How2survive
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I would have thought that’s standard. I had to pay in full for my kitchen and utility units before they delivered items. But perhaps it’s not. Are they fitting it for you or have they provided a fitter you have to pay separately/your own fitter?Hi there,
I have seen the kitchen that I would like to purchase in Kitchen World. From reviews I have seen they appear to have a great reputation and have been in business for a very long time. My only concern is that they have requested payment in full 5 days before installation. They advised that this is standard practice for bathroom/kitchen companies and assured us that the 5 year warrantee would provide security. The kitchen is 12k so alot of money to loose if things don't go right. Would be grateful for any advice/thoughts on this please.
Jus posted at same time. Obviously different companies have different requirementsI wouldn't be happy with that, I put in a 7k kitchen last year and only paid I think from memory about 2k deposit, balance when it was installed. Might go to 50% but I'd be slow to pay up the lot! I spoke to a few kitchen places before going with mine and none wanted the whole lot up front, however they were mainly small operators and not a bit shop type outfit.
You'll be looking for quite a while with material getting dearer and dearer in the meantime.If it was me I'd offer 50% upfront, 25% when starting install and the remainder on completion to your satisfaction
If their not willing to do that I'd keep looking, you know now what you like and should be easier to find with another supplier
Your view is probably coloured by the bad experience your parents had - understandably too, but Kitchen World is a family run business that's been going for 40 years it so seems fairly solid. In your place I would bite the bullet, pay up front and get the kitchen you want for 12k asap rather than spending more time and energy hunting around for a substitute. Just my opinion of course.Thanks for the responses, appreciate them all. The price includes labour. My thoughts and experience have always been deposit upfront to cover materials with balance usually for labour paid once the job has been completed to the pre agreed standard. My parents had a bad experience many years back, they paid for a kitchen in full only for the company to go bust and they were left with nothing.
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