WA
15100 posts
Has anyone done a Kaboodle kitchen? After seeing the ads, I am curious as to whether anyone bothers.
I bought a 3 drawer unit before christmas and was a bit shocked that the 'doesn't include hardware' apparently applies to the drawer slides as well. If I could have gotten the package back together I probably would have taken it back.
The cost for what I got seemed a bit steep, so has anyone done a complete kitchen, and survived the cost? The cost of the units themselves seems a bit steep but then you need to assemble them, install them, and then complete the details.
866 posts
I did our laundry with them and adjusted the design onsite to whatever the cabinets were. End panels and kicks are mdf and have blown out already when laundry had a minor water leak.
I probably saved a couple of hundred,but i wouldn't doa full kitchen with them, quality and details aren't therei reckon.
Get a couple of quotes from kitchen mobsi was surprised price difference wasnt over the top for kitchens
WA
2598 posts
Kaboodle, Ikea, not designed to be near water. What's that? You got water in the kitchen and the laundry? Pffft. Sorry.
NSW
9029 posts
I kind of think a kitchen with steel cabinetry like a commercial one would be pretty good.
524 posts
in everything you get what you pay for.
Bunnings, Ikea etc are not long term many year investments, I think they are great for rented properties where tenants can damage drawers, cupboards etc and its quicker, easier and cheaper to rip the whole shebang out and replace,. Where as if a quality made kitchen from a high quality company made in Jarrah or concrete etc long lasting components, again you get what you pay for.
WA
953 posts
I had a small kitchenette to install as part of a shop fit out and my client said just to get a bunnings one. I priced it up ($1400) and then went to my cabinet maker and said what can you make me for $1400 he made the same cabinet fully assembled and with a wider range of choices. I just had to install it which was much easier than assembling a kit.
A good cabinet maker will know what they are up against with the Ikea and bunnings stuff, but should be able to match it, certainly on the simple stuff.
WA
2598 posts
Sadly Crusoe, in addition to a bad install (by the guy who sold the house to me no doubt as it was a brand new refit), water permeated the counter top. I didn't have a receipt and Ikea didn't want to know.
WA
8407 posts
Righto
basically all melamine is exactly the same, some have moisture resistance, but in saturation they're all crap,
kaboodle if correctly assembled are as good as a cabinet manufacturer, tbh most cabinet makers still use the old plinth level system, so in the event of a water leak they become saturated and basically buggered, the kaboodle are on an adjustable leg ,pvc , I then fit a marine ply kicker board which I tile, no issues there,
As per cost it's minimal now
especially if employing a tradesman, but dependant on style, ya diy home Reno bloke won't have a jig, HD router, bits and knowledge to cut int/ ext corners or splayed tops
I use a new bit for each join at $75 , plus buiscuit and dog clamp joins, 16 passes through the jig cuts a nice join, but up goes the rate,
most carcasses are the same, it's the furniture and fitting that makes it a quality job
