn’t.

What’s behind the old kitchen. Older Lancashire houses sometimes need rewiring, fresh plaster or a bit of damp work once the units are off. We can’t always see it on day one, so we flag it the moment it appears rather than burying it in a final bill.

The finishing touches. Tiling extent, lighting, under-cabinet strips, extraction and decoration all move the number — usually pleasantly, because they’re where a kitchen starts to feel finished.

The honest answer to ‘how much?’ is ‘let’s measure it’. Book a free site visit and you’ll have a fixed, itemised quote, with no obligation to go ahead.