Kitchen Installation Costs in Polop

Polop kitchens are rarely a simple swap. Village houses were built over generations, so rooms are seldom square and floors are seldom level. The cost of installing a kitchen here is driven less by the brand on the doors than by what the room demands of whoever fits it.

Bespoke or factory units

This is the biggest early choice. Where one wall bows or the floor falls across the room, factory units leave gaps that end up covered with filler panels. There are two answers: units made to the actual dimensions, or very careful scribing of standard ones. Bespoke costs more to make, but it can remove the compromise. We will say honestly when a factory kitchen would do, which is often the case in the more regular rooms of hillside villas.

What pushes the figure up or down

• Layout. Keeping the kitchen where it is costs less than moving sinks, drainage and power.
• The route in. Narrow village streets and stairs mean more handling of units, worktops and rubble.
• Walls and floors. Levelling a sloping floor and plinths, and plastering after strip-out, are real work in an old house.
• Worktops and splashbacks. Heavier materials need stronger fixing and careful cutting.
• Flooring and tiling that are part of the same job, see our tiling and flooring service.

The cost behind the units

Old plumbing and wiring are often found once the old kitchen is out. Where they need replacing, it is cheaper and neater to do so now than to chase new cables through a finished tiled wall later. Our own plumbers and electricians work on the same programme while the walls are open. Damp is occasionally part of the picture in older stone or block walls, and we can advise if we see signs.

How installation runs

1. We measure, check the walls and floor, and look at how the services run.
2. A layout and written quotation follow, and we take you to suppliers to see materials in person.
3. Strip-out, then new plumbing and wiring behind the walls.
4. Plastering, painting and floors, then units and worktops, then appliances and splashbacks.

Living with the work

Disruption is a cost too, even if it does not appear on the quotation. A village house may have a single kitchen and no easy place to cook while it is out of action, so agree a plan for that before strip-out begins. Planning the programme so that the messy stages run together keeps the period without a working kitchen as short as the job allows. Owners who are only here for part of the year often schedule the work around their visits, and smaller jobs tend to be quicker to start.

Finishes around the kitchen add up too. New plaster, lighting, flooring and tiles change the whole room, and owners are often surprised by how much of the improvement comes from them rather than from the units. Budget for these as part of the kitchen, not as an afterthought.

Getting a figure you can trust

An older house can only be priced properly once we have seen it, so the quotation is written after a visit and says what it covers and what depends on what we find. It is free. A single contact who speaks English and Spanish manages the programme, and owners who are away receive photographs and calls. The work is guaranteed within the scope set out in the quotation.

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