hi there, i am furnishing my home come March/April and i need your opinion on IKEA kitchen cabinets. As i plan to rent out the place, i am going for the most basic range of IKEA kitchen cabinets (offhand can't remember what its called). Anyone here can comment on its quality, built, price etc etc? Any problems faced? installation issues? any help appreciated. thanks

My Ikea kitchen cabinet will only be installed tomorrow. Price wise, I think not much different, or maybe Ikea one is little bit more expensive, but depend on the material. For RM8k++ worth ok Ikea KC (including hob, hood, sink), the installation fee is about RM900++, I think it is quite expensive.

Built quality I'm not sure, but I love the fact that it comes with 25years warranty for Faktum. Actually I use Ikea to furnish my house, so my opinion may be little bit biased

thor_gentt...photos when ready k?

For me..i find that Ikea was expensive..as I wanted to do my KC..just for a simple plain white ones it was already close to 3.5k..for only the bottom part...so i ended up hiring a kitchen contractor to do my kitchen for 5.5k. For hob and oven..i'll be spending about 2.2K..so totall less than 8k.

Price doesn't inlcude the sink (as I already have that)...just needed the cabinets plus the doors for the area under the sink.

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Added on January 19, 2011, 4:46 pmteoanne..but maybe since you are renting out..IKEA could be a better choice

This post has been edited by phythia79: Jan 19 2011, 04:46 PM

fyi ikea is using the 18mm thickness particleboard for kitchen cabinet, where other builders is using 16mm thickness particleboard. So if budget allow, ikea is a wise choice

This post has been edited by maxguy: Jan 19 2011, 06:06 PM

i heard about Kubiq cabinets too. They are cheap!! :-) And i also heard that they are a subsidiary of Signature Kitchen. www.kubiq.com.my, check it out

thor: how's your ikea kitchen cabinet experience? any photos to share? :-)

I use a normal kitchen cabinet becuz Ikea is fully modular, and not custom. But use Ikea rationell drawers whcih I hear are made in collaboration with Blum. Better to use the rationelle drawers, bcuz the drawer accessories are much cheaper than blum, and u hve so much options.

When u order cabinet outside, the kitchen guy will charge for the drawer set, and those drawers may not be strong enough to hold heavy crockery.

Ikea drawers require a deeper base cabinet of min of 58mm inner depth.

How do you combine Ikea drawers with outside kitchen cabinets?

I'm a bit confused by Kubiq. Do they have something in JB, like showroom? Or at least someone to help planning/installation? Are the sample prices with or without doors? (I guess without), how much are they? Couldn't find prices. And how to order? The price on their website looks good, too good to be true tbh. Anyone got experience with them? Have a 9ft kitchen, with a fridge and a front loader washing machine left/right, so only center part and wall cabinet needs to be made.

free online kitchen planner

http://www.wrenkitchens.com/online-kitchen-planner

dont know about johor, perhaps you can give them a call? they don't really help u to plan, but installation yes, separate charge. all the prices are detailed in their online models. you have to click on them to see the pdf of the pricelist. they list down the price of every single thing. and yes it includes doors and counter top. but of course, the cheapest range la. you can choose your own under optional in the website. at their showroom, there are more choices. i'll drop by their showroom within this month and will let u know if i like what i see.

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Well, is easy actually, what you need to do is, go IKEA and buy the drawer set, then hire a kitchen cabinet contractor which doing custom made not in modular, then they will totally custom the drawer base on what you give to them.

woah nice

Ops, forgotten, there you go! the upper cabinet color is actually white (gloss), but it is still covered with blue thin plastic. This picture taken right after installation.

thanks for sharing, your kitchen look good!

thor_gentt,
for the 25 years warranty i think they put some conditions there better check if it's comfortable with before commit cause there is no such 25 yrs to cover everything else they will gone bankrupt. there is not comparable cause one is modular which is IKEA type another type is customs builts/purpose builts. everthing comes to customs builts there is a higher price to pay but if IKEA KC is more expensive then must rethink ur strategy i'm not saying not worth it but at the end is to see ur own purchasing power, well everyone preferences is differ. ignore me if i'm bulshitting.


maxguy,
18mm not neccessarily better than 16mm, but if it's thicker it may look stronger maybe it does (this does'nt end). The more important thing have to consider is the material they used to produce the melamine board/chip board !!! where does the board produce? in which country and in which country they fabricate/manufactured the material? are that country wood is comparable with our tropical woods? no way NO WAY. the wood we are using was harder if not hardest, u can said that our malaysia made board is consists of many kind of wood species but it's still harder than the IKEA ones. again ignore me if i'm bullshitting again.


p.s. you may google around to see what Malaysia used in their melamine board...... for sure i was involved in this industry !!!

didn't know that a guy who is actively in stock exchange thread can give good comment here

This post has been edited by maxguy: Jan 26 2011, 11:03 PM

Actually brand preference is the biggest reason why I choose Ikea, I don't really compare outside VS Ikea, which one is better or not. I go straight to Ikea honestly, 95% of furniture in my current house if from there. Haha, trooling now. Perhaps, for my next house, I'll get custom furniture, tired to go back and forth to Ikea for measurement, ordering, replacing and etc.

Anyway, here is the 25 years warranty all about http://www.ikea.com.my/common/pdf/customer...-2010-EN-BM.pdf

I am now planning to do my dry kitchen.. have checked out a few kitchen guys outside.

Generally I prefer the Ikea rationell drawers, becuz (1) 25 years warranty and (2) they are deeper than blum (52cm vs 45cm) which gives 10% more storage. And, if I need a drawer front, the ikea drawer fronts are only RM40 or RM50 max.

The other day I was at ikea checking out the wall cabinets,, and discover that for a RM700 (120cm wide 30 cm hi) cabinet was fitted with the blum gas hinge. The looks of the hinge was enough to set my heart a flutter, esp after I looked at the chip plak gas hinge from a puchong shop. The 120cmx70cm wall unit is going for RM799.

I am also seriously considering the ikea 120cm sliding door tall unit which is fitted with a heitich sliding door rail. The unit is also fitted with 6x60cm single gallery rationell inner drawers and 2x60cm shallow inner drawers. I think costs will be about RM5,000.

The warranties are a bonus. My autogaate guy was telling me when I asked him how reliable is the folding gate (as I heard of bad stories from others), his answer was, it is costly and troublesome for him to come back if my gate got problem, so it makes more sense for him to do it proper and good for me.

Ikea kitchen cabinets are deeper than normal. Base is 60cm deep (others around 55cm) and wall is 37cm (others 30cm).

IF u have ikea kitchen, u can use all their lovely add-ons. But, they do not custom made and give door to door service that others provide.

There are pros and cons, and thats why I still not yet decided...

Better get custom made n with good
material. U can add whatever accessories
by yourself...,Blum ...grass etc.
Don't take melamine wood lor, if can

hi..i used ikea wall cabinet (Avsikt aluminium). Almost 7 years old now but still look great and i had no problem with doors, hinges or else.

Why i chose ikea cabinet? I had survey the same design but the price much higher. Finally i bought from ikea and my hubby did the installation. I only spend over rm980 for 8 feets (240cm) wall cabinet which have good quality aluminium compared to my base cabinet door (not from IKEA).

I'm not obsessed with IKEA but it honestly from my experience. I plan to revamp my kitchen this july and definitely i will choose IKEA cabinet for my dry kitchen. I had started my measuring to get the perfect design and i free to choose which doors and style i want. For me that's the beauty of mix and match cabinets.

Thank you

Thanks for the valuable feedback.

I also plan to get my kitchen and maybe most of the stuff (if can find) from Ikea.

I've also calculated and planned for everything for the kitchen and it should cost me around the most 5k+ only including installation. All bottom cabinets.

I also have another friend who is an ikea fan as well, having everything ikea in his apartment. So far, there is not a complain from him on the kitchen cabinets. I guess it's doing quite well.

IKEA have 10% now up to July 2012.

Yea, thanks. I saw that in the papers today.

But then I only will get my key at the end of the year so... abit too early to buy now la...

Saw a very simple kitchen cabinet complete with hob and hood ( gas cooker, not electric type) around 5k+ including installation. Thought of getting it for my condo to be rented out. Is it advisable? Are the hob and hood of good quality?

Anymore review from Ikea Kitchen Cabinet?

Just get the cost for installation works
- outstation charge outside KV rm100
- install base cabinet rm90/m run
- install cover panel rm37/m run
- install sink & tap rm170 set
- install hob rm85/unit
- install hood rm85/unit, if drill hole rm350/hole, if install ducting rmxx..can't remember
- cutting worktop rm85/hole (for hob or sink)
Modification inlet for kitchen sink rm85. If your current sink is around 80-90cm, no need to modified

That's all...

If my sink & tap is not source from Ikea, they will install it? Or I have to find my own contractor to do it?

Also, their counter top, I found kinda expensive. If I jz purchase cabinet from them, counter top source from outside, how is it?

They will install even u bought kitchen sink from outside. For counter top, not sure if it will affecting the warranty if u install non Ikea counter top.

I thought they will not drill hole for hood?

what is cover panel? the panel in between each cabinet? how about wall cabinet? separate cost?

love ikea kitchen cabinets.
good if you are a DIYer.
you can start of with just their basic cabinet without doors and frills - very cheap.
once you have budget then you can add the doors yourself [its the doors etc that are expensive]. door are very easy to install.
you can even go to a granite shop ask them to install a granite countertop for you.
and best of all if you are fed up with the design, change the doors etc every so often.
- very good if you are a DIYer and makes you feel like a MAN

anyone compare ikea cabinet with outside cabinet contractor?
how is ikea feedbaclk?

Yes is not bad

Anyone wanna show more photo and review their IKEA kitchen?

If IKEA kitchen cabinets can only last couple of years, why would they give a 25 years warranty?

IKEA furniture can absolutely last a lifetime. 25 years is no problem - I know ppl with a 30 year old IKEA kitchen. surprisingly its in great condition still. only thing that looks a bit worn are the doors. some good use a new coat of laquer but that is all. just understand that IKEAS sells cheap stuff too (i.e. the low end kitchen) which is meant as a first time kitchen in your first one-bedroom apartment, sthg like that. the good kitchen is ment to last and it wont be cheap either

As long no water and air can get into the boards, it will be fine for a long time. It is slightly expensive but it is a more superior product in comparison of the similar likes in the market.

The problem I always have with Ikea prodcts is there are some manufacturers that provides similar quality or better with way better looks though. For that I usually don't buy Ikea products.....

this thread is about the kitchen cabinets right? if you look at faktum or their current replacement kitchen i seriously doubt you can get any better (with professional installation) from a kitchen cabinet maker for the price. if you buy their (crappy) entry level kitche you should not be surprised its not a miele kitchen

but their proper kitchen is - imho - unbeatable value. we spend only approx. 1/4 of what we would have to pay for a similar design with a reputable competitor. we got a great service and good installation with the workers waterproofing every single cut they made. they even installed all the appliances despite none of them being from IKEA.

if you know of a better offer for a kitchen cabinet with better quality, installation and after-sales-support (sparepart and warranty) - please do let everyone know. i searched high end low when we did ours 12 yrs ago and essentially had no choice. the next best offer was 4x as much.

Anyone install and use this IKEA modular kitchen , FYNDIG series before?
http://www.ikea.com/my/en/catalog/categori.../kitchen/22957/
Budget friendly, but no 25 years warranty.

Kelv, if you want a kitchen that lasts, skip on FYNDIG. that is the LoqQ entry level stuff that makes people assume IKEA things are not good. You will regret the purchase unless the modules are used in a A/C environment as they wont last too long in our climate and with asian cooking and esp. washing style. maybe you can squeeze a lifespan of 4 yrs out of it but you will probably be disappointed.

Thanks. Am considering because I looking for modular that I can disassemble and relocate for rental house. Also just require a small 4ft for dry kitchen. The better quality one are METOD series, will have to check if can fit into budget.

Not all Ikea furniture can disassemble once fitted.
It'll lose it's strength.

re-assembly of the cheaper products can be tricky indeed and cause a lot of problems. i dont kow how this model is assembled. check it out but essentially at that price you are looking at one-time-assembly and then later discard after usage.

any ready made kitchen cabinet target for 5 feet and last better?
I saw index living is selling

HI everyone, where to get cheap kitchen cabinet for rental house? Thanks.

ikea? fynndig 1K+...but do expect the quality..

hi.. anyone know how to book an appointment with IKEA kitchen designer?.. do they provide on-site visit for measurement and planning?..

go straight to IKEA CHeras. No need to book there. Preferably on weeekdays. I just went tther to explore on a kitchen set up.

Hi everyone. Im exploring on the ikea kitchen set up for a rented apartment. the length of the base cabinets wil be 8 - 10 feet. I see there are a Koxhult series and Metod series. May I know the difference if any sifu has any idea? Those who has installed them, do let me know the quality. TQ.

Knoxhult is their new budget or economy range of kitchen cabinets.

I have installed one in a rental unit 6 months ago. Place is 10 year old 3 bed condo lived in by 8 China students.

Thus far it has held up quite well for as long as you wipe up any spills and keep it dry.

Quality wise, the Metod series is obviously better, here are some of the difference :-

1) The carcass is sturdier and uses better quality fasteners.
2) The panels of the carcass are thicker and built of a better density particle board.
3) Mounting is by a hanging rail or direct drill into wall vs Knoxhult direct drill into wall method.
4) Drawers come with Blum soft close runners vs normal ones on Knoxhult.
5) Blum soft closing hinges vs normal hinge on Knoxhult.

If it is well taken care off, the Knoxhult should have a useful service life of around 5-10 years. Oh yes no warranty unlike the Metod.

Personally, I would just buy the Metod ones and give a less expensive door front over going the route of this Knoxhult. Any wear and tear just give IKEA a call and let them deal with it under warranty which is what I did for my other rental unit that the cabinet warped, 6 cabinets were involved together with the worktop, after 2 years it started warping due to the oven. They replaced all 6 cabinets and the worktop. I called, a week later they came to see and assess the issue, 2 weeks later a lorry came to deliver 6 cabinets and a worktop, they took the old ones away.

Yes you are right but the price of a Metod is exceptionally expensive. It’s in range with some kitchen cabinets which has quartz table top. I myself did not try out an IKEA despite hearing lots of good reviews about it.





It just comes to the point when we can ask if it’s worth it cause it’s almost 1k pfr

i think for the price, use solid nyatoh doors better. no wonder got companies in USA and UK make so much money replacing ikea doors with solid wood designs.

Quality the main difference.
Anyway for rental unit, Knoxhult is sufficient. Base of 8-10 ft can fit few combination.
The 3 door unit with drawer is a must, length of 120cm. Then can add another 80cm + 120cm/80cm combination.
The worktop can be cut off to fit the cooker hob as well.

The photos you posted are for a kitchen that is 17.5m long.

The give away is the installation charge which is RM85 per meter run.

Thanks for that review.
I had just checked on Knoxhult in Damansara. I must add 1 more diff between the 2. Height of base for Knox is lower (suitable for Asian height) but
higher for Metod (maybe for Europeans heights).
Their white 204cm length Knoxhult starts from RM1,433, which is a good budget. I've quoted a basic 246cm (8feet)Metod without wall cabinets was RM2,200. Guess I'll have to do further analysis. Oh, I missed the Chearas Ikea's kitchen renovation last week. They gave heavy discounts to display cabinets.

Yes it is slightly lower due to the legs. I think the difference is around 4cm if I'm not mistaken.

Actual usable space isn't any different.

I was at that sale, you did not miss much in terms of the display units especially if you were after something nice or in mint condition.

Did you decide to do that Knoxhult? Definitely very budget friendly especially if you mount it yourself, it isn't difficult to do.

They sell it quietly, I frequent visit both Ikeas but, I didnt notice their banner about the kitchen sale at cheras. I could buy it for my current 7 years old unit too. Display units are good bargains.
2 matters in the knoxhult Im considering. worktop joint between 2 modular bases.
and 3/4 back panel at the wall. Prone to roaches infestation. Maybe need to do DIY add ons. I dont mind DIY due to satifscation upon completion. but I dont have much time. Sat half day n Sun cant drill either.

Oh yes, regarding the rear panel. I remedied that by cutting a piece made from plyboard during the assembly process which I salvaged from the back of an old IKEA wardrobe that was being disposed off.

Drilling restrictions is why my new place is being done by a contractor rather than a DIY job. Oh well at least I get to move in after 2 months rather than the 18 months it took me when I did my current house.