Kitchen installation in Bournemouth

Thinking about kitchen installation in Bournemouth?

If you have bought a kitchen online or from a trade counter for your Bournemouth home, we can check the delivery against the plan and fit it properly.

If you have bought a home in Bournemouth with a small galley or a dated back kitchen, a new installation can make far better use of the same space. Homes right across Bournemouth are covered, as are nearby places such as Christchurch, Poole and the villages in between.

What is in a typical job?

Your written quote lists everything included. For kitchen installation, that normally means:

First-fix electrics and plumbing for the new layout
Worktops cut, jointed and sealed, or templated for stone
Removal and disposal of the old kitchen, with gas and electrics made safe
Base, wall and tall units fixed, levelled and secured to the wall
Panels, plinths, cornice, splashback and a final check before handover
Free survey visit, measurements and an itemised written quote

Guide prices for kitchen installation in Bournemouth

Typical kitchen installation prices for homes in Bournemouth, including VAT and adjusted for the South West. Your own figure depends on the size of the kitchen, the layout and what is moving. For the South West, these ranges are close to the national figures.

Guide prices for kitchen installation in Bournemouth
Typical project	Guide price
Small kitchen, 5–10 units, fit onlyYour units fitted, laminate worktop, sink and appliance connections	£1,500–£2,600
Medium kitchen, 10–15 units, fit onlyAs above, for a typical family kitchen	£2,600–£3,600
Large kitchen, 15+ units or an island, fit onlyTall larders, island, more cut-outs and panels	£3,600–£4,600
Mid-range kitchen, supplied and fittedRigid units, quartz or solid wood worktops, integrated appliances, fitting and the usual trades	£18,500–£36,000

Fit-only guide ranges cover labour for units, laminate worktops and standard connections; stone worktops, new circuits, moved services, tiling, flooring and plastering are priced as separate lines. Prices include VAT at 20%.

House types around Bournemouth and what they mean for a kitchen

You will find thatched cottages, Victorian and Edwardian villas, 1930s semis and seaside bungalows throughout Dorset. Edwardian villas in Bournemouth often have a separate kitchen and scullery, while 1930s semis and bungalows tend to have a compact room at the back.

Flats in converted villas may have no lift and shared hallways, and narrow village lanes can make delivering long worktops difficult. Most of Dorset has hard water, so limescale on taps, sinks and boiling water taps is common, and a scale-reducing filter can help.

Building regulations, electrics and gas in Bournemouth

Fitting a new kitchen does not need planning permission in England. Listed building consent may be needed if the building is listed, and a new vent through the outside wall of a flat may need planning permission and the freeholder's consent. Electrical work must meet BS 7671, and new circuits or a new consumer unit are notifiable under Part P, so they are certified through a competent person scheme or building control. New extraction should be designed to Approved Document F rates (about 30 litres per second for a hood ducted outside), a refit should not leave ventilation worse than before, and only Gas Safe registered engineers may connect a gas hob.

Thatched and listed cottages may need listed building consent for internal changes, and owners of flats in converted houses usually need the freeholder's consent before work starts.

Before you book kitchen installation in Bournemouth

Keep the delivery note and plan together until the fit, so any missing parts can be reported to the supplier quickly.
Ask for appliance sizes and ventilation gaps to be checked against the housings before you buy appliances for a Bournemouth kitchen.
Check that your Bournemouth delivery can reach the kitchen: tall larder units and long worktops need clear access through doors and stairs.
Leave every box sealed until the fit; parts get lost or damaged once packaging is opened and stacked around the house.

Questions about kitchen installation in Bournemouth

How much does kitchen installation cost in Bournemouth?

Guide prices in Bournemouth are about £1,500 to £2,600 including VAT for a small kitchen of 5 to 10 units, fit only. The final price depends on the size of the kitchen and what is moving, and is set out in an itemised written quote.

Which parts of Bournemouth do you work in?

All of them. Our Dorset coverage takes in the whole of Bournemouth, including the BH1, BH2, BH7 and BH10 postcode districts, as well as surrounding towns such as Christchurch. If you are unsure, send us your postcode.

Do I need building regulations approval for a new kitchen?

Usually only for parts of the job. Fitting units does not need approval, but new electrical circuits are notifiable in England and Wales, removing a load-bearing wall needs approval everywhere, and in Scotland structural work needs a building warrant. Gas work must always be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer.

Can I use my kitchen during the installation?

Not for most of it. Once the old kitchen comes out there is no sink or cooker until the new one is connected, usually a week or two for an average kitchen. We plan the job so the water and power are off for as little time as possible, and we tell you which days will be the most disruptive.

What order does a kitchen installation follow?

The usual sequence is strip-out, any structural work, first-fix electrics and plumbing, plastering, base and wall units, worktops, second fix of sockets, sink, tap and appliances, then splashbacks, flooring and decorating. Some floors go down before the units and some after, depending on the floor type, which we agree at the survey.

Also covering nearby towns

We also carry out kitchen installation in these towns near Bournemouth: