So the promised £1,950 kitchen was actually over £26k (plus VAT???)
I didn't mean to imply that - because our kitchen layout, mix of units and quality of appliances was not the same.
What I meant to convey was that they were advertising a kitchen that few - if any - people, would be able to accommodate. And if someone had a kitchen 6 metres long - they would be living in a large house, be reasonably wealthy and would be looking at more upmarket stuff. It is just an advertising stunt to get you through the door so they can hit you with real prices for a set of bits that will fit in your own little hovel.
Unfortunately, in the UK, a lot of people go and just get quotes from places like B&Q, Homebase , Wickes or other large outlets under the impression that such large firms with their flashy adverts and in-store computer design/sales staff are going to be the most economical. What they actually get is cheap flat-pack stuff at inflated prices installed by sub-contractors of dubious quality that may look the business, but will probably soon get clapped out. The Wren product is actually quite good and not flat pack - but their sales technique assumes you are a gullible moron, their prices are outlandish and the installed quality relies on sub-contractors over which Wren can exercise little control.
I used a small company who buy their units from leading manufacturers - some in Germany - and who have their own installation staff. They are highly competitive and only supply stuff of quality. They have steadily grown their business over the past 10 years and have some excellent references. They did a big modern kitchen for the UK chef Gordon Ramsay (and they swear he did not have cause to swear at them once).
