Kitchen Fitting Only — Installation of the Kitchen You Have Already Bought
You have chosen the kitchen and the supplier has drawn the plan. What you need now is someone to fit it properly — with the plumbing, electrics, plastering and tiling handled by the same team, and the price for fitting shown on its own so you know exactly what you are paying for.
- Est. 30+ years' trade experience
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What Is Kitchen Fitting Only?
Kitchen fitting only is the installation of a new kitchen you have bought yourself — from a trade depot such as Howdens or Benchmarx, a retailer such as Wren, Magnet, B&Q or Wickes, or an online supplier — by a local kitchen fitter who does not supply the cabinets. You pay the supplier for the units, doors, worktops and appliances and us for installing them, and the two invoices never mix. It is the same kitchen installation service we give a kitchen we supplied; only the shopping is different.
The trade depots draw their plans from the measurements the customer gives them, and the retailers survey from a template. Either way the plan arrives before the installer does, and the most useful thing a kitchen fitter can do is check it against the actual room before the order is placed. That is where fitting-only starts for us — and it is why a fitted kitchen installed this way ends up looking like a fitted kitchen, not a set of cabinets standing in a room.
Is Kitchen Fitting Only Right for You?
- Anyone who has bought, or is about to buy, a kitchen from Howdens, Wren, Magnet, B&Q, Wickes, IKEA or a similar supplier
- Homeowners who want one firm responsible for the plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling and fitting rather than four
- People who have been quoted fitting by the retailer and want a second price from a local trade
- Landlords refitting a rental kitchen from a trade depot on a fixed budget
Most fitting-only kitchens take a working week on site from strip-out to handover. Where a wall is coming out or the electrics need a new consumer unit, allow closer to two.
What Our Kitchen Fitting Only Includes
What is included as standard?
- Checking the supplier's plan against the room before you order
- Strip-out and disposal of the old kitchen
- Plastering and skimming the walls the old units hid
- New cooker circuit, sockets and lighting where the room needs them
- Relocating or extending the plumbing for the sink, dishwasher and washing machine
- Levelling the floor where the larder or a step has left it uneven
- Fitting the cabinets, worktops, end panels, plinths and cornice, and installing the doors and drawers
- Cutting in and connecting the sink, hob, oven and integrated appliances — dishwasher, fridge-freezer, washing machine
- Tiling splashbacks or full walls, and laying the floor
- Adjusting every door and drawer, sealing and clean-down
Part of a bigger job?
Kitchen Fitting Only is often done alongside a wider project — see kitchen installation.
What Decides Whether Kitchen Fitting Only Works in Your Home?
Check the plan before the order, not after
The plan is only as good as the measurements it was drawn from. A wall that is 40mm shorter than the drawing thinks, a soil pipe boxed in at the corner, a window sill lower than the worktop — each becomes a missing unit or a gap on the day. We look at the plan in the room and tell you what to change before the kitchen is delivered.
Fitting is rarely just fitting
Installing a new kitchen in a house built before 1990 almost always needs a new cooker circuit and more sockets for the appliances, and the walls behind the old cabinets have usually never been plastered. Fitting-only from us includes those trades, because a kitchen fitted onto bare blockwork with a cable run along the worktop is not finished. Fit the kitchen, fit the electrics, fit the plaster and the tiles — one installer, one bill.
Delivery and storage need planning
A depot kitchen arrives on a pallet, flat-packed or rigid, and it needs somewhere dry to sit until the old one is out. We agree the delivery date with you so the units arrive a day or two before we start, not a month before or the morning after.
Where Do We Offer Kitchen Fitting Only?
Anywhere within 30 miles of Creswell. The towns we work in most:
What Does Kitchen Fitting Only Cost?
We price kitchen fitting only after seeing the room, in writing.
How do I get a fixed quote for kitchen fitting only?
Postcode and a line about the job is plenty.
Thanks — that's with us.
We read every enquiry ourselves and reply the same working day. If it is urgent, call 07811 466054 and you will get one of us, not a call centre.
Rather talk? Call 07811 466054 or message us on WhatsApp. Mon–Fri 7:30am–8:30pm.
Frequently Asked Questions About Kitchen Fitting Only
Will you fit a kitchen I bought from Howdens, Wren or B&Q?
How much does it cost to fit a supply-only kitchen?
Is it cheaper to have the retailer fit it, or a local fitter?
What if the kitchen arrives with a part missing or damaged?
Can you fit worktops and appliances I have bought separately?
What Should You Read Before You Start?
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Creswell, Derbyshire Service area business — we work in your home
We cover a 30-mile radius of Creswell, including Worksop, Clowne, Bolsover, Mansfield, Chesterfield, Retford, Sheffield and Nottingham. There is no travel charge anywhere within that area.
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- 07811 466054
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- Monday to Friday: 7:30am – 8:30pm