Hi,
I was going to post this in another thread I saw about a similar topic, but thought it best I add to mine here, rather than hi-jacking someone elses.
I've just spent the weekend comparing Masters, Bunnings and Ikea kitchens. Here's what I found out (for what it's worth). NB: When I refer cabinets I mean with doors, hinges, knobs. It's a u-shaped kitchen approx 3.3 x 2.3 in an old house.
Bunnings - $2781 for cabinets and bench top
Masters - $3249 plus the cost of bench top.
Ikea - $2632 for cabinets and benchtop.
Now this is where it really gets interesting. At the moment (until this Sunday) Ikea have a deal where if you buy appliances through them you get a discount on the whole kitchen. So working on their base price of $2362 if you add rangehood, oven, cooktop the total will be $3430. (total of $4288 x 20% discount.) - You're effectively getting $1656 worth of appliances for $857. A quck calc shows that using the same prices for the appliances, the cost for Bunnings would be $4078 inc rangehood, oven, cooktop ($648 dearer than Ikea.)
However, a few cons for Ikea.
1. Appliances look pretty cheap and nasty.
2. I really want the door colours to be a bright white but in the style I like they only have antique white which is quite cream. Not sure what it will look like with white tiled splashback and grey walls???
3. While the kitchen's layout is similar amongst the 3 stores, the Ikea one seems to have a number of different sized cabinets to fit the space and I worry this may look odd. Is this something worth considering?
The great thing about Ikea is that you can drive home with it the day you order and not wait for weeks, unlike the other 2, and it seems to be the cheapest once appliances are added, if purchased this week!
I think Masters is too dear for what I'm after, which leaves Bunnings and Ikea to chose from.
Thoughts???