The prices you were quoted is what I class as expensive, what you paid is bloody good. It's great to pick up bargains like the toilet. Did you do most of the work ie tiling yourself or get someone in?
We've currently got plans in with the council for a two storey extension. I've been doing the rounds pricing kitchens in preparation and have found that the likes of B&Q only do flatpack units and we want better quality rigid. I've found a couple of places online that seemed very reasonable and the one you bought from is one of them. I feel a bit nervous about ordering a kitchen online in case things turn up damaged or it doesn't look like I expected when it arrives. I assume you had no issues?
I'm still debating having an out and out island or having units in a u shape, but one side ending in a curve with stools at the other side. We've also been told by a structural engineer that we need to leave a bit of the current outside wall for supporting purposes, so it's been a challenge to plan round that as it's quite central. Did you get the worktops online as well? One kitchen place told me that having a curved end/island narrows down the options of which worktop you can have.
Did about 95% myself ad if I ever got anyone in I only got them in once, watched how they did it then did it myself from there on in. All the tiling was done by me - the secret is in preparation.
With regard to online kitchens I do technology research for a living so you can be rest assured that I researched this to death so of all the places you can get kitchens online this is by far the best. They are rigid units and if you need a non standard size they can make one for you at minimal cost. They also have a range of colours which can match the doors (something that really bugs me about most kitchen places who just have white or brown).
We paid the extra to have all the doors pre-fitted which meant it was only a case of getting them in order, level and then fixing them.
If you plan to use a design from another kitchen store make sure you double check any measurements against the plan - they have an uncanny knack of making one or two measurements wrong on purpose to fuck up anyone who tries to take their designs and just use them somewhere else
Because we are open plan, the island is great - it serves as a gathering point but also a place where everyone can be still part of the overall party atmosphere. With regard to the curve end they are right which is why we did what we did, create the island as a square monolith and add the semi circular oak end piece - it makes use of an otherwise dead area with space for two more stools. The bank of units also meant I didn't have to worry about tiling!! If you are wondering where the extractor is for the hob it pops up out of the worktop
edit: If you want an alternative design for a kitchen send me you layout and I'll take a look - I was amazed at how boring/lazy/ignorant most kitchen designers are - I even sketched out a plan of what I wanted and they still came back with a U shape traditionalist design which is why I designed it myself... This is the other side of the island that you can't see with the obligatory wine fridge...
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