This list is currently under construction - apologies for the delay - we will be updating the entries during the latter part of 2010 and adding a key to the prices and services of each supplier.

This is my list of retail suppliers. When I recommend a supplier to my design customers, they are usually (although not always) from this list. Of course, some customers prefer to take their plan and unit list round to a number of different retailers and get quotes themselves. 

This list includes many different types of business, from one man bands, supplying and fitting very inexpensive kitchens, to very skilled cabinetmakers, to small showrooms in the suburbs, to well established town centre showrooms, supplying well known kitchen brands.  Not all of them will have showrooms but all of them are happy for you to visit them (or one of their fitted kitchens) and will provide you with a kitchen.  

Obviously the prices are going to vary enormously between these different suppliers. What they all have in common - I hope - is that they provide good value for money and really care about customer service. You won't find any big names here, where you're paying for very prestigious showrooms and a lot of advertising. Not that there's anything wrong with using those suppliers ... they just don't need any mention from me!

Suppliers who maintain even small showrooms will obviously have larger overheads than those who don't  ... but you have the advantage of being able to see their work, can make a judgment on how organised they are ... and will often benefit from deposit guarantee schemes and the like (more overheads). Likewise there can be advantages to using a business that has it's own employed fitters - but that is a larger expense, for the company concerned, than using sub-contractors, and you will pay accordingly.  When choosing a supplier you need to weigh all the pros and cons carefully.

I think there's something to commend all of these retailers ... although I can't guarantee that every purchase, from every supplier, will go brilliantly. There are no guarantees in life!