Kitchen installation in Lancing

Is kitchen installation right for your Lancing kitchen?

If the kitchen in your Lancing home is twenty years old, with tired doors and worn worktops, a full installation renews everything in one planned job.

Landlords and sellers across West Sussex often fit a new kitchen because it is one of the first rooms buyers and tenants judge a home by. Kitchens in every part of Lancing are covered, and the survey visit is free wherever you are in West Sussex.

What does the job involve?

Here is what usually goes into kitchen installation, adjusted to your Lancing kitchen after we have measured it:

Panels, plinths, cornice, splashback and a final check before handover
Base, wall and tall units fixed, levelled and secured to the wall
Free survey visit, measurements and an itemised written quote
Sink, tap and integrated appliances fitted and connected
Worktops cut, jointed and sealed, or templated for stone
Gas hobs connected only by Gas Safe registered engineers

Guide prices for kitchen installation in Lancing

Use these ranges to plan your budget. They include VAT, reflect costs in the South East, and are firmed up once we have seen your Lancing kitchen. Labour in the South East generally costs more than the UK average, which lifts these ranges a little.

Guide prices for kitchen installation in Lancing
Typical project	Guide price
Small kitchen, 5–10 units, fit onlyYour units fitted, laminate worktop, sink and appliance connections	£1,700–£2,900
Medium kitchen, 10–15 units, fit onlyAs above, for a typical family kitchen	£2,900–£4,000
Large kitchen, 15+ units or an island, fit onlyTall larders, island, more cut-outs and panels	£4,000–£5,200
Mid-range kitchen, supplied and fittedRigid units, quartz or solid wood worktops, integrated appliances, fitting and the usual trades	£20,500–£40,000

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%.

Local homes and their kitchens

Typical homes in this part of West Sussex include 1930s semis, flint and brick cottages, post-war new town houses and seaside bungalows. Crawley's new-town houses often have a compact galley, while seaside bungalows in Worthing and Bognor Regis tend to have a small square kitchen beside the dining area.

Coastal flats may have no lift, and village lanes on the edge of the Downs can be narrow for delivery lorries, so the delivery route is checked at the survey. West Sussex has mostly hard water, so limescale on taps, sinks and boiling water taps is common and a filter is worth considering.

What rules apply to kitchen installation in Lancing?

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.

Homes in the South Downs National Park, listed flint cottages and conservation areas such as central Chichester may need consent for a new external vent.

Getting the most from your kitchen installation

Clear the room and the route to it before fitting day, and arrange somewhere in your Lancing home for a kettle and microwave.
Keep the delivery note and plan together until the fit, so any missing parts can be reported to the supplier quickly.
Before you order a kitchen for your Lancing home, ask for a survey so the plan is checked against real measurements, not estimates.
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 Lancing

How much does kitchen installation cost in Lancing?

Guide prices in Lancing are about £1,700 to £2,900 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.

Do you work near Lancing as well?

Yes. As well as Lancing itself, we cover the rest of West Sussex and nearby towns such as Shoreham-by-Sea and Worthing. The process is the same wherever the kitchen is.

Will you fit a kitchen I have bought myself?

Yes. We fit kitchens bought from any retailer, trade counter or online supplier, flat-pack or rigid. On the survey we check the plan, and before fitting we check the delivery against it. Missing or damaged parts are for the supplier to replace, and we tell you straight away so the fit can be re-planned.

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.

Kitchen installation in neighbouring towns

The same service is available a short drive from Lancing, including: