On 23/01/2018 19:18, Vortex12 wrote:

I have not walked into a Magnet showroom for 20 or more years.

Visited our local one last week and was surprised by the apparent
quality of some of their more premium kitchens.Â* Brought home the
catalogue and thought nothing more of it.

Today I flick through the book and see lots of pictures of dozens of
kitchens, but ABSOLUTELY NO BASIC INFORMATION.Â* Basic information such
as standard carcass sizes and shape options is utterly absent in both
the catalogue and the web.

What I want is some simple technical data and what I get is a load of
awkward to use "Wizards", and not even the most rudimentary kitchen
layout designer page.

Are Magnet losing it, or is this simply the way things are in the 21st
century?

Kitchen units tend to come in a number of standard sizes, at least
width. Floor units are a standard height (with some adjustment). Wall
units can vary - some 'go to the ceiling' (at least in modern houses
which lack high ceilings).

Places like Magnet tend to have a 'design service', you can turn up with
your room dimensions and they will do a layout or two and give you
prices based on the units you pick- with/without fitting etc. I suspect
they don't offer this on-line for several reasons, including placing you
under some 'pressure' to proceed.

When we wanted our kitchen replaced some years back, I roughed out what
we wanted on graph paper - I made some scale footprints of units and we
moved them around. We then went to several places, picked one, got them
to do a design, got a price etc, and made a decision. As the units were
a standard size, we were able to make some last minute changes- within
limits- eg we swapped the (under counter) fridge and freezer around.