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Anyone dealt with Wren?
They've a kitchen I quite like and their online price estimator comes up with a price that's more than I wanted to spend (standard procedure) but not shocking. I'm starting to get that sinking feeling that you get when you tell someone exactly what you want and they won't tell you how frigging much it is until you've all become invested in the process. Someone is coming to take some measurements and then we've to go to the showroom for a consultation which they reckon will take 2-3 hrs. It so will NOT! |
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Anyone dealt with Wren? A friend had an utter nightmare dealing with them, and reading online, said friend was not alone. No personal experience. -- Graeme |
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R D S Wrote in message:
Anyone dealt with Wren? They've a kitchen I quite like and their online price estimator comes up with a price that's more than I wanted to spend (standard procedure) but not shocking. I'm starting to get that sinking feeling that you get when you tell someone exactly what you want and they won't tell you how frigging much it is until you've all become invested in the process. Someone is coming to take some measurements and then we've to go to the showroom for a consultation which they reckon will take 2-3 hrs. It so will NOT! I've seen a few & am not overly impressed tbh. One install I remember that looked sh1t was the unit sides stuck out at the bottom front, subdividing the kick panel in a ridiculous manner. Lots of nice dirt trapping nooks & crannies built in!?! -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Try a Facebook search. They have a group devoted to wren kitchen disasters
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:29:35 +0000, R D S wrote:
Anyone dealt with Wren? Not personally but an acquaintance had one fitted by them. Well, I should say 'part fitted' as they haven't finished the job off properly. They had allowed a week for strip out and then fit but it took more than a week - and that bit of the work that needed completing after the week was up is still needing doing. Needless to say they are chasing him for the final balance but won't commit to a date to complete the job. He is now considering getting his own fitter in for the work and then suing them for the cost of his own contractor plus distress etc. I looked at their cabinets a while back and decided they were nothing out of the ordinary. -- Ermin |
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R D S wrote:
I'm starting to get that sinking feeling that you get when you tell someone exactly what you want and they won't tell you how frigging much it is Wickes are partly that way, they'll give you a price list for their cheaper kitchen ranges, but will only do the consultant session/quote for the "designer" ranges, so they didn't get a look-in at all. |
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Tim Streater Wrote in message:
In article , Jim K.. wrote: One install I remember that looked sh1t was the unit sides stuck out at the bottom front, subdividing the kick panel in a ridiculous manner. Lots of nice dirt trapping nooks & crannies built in!?! Depends on your PoV, I think those look OK. Does your kitchen have them? Do you clean it? You can always ask your installer to notch them out Exposing two chipboard edges to moisture? Great idea! -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Tim Streater wrote: In article , R D S wrote: Anyone dealt with Wren? They've a kitchen I quite like and their online price estimator comes up with a price that's more than I wanted to spend (standard procedure) but not shocking. I'm starting to get that sinking feeling that you get when you tell someone exactly what you want and they won't tell you how frigging much it is until you've all become invested in the process. Someone is coming to take some measurements and then we've to go to the showroom for a consultation which they reckon will take 2-3 hrs. It so will NOT! Yes it will, their software is v. slow. Once the klod has the measurements then the in-store geezer will be able to design the kitchen for you - as in, place the units you want, on the plan. You'll then hum and ha and change your mind, and have to choose between stupid unit corners or smart ones and what accessories d'ye want and on and on. Our kitchen (just over a year old now) was from Wren, but they didn't install it, we got our own bloke to do that. He also removed the old kitchen, removed the floors and ceiling, repaired the walls, installed some studwork, a new rad, did all the pipework, replaced some rotten floor joists, put a new floor down (properly [1]) using 22mm (?) chipboard, organised Amtico for the floor, which had to run through from the conservatory and so be at the same level, put new ceilings up and light fittings, plastered the walls, built out underneath an RSJ that crosses the kitchen so that the units didn't extend beyond the pillars under the RSJ (that looked SO naff in the old kitchen [2]), did some architrave work round a door or two ... ... and only THEN installed the new kitchen. [1] the old floor didn't extend to the walls in some places. Hidden by the units of course, but it did mean that the kitchen got ****ing COLD in winter with a northerly. [2] when our bloke took the plasterboard off the pillars supporting the RSJ, we discovered the remnants of a beautiful 1930's brick arch that the previous owners had obviously smashed to try to put the two halves of the kitchen into one room. Now - Wren. They delivered when they said they would, but as we did not know how long the work I listed above would take, had to take delivery somewhat early in the job cycle. It was then a good five months before our chap could install it, so Wren got a bit snippy about supplying one or two missing bits due to the six month delay. But a word to our in-store person and the bits then arrived by return of post. My verdict, all in all: good. We knew there's be a lot of extra work doing, which is why we used our trusty local bloke, who does good work. Our kitchen saga is't quite as long. It being DIY, I did all the work myself. We'd orderd froma supplier, now vanished, obtained the 'white goods' from source like Exchange & Mart (this was 1989) and I stripped out the kitchen and started re-wiring to put power sockets in useful places. I found it was taking forever to chase the walls for the cables. I then collaped into bed; three days later, I was in hopital with legionella. I started putting theb kitchen together a month later. -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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writes We knew there's be a lot of extra work doing, which is why we used our trusty local bloke, who does good work. Yes, I think the bottom line is down to the installer, in that the Wren kitchens are good products, but most are installed by Wren's sub contractors, at which point Wren wash their hands as much as possible. Directly employing a trusty local bloke so Wren's involvement is supply only seems the ideal solution. -- Graeme |
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On 28/02/2019 17:29, R D S wrote:
Anyone dealt with Wren? They've a kitchen I quite like and their online price estimator comes up with a price that's more than I wanted to spend (standard procedure) but not shocking. I'm starting to get that sinking feeling that you get when you tell someone exactly what you want and they won't tell you how frigging much it is until you've all become invested in the process. Someone is coming to take some measurements and then we've to go to the showroom for a consultation which they reckon will take 2-3 hrs. It so will NOT! Looked at Wren last year along with Howdens and Wickes. Wren seemed poor value, Howdens seemed impossible to get a straight answer from, and Wickes were good quality and value albeit for their top end wooden stuff. We pretty much knew what we wanted, but their designer came out to measure up and made some very useful suggestions. They provided all the white goods on a price-match basis. We didn't use them for fitting, and we bought the worktop elsewhere. I guess it depends on what's on sale at the time and how good the designer is. We were at the end of a sale period, and the designer we had was off on holiday soon - no kitchens get sold until the next 'sale'. Cheers -- Clive |
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Clive Arthur Wrote in message:
On 28/02/2019 17:29, R D S wrote: Anyone dealt with Wren? They've a kitchen I quite like and their online price estimator comes up with a price that's more than I wanted to spend (standard procedure) but not shocking. I'm starting to get that sinking feeling that you get when you tell someone exactly what you want and they won't tell you how frigging much it is until you've all become invested in the process. Someone is coming to take some measurements and then we've to go to the showroom for a consultation which they reckon will take 2-3 hrs. It so will NOT! Looked at Wren last year along with Howdens and Wickes. Wren seemed poor value, Howdens seemed impossible to get a straight answer from, and Wickes were good quality and value albeit for their top end wooden stuff. We pretty much knew what we wanted, but their designer came out to measure up and made some very useful suggestions. They provided all the white goods on a price-match basis. We didn't use them for fitting, and we bought the worktop elsewhere. I guess it depends on what's on sale at the time and how good the designer is. We were at the end of a sale period, and the designer we had was off on holiday soon - no kitchens get sold until the next 'sale'. Cheers As often stated here - Howdens don't sell to the public, they sell through tradesmen/ fitters who either pass some/all/none of their discount on to the final customer... -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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, says... As often stated here - Howdens don't sell to the public, they sell through tradesmen/ fitters who either pass some/all/none of their discount on to the final customer... 80%. There is one of their customers with the same name as me who wanted the email address I'd already got. Instead of choosing something distinctive, he opted for the same address as me with a 2 appended. Howdens frequently omitted the 2, so I got a lot of his quotes showing his discount! -- Terry --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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