The five things that make a showroom visit actually useful
1. Rough measurements
Nearest 10cm is fine — we’ll laser-measure properly at the free home visit. But a sketch with width, depth, ceiling height and the positions of doors, windows and radiators lets the designer show you layouts that actually fit your space, not hypotheticals.
2. Phone photos of every wall
Five or six photos covering every wall, corners, ceiling, floor, chimney breast, pipework, the boiler. Photos show us things you’d never think to mention — a radiator where you want the hob, a window where you want a wall unit, a 40mm floor drop across the room.
3. A budget ballpark
Deelux kitchens start at £7,500 (compact Bowden) and run to £30,000+ (bespoke in-frame Falconbrook). Most Warrington customers sit between £11,000 and £20,000 for a fully-fitted medium L-shape or island kitchen. Telling us your range isn’t a commitment — it’s what lets us show you ranges that fit your budget rather than wasting your time. See kitchen pricing for full range-by-range starting prices.
4. Your appliance wishlist
The biggest design decisions happen around appliances. A range cooker needs a different cabinet plan to a standard oven. An American fridge-freezer eats a metre of wall. A Quooker tap, induction-with-extractor hob, wine fridge and coffee machine all change the layout. Bring model numbers if you’ve chosen them, or a general idea (“range cooker, wine fridge, probably a Quooker”).
5. How you actually use the kitchen
The best kitchens we’ve designed were shaped by how the family actually lives, not by a magazine layout. Who cooks? Who does the washing up? Where does homework happen? Do you entertain in the kitchen or retreat to a snug? These are the questions our designers will ask, and the answers change which cabinets, heights, lighting and layout we put in front of you.
