Kitchen refurbishment · Nottinghamshire
Kitchen refurbishment in Nottingham
Whether your Nottingham kitchen is a narrow galley or an open-plan room, kitchen refurbishment follows the same careful order: survey, written scope, fit and a final check together.
Is kitchen refurbishment right for your Nottingham kitchen?
If you have bought a house in Nottingham with a dated kitchen that still works, refreshing the doors, worktop and sink is often the quickest way to make it feel like your own.
A kitchen fitted ten or fifteen years ago in a Nottingham home may have good units let down by a chipped laminate worktop, faded doors and a stained sink. Kitchens in every part of Nottingham are covered, and the survey visit is free wherever you are in Nottinghamshire.
What does the job involve?
The exact scope is agreed after the survey, but a typical job in Nottingham covers:
- New doors, drawer fronts, end panels and plinths fitted to the existing units
- Free survey visit to check every carcass for water damage, level and fixings
- Sink and tap replaced on the existing supplies and waste
- New handles drilled and fitted, with hinges and drawer runners adjusted or replaced
- Damaged units or tired appliances swapped where the rest of the kitchen is sound
- Under-cabinet and ceiling lighting updated by an electrician and tested to BS 7671
How much does kitchen refurbishment cost in Nottingham?
The figures below are guide prices for Nottingham, including VAT and adjusted for typical costs across the East Midlands. The fixed price comes after we have measured up. Prices across the East Midlands are broadly in line with UK averages.
| Typical project | Guide price |
|---|---|
| New doors, worktops and handles on sound unitsCarcasses kept, everything you see replaced | £2,400–£5,800 |
| Refresh plus sink, tap, splashback and lightingA full visual refit without moving services | £3,900–£8,700 |
| Partial refit with some new units and appliancesDamaged units swapped, new appliances fitted | £5,800–£13,600 |
Guide ranges assume the existing layout and services stay in place with laminate or wood worktops; stone worktops, moved services, new circuits, flooring and plastering are priced as separate lines. Prices include VAT at 20%.
What kind of kitchens do we fit in Nottingham?
Across Nottinghamshire you will often find Victorian terraces, 1930s semis, former mining village houses and new-build estates, and each shapes the kitchen differently. In Nottingham, Victorian terraces often have a narrow back kitchen, while 1930s semis and ex-council houses tend to have a compact rectangular kitchen at the rear.
Inner-city terraces with permit parking and no rear access can make deliveries slow, and long worktops may have to come through a narrow hallway. Expect hard water across most of Nottinghamshire, so limescale on taps and boiling water taps is common, and an inline filter or softener can help.
Building regulations, electrics and gas in Nottingham
Refurbishing a kitchen in England needs no planning permission or Building Regulations approval in itself, though a listed home may need listed building consent before historic features are removed. Swapping light fittings or adding sockets on existing kitchen circuits is not notifiable under Part P but must meet BS 7671; a new circuit is notifiable. A gas hob must be disconnected and reconnected by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
Where a home is listed or in a conservation area, such as parts of Nottingham and Newark, a new external vent or changes to historic features may need consent.
Tips before you start
- Collect appliance model numbers before the survey so housing sizes and door-fixing kits can be checked against anything you plan to keep or replace.
- Photograph the inside of a few cupboards, including the hinges and drawer boxes, so replacement doors and fronts can be matched to your existing carcasses.
- Plan meals for the days the worktop and sink are out in your Nottingham home; a kettle, a microwave and a washing-up bowl in another room make those days easier.
- Stone worktops are templated once the old tops are off and fitted about one to two weeks later, so plan for a gap without full worktops.
Questions about kitchen refurbishment in Nottingham
How much does kitchen refurbishment cost in Nottingham?
Kitchen refurbishment in Nottingham typically costs £2,400 to £5,800 including VAT for new doors, worktops and handles on sound units, based on prices in the East Midlands. Larger or more involved jobs cost more, and your price is fixed in writing after a free survey visit.
Which parts of Nottingham do you work in?
All of them. Our Nottinghamshire coverage takes in the whole of Nottingham, including the NG1, NG3 and NG7 postcode districts, as well as surrounding towns such as West Bridgford. If you are unsure, send us your postcode.
How long will I be without a kitchen during a refurbishment?
Usually two to seven days on site. New doors and handles can often be fitted in a day or two with the kitchen usable between visits. Replacing worktops, the sink and the splashback takes longer, and stone worktops add about one to two weeks between templating and fitting. Ask about a temporary worktop so the sink can stay in use during that gap.
Will a refurbished kitchen look like a new one?
It can come very close, because doors, worktops, handles and the splashback make up most of what you see. The differences show inside the cupboards and in the layout, which stays the same. Matching new end panels, plinths and cornice to the doors matters, because old panels left in place give the age of the kitchen away.
How do you check whether my kitchen units are sound?
At the survey we check the carcasses one by one. We look for swollen or flaking board around the sink, dishwasher and kettle area, staining from old leaks, sagging shelves, damaged hinge holes, loose wall fixings and units that have dropped out of level. Sound carcasses are kept, and damaged ones are listed on the quote as replacements so nothing is left to chance later.
Nearby places we cover
We also carry out kitchen refurbishment in these towns near Nottingham:
- Kitchen refurbishment in West Bridgford
- Kitchen refurbishment in Arnold
- Kitchen refurbishment in Hucknall
- Kitchen refurbishment in Long Eaton
- Kitchen refurbishment in Ilkeston
- Kitchen refurbishment in Eastwood
- Kitchen refurbishment across Nottinghamshire