D.M. Procida wrote:
The builder who's working for us at the moment looked very scornful at
the idea of IKEA kitchens, and said that Howdens - a trade-only supplier
he uses - make much better quality kitchen units.

Howden's are certainly OK; I have no experience of Ikea.

Bear in mind that if you buy Howden's stuff via your builder he will no
doubt mark up the price, so there is clearly an incentive there for him
to rubbish Ikea.

Also since Howden's supply their units already assembled, then it's much
quicker/cheaper to install than messing about with flatpacks, so that
needs factoring in to the buying/fitting costs.

David