my 8ft (241cm on the wall) was trapezoid (239.8cm opening /_ \ so ended up grinding the wall to have sufficient clearance for drawers and worktop; puttied back minimal coating because of such fine tolerance

My kitchen is kinda L shape kitchen. 3 walls need major hacking, 2 walls need minor hacking and only 1 wall is usable (since the imperfection can be hid by the cabinets

Looking for reliable carpenter for kitchen cabinet , simple 6-7feet , top and bottom. With sink, 3 drawers

Whats the estimate cost like?

Wanna compare against ikea's metod

This post has been edited by pisces88: Jan 18 2021, 03:00 AM

To give rough estimate, from owners group chat my neighbour (we're all same 8ft kitchen space same layout just flip left or right ) mostly got quoted for around 4k-6k generally for 8ft all in (top bottom cabinet) EXCLUDE concrete top. With some horror stories.

Material and thickness also variable lah (not mentioned in the quotation) so this is red apple to green apple to fuji apple to rotten apple comparisons. Bearing in mind if they use same as the elcheapo ikea series, that elcheapo ikea series is thinner material vs metod, it come with can-use (functional = will work as intended) sink (although aesthetic wise may not look pretty) - but price wise can't be beat (below 2k - like 1800 or so - plus maybe 600 installation).

Hence I also kepala pusing and just went with ikea metod. DIY at my own convenience. Its not that hard to setup (installation instructions online), you just need to measure and drill the rails' holes in the wall + cut the worktop (most noisy parts), semi noisy is nailing up the boxes' backing sheet (can cover with action movie).

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Guys, just got my table top done by my indon contractor. Now i got quoted 10.5ft of alu cabinet for bottom part only.

1 x 3 tiers drawers
3 x 2 tiers drawers
All soft close
* no accessories, just plain drawers

I got quoted by a local aluminium shop for around 2.3K. Is this price ok?

Hi I suggest you directly contact any KC company found in facebook like unity,bespoke etc. They can give you a quick quote based on the measurement you provided. I have worked with bespoke before their reply is very fast.

unity bespoke intech these are frequently mentioned in this forum.

I seconded on Bespoke. Their response is faster than the others. And their workmanship is good. The price is good. And most important thing the after sales services were also good.

Highly recommended.

This post has been edited by blanket84: Jan 25 2021, 11:07 AM

The price is quite normal for all drawers cabinet.
What are the materials of the carcass and drawer front?

Anyone tried cleanup kitchen cabinet brand from Japan? Would like to know if any review from local here. There are mostly sell by modular and seems very functional,
Link

anyone have question about furniture , can pm me as well , thanks

Honestly, are Ikea kitchens any good?

For own stay or for doomed condemnation by tenant?

For condemnation the knoxhult series is cheap enough to be replaced often.

For own stay nothing less than metod series.

It has blum hinges blum drawer rails soft close options etc that one will find in a 30k signature kitchen output.

Material wise it works well for its class of melamine material carcasses. In fact its 18mm thick so its actually thicker than comparable price bracket 16mm offerings. Will lose to solid nyatoh stuff but that is wayyy diff price bracket already. You can pair it with a solid stone top on your own if their countertop offerings aren't your style.

For flooding use without bothering to wipe, might look in to full alu cabinet. The melamine/chipboard stuff is best kept dry.

Thanks for your reply. Found it very informative.

Looking for own stay, so definitely the Metod series. I quite like the idea of an Ikea kitchen mainly because of the fittings that you can put into their cabinets i.e. you can add on slowly to make it more organised, add drawers in, etc. My family are not into heavy cooking as we have our own personal chefs (Foodpanda, Grab), so the cabinets don't have to be super durable and I'll probably just have one kitchen without the need of a dry and wet area. At most, water may only come into the picture during dish washing time as we don't plan on having a dishwasher.

I know overseas, Ikea kitchens are seen as a 'cheap' kitchen. However, in the Malaysian context, is the Ikea kitchen considered cheap, mid-tier or expensive? I mean, it it's considered expensive, then I might want to approach other companies to see what they can offer. Honestly, at the moment I haven't looked at other companies so I really don't have any points of reference to compare to.

Ikea kitcab (metod) should fall under mid-tier.
It is not the cheapest outfit, but for a midtier solution the value you get from it is pretty good (fully featured 8ft for <7k all in) without having to pay 20-30k for a 8ft kitchen.
Depending on what are the nice-to-haves and must-haves the price variation between options can save a few hundred bucks.
e.g. basic door 20/30, fancier handleless door 100+
e.g. basic sink 265, fancier sinks can be 570-1200

Comparing 8ft size kitcab works below for a feel of what my neighbours also signed up for:

0. Cheapest bargain basement 2400-3000


1. 4800 for unprofessional vendor


2. About low 5k; adjusted based on pfr cost to 8ft (/9.5*8)


3. My own self-installed Ikea kitcab 6100 (full bottom drawers, w/ tap and fancy sink, without the ikea lighting option)
At the other end of the spectrum will be Signature Kitchen which will probably be in the ballpark of 25-30k for a 8ft kitchen.
This is considered expensive in Msian context - for a feel of the price range you can skim through https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2663554/all

This post has been edited by ceo684: Feb 19 2021, 03:01 PM

Thanks again. You've been a great help and you've also cleared up some things in my mind.

Will probably get in touch with some of the names mentioned in the posts you have linked to and if the prices they quote is around Ikea's prices, I'll probably opt for the Swedish brand and be done with it.

For reference, I'm looking at something like this:



The long part of the 'L' is around 3.5m and the shorter part around 2.8m. Looking at around RM15k on Ikea without countertop but includes fancy sink and lights.

dear sifu,

received quotes below for my cabinets. this is my first home hence first time dealing these.. appreciate any feedback if the prices are reasonable esp for the kitchen area. thank you so much!!

this is a subsale unit, come with existing kitchen top and cabinets (as per the basin section), planning to only replace with new cabinets

material is melamine.









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This post has been edited by squidsquid: Feb 22 2021, 04:13 PM

Hi there,
I'd advise to use the LYN attachment function (the part immediately above Add reply/preview post buttons) rather than pictr (upload images button) for higher resolution coz the last image cant really read the text.

thanks for your suggestion, have certainly added the pdf file for better viewing

TV cabinet part sounds expensive. For that big piece of panel and single tall section plus TV bench.
Dry/wet kitchen sounds about there. Island too but island wise actually can get ikea bottom cabinet and hook up your own stone top.