Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen and we
need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with standard soft
close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has ended they are too
expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat pack range seems good value
but they are vague on specs and delivery times. So Screwfix seem a possible
alternative with 14 day delivery but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:55:05 +0100 Hlah wrote :
B&Q flat pack range seems good value
but they are vague on specs and delivery times.

Can't you get what you need off the shelf at one of their larger
warehouses? My experience of their delivery promises was not good.
Note that different patterns of doors seem to be on 50% sale in
rotation.

--
Tony Bryer SDA UK 'Software to build on' http://www.sda.co.uk

HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Have you tried Howdens?

PhilC

"HLAH" wrote in message
...
. B&Q flat pack range seems good value
but they are vague on specs and delivery times.

Any opinions?


I would think hard before using B&Q.

We ordered a complete kitchen from them, including appliances.

The oven arrived 3 weeks late.

We returned a dozen damaged doors.

They forgot to include worktop edging strip with our order, then wanted to
charge us £5 to deliver it (What cheek !!!)

We are still awaiting a wall unit that was on our original order & is due to
arrive sometime next week, 7 weeks late !!!

Our entire kitchen was supposed to have arrived on 22nd of July.

They never call you back, even when they have promised to.


woodglass....

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the melamine
covering the MDF.
--

We are only looking at their ready built range. That seems not bad price
wise, about what Wickes Showroom ranges were when they had their sale -
depends on the quality though of course. The flat pack range doesn't seem
such good value.

H

"PhilC" wrote in message
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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Have you tried Howdens?


We did consider them before, going through a carpenter my dad knows to get
around their "trade only" rule. Their quality seems good and their ranges
are nice if a little bland - no problem for me. We thought though that it
might be a bit too much hassle but now after being irritated by just about
every other supplier in one way or another we are back thinking they might
be the best bet. They told us before that they hold all ranges in stock for
next day delivery.

Why can't they just sell direct? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

H

"woodglass" wrote in message
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"HLAH" wrote in message
...
. B&Q flat pack range seems good value
but they are vague on specs and delivery times.

Any opinions?


I would think hard before using B&Q.

We ordered a complete kitchen from them, including appliances.

The oven arrived 3 weeks late.

We returned a dozen damaged doors.

They forgot to include worktop edging strip with our order, then wanted to
charge us £5 to deliver it (What cheek !!!)

We are still awaiting a wall unit that was on our original order & is due
to
arrive sometime next week, 7 weeks late !!!

Our entire kitchen was supposed to have arrived on 22nd of July.

They never call you back, even when they have promised to.


Their delivery time on the website says "within 7 weeks" so er no thanks I
think, also too many people quoting problems with them. We too had a hell of
a problem with them supplying a bathroom suite a few years back so I'm not
keen.

We will get Howdens to give us a quote - ooh no get Howdens to give our
carpenter a quote ;-)

Cheers all.

H

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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Have you tried Howdens?


We did consider them before, going through a carpenter my dad knows to get
around their "trade only" rule. Their quality seems good and their ranges
are nice if a little bland - no problem for me. We thought though that it
might be a bit too much hassle but now after being irritated by just about
every other supplier in one way or another we are back thinking they might
be the best bet. They told us before that they hold all ranges in stock
for
next day delivery.

Why can't they just sell direct? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

H

They do it's called MFI - they add 200% then reduce it by 150%..............

Some Howdens depot managers will allow direct sales. If you find one be sure
to stock up on consumable items - these are very cheap

PhilC

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"HLAH" wrote in message
news

"PhilC" wrote in message
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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
. uk...
HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Have you tried Howdens?


We did consider them before, going through a carpenter my dad knows to
get
around their "trade only" rule. Their quality seems good and their ranges
are nice if a little bland - no problem for me. We thought though that it
might be a bit too much hassle but now after being irritated by just
about
every other supplier in one way or another we are back thinking they
might
be the best bet. They told us before that they hold all ranges in stock
for
next day delivery.

Why can't they just sell direct? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

H

They do it's called MFI - they add 200% then reduce it by
150%..............

Some Howdens depot managers will allow direct sales. If you find one be
sure
to stock up on consumable items - these are very cheap

PhilC


Weird thing isn't it that MFI is losing a fortune and yet Howden is making
money?

Selling goods no nonsense makes money, titting about with constant sales and
fancy marketing salesman led consumer rubbish doesn't. Hmm sell me MFI for a
quid I'll turn it around :-)

H

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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice
with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale
has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q
flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and
delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day
delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the
melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Have you tried Howdens?


We did consider them before, going through a carpenter my dad knows to
get
around their "trade only" rule. Their quality seems good and their
ranges
are nice if a little bland - no problem for me. We thought though that
it
might be a bit too much hassle but now after being irritated by just
about
every other supplier in one way or another we are back thinking they
might
be the best bet. They told us before that they hold all ranges in stock
for
next day delivery.

Why can't they just sell direct? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

H

They do it's called MFI - they add 200% then reduce it by
150%..............

Some Howdens depot managers will allow direct sales. If you find one be
sure
to stock up on consumable items - these are very cheap

PhilC


Weird thing isn't it that MFI is losing a fortune and yet Howden is making
money?

Selling goods no nonsense makes money, titting about with constant sales
and
fancy marketing salesman led consumer rubbish doesn't. Hmm sell me MFI for
a
quid I'll turn it around :-)

H

Not while they employ - totally non PC - 'Chimps' to sell their products. To
long a story to relate here but the words Customer Service and returning
goods are not part of thier vocablary.This was of course not kitchen
related.

Anyone who has purchased a kitchen probably knows that you can buy a unit
for say 100GBP but the 'trim' for installing it is another 50GBP. This is
another way of parting the customer from their money. IIRC Howdens 'trim' is
reasonably priced.

PhilC

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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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HLAH wrote:
Anyone have any experience of Screwfix kitchens? We need a
kitchen
and we need it soon. We found Wickes Showroom range seemed nice
with
standard soft close doors and drawers but now their summer sale
has
ended they are too expensive and delivery is over 4 weeks. B&Q
flat
pack range seems good value but they are vague on specs and
delivery
times. So Screwfix seem a possible alternative with 14 day
delivery
but are they any good?

Any opinions?

TIA

H

I thought screwfix was quite expensive for flat packs?
A 1000mm floor unit is 84GBP it does say maple, but thats the
melamine
covering the MDF.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Have you tried Howdens?


We did consider them before, going through a carpenter my dad knows
to
get
around their "trade only" rule. Their quality seems good and their
ranges
are nice if a little bland - no problem for me. We thought though
that
it
might be a bit too much hassle but now after being irritated by just
about
every other supplier in one way or another we are back thinking they
might
be the best bet. They told us before that they hold all ranges in
stock
for
next day delivery.

Why can't they just sell direct? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

H

They do it's called MFI - they add 200% then reduce it by
150%..............

Some Howdens depot managers will allow direct sales. If you find one
be
sure
to stock up on consumable items - these are very cheap

PhilC


Weird thing isn't it that MFI is losing a fortune and yet Howden is
making
money?

Selling goods no nonsense makes money, titting about with constant sales
and
fancy marketing salesman led consumer rubbish doesn't. Hmm sell me MFI
for
a
quid I'll turn it around :-)

H

Not while they employ - totally non PC - 'Chimps' to sell their products.
To
long a story to relate here but the words Customer Service and returning
goods are not part of thier vocablary.This was of course not kitchen
related.

Anyone who has purchased a kitchen probably knows that you can buy a unit
for say 100GBP but the 'trim' for installing it is another 50GBP. This is
another way of parting the customer from their money. IIRC Howdens 'trim'
is
reasonably priced.

PhilC


Vocabulary!!!!!!

woodglass wrote:
"HLAH" wrote in message
...
. B&Q flat pack range seems good value
but they are vague on specs and delivery times.

Any opinions?


I would think hard before using B&Q.

We ordered a complete kitchen from them, including appliances.

The oven arrived 3 weeks late.

We returned a dozen damaged doors.

They forgot to include worktop edging strip with our order, then wanted to
charge us £5 to deliver it (What cheek !!!)

We are still awaiting a wall unit that was on our original order & is due to
arrive sometime next week, 7 weeks late !!!

Our entire kitchen was supposed to have arrived on 22nd of July.

They never call you back, even when they have promised to.


woodglass....


did you pay all the money upfront?
never do that with b&q