Buying guide

How to choose a fitted kitchen in Cheshire

The short answer: work out how you actually use the room first, insist on a laser home survey, compare full line-item quotes (not headline prices), prioritise cabinet construction over door finish, and don’t sign anything until you’ve seen a photoreal 3D visual of your space. The seven steps below spell it out.

A short playbook for anyone buying a fitted kitchen in Chester, Nantwich, Warrington or the wider Cheshire area. Works whether you choose Deelux or not.

1. Start with how you actually live in the kitchen

   Before you compare door styles, write down how you cook, where you store food, whether you eat at an island, and how many people use the room at peak times. Every good kitchen designer will start here — if your first showroom visit opens with door samples, something is wrong.

2. Get measurements and sightlines right

   Cheshire homes span Georgian townhouses, Victorian terraces, 1930s semis and modern extensions. Ceiling heights, window positions and door swings all dictate what’s possible. Insist on a home survey with a laser measure — a sketch from your mobile won’t catch a sloping ceiling or a hidden soil pipe.

3. Compare what’s in the quote, not just the headline price

   A £12,000 quote that includes full installation, worktops, appliances and removal of your old kitchen is usually cheaper than a £9,000 supply-only quote that needs three separate trades. Ask every supplier for a line-item breakdown covering cabinets, doors, worktops, appliances, installation, electrics, plastering and decoration.

4. Prioritise construction over finish

   A beautiful door on a flimsy carcass will let you down within five years. Check cabinet thickness (18 mm is the standard to ask for), hinge and drawer-runner brand, soft-close as standard, and who honours the guarantee. At Deelux we honour the 15-year guarantee ourselves because we built the cabinet — ask every other supplier who actually backs theirs.

5. Book a 3D visual before you commit

   A photoreal 3D walkthrough tells you in five minutes what a plan drawing can’t — whether the island is too big, whether the wall cabinets overwhelm the window, whether the colour sings with your floor. Every Deelux quote includes 3D visuals as standard; be cautious of suppliers who charge extra or skip this step.

6. Plan your timeline backwards from the fit week

   Most Cheshire kitchens we build take 8–12 weeks from signed order to installed. Count back from when you’d like to be cooking in the new kitchen, add two weeks of contingency for worktop templating, and that’s when your designer needs your sign-off. Christmas and late-summer fit slots go first — book early.

7. Visit the showroom at least once

   Colour, gloss levels and grain feel completely different under showroom lighting than on a laminated sample card. Our Chester, Nantwich and Warrington showrooms all carry full-size door ranges, live worktop cut-offs and working appliances. An hour in the showroom is worth three hours of online research.