A new kitchen installation replaces your old units, worktops and appliances with a new layout fitted to your room, including the plumbing, electrics, tiling and finishing needed to leave a complete, working kitchen.
Melton Mowbray sits within our coverage for a new kitchen, as do neighbouring Oakham, Humberstone and Loughborough. Before giving a price we want to see the property: the condition of what's there now, the access, and anything that might need extra work. The guide range for the East Midlands is £7,700–£21,000 including VAT, and your written quote will spell out exactly what that covers.
- Guide price
- £7,700–£21,000 inc VAT
- Time on site
- 1–3 weeks on site
- Postcodes
- LE13 and LE14
- Planning rules
- England
- Local area
- Leicestershire
- Survey
- Free, with a written quote
What should you budget for a new kitchen in Melton Mowbray?
Here is how the guide price for a new kitchen breaks down in Melton Mowbray. We start from national figures and adjust for the East Midlands, which comes out about 4% below the national guide. The resulting range, VAT included, is £7,700–£21,000, and a survey, at no cost to you, firms it up.
| Type of job | What it usually involves | Guide in Melton Mowbray |
|---|---|---|
| Value kitchen | Standard units and laminate worktops in a small or medium room, keeping the existing layout. | £4,800–£8,600 |
| Mid-range kitchen | Better units, some layout changes, built-in appliances and a choice of worktops. | £8,600–£19,000 |
| Premium kitchen | High-end units, stone worktops, an island and premium appliances in a larger room. | £19,000–£38,500 |
What moves the price up or down:
- Length of units and the size of the room
- Moving the sink, hob or other services to a new position
- Appliances, including built-in and premium models
- Tiling, flooring and any wall removal or replastering
What do you get?
- Measured survey and layout planning for your room
- Removal and disposal of the old kitchen
- Gas connections by a suitably registered engineer where needed
- Units, worktops and appliances fitted, levelled and adjusted
- Splashbacks or wall tiling to your chosen design
- Making good, extractor ducting and a final clean
Homes in Leicestershire
Leicester has extensive Victorian red-brick terraces and interwar semis, with newer estates on the city's edges. Charnwood granite appears in walls and buildings in the north-west, Swithland slate on older roofs, and villages towards Rutland use ironstone and limestone. Loughborough, Hinckley and Market Harborough mix Victorian centres with post-war and recent housing.
A moderate, fairly dry Midlands climate, with winter frosts and clay soils that can move in dry summers.
Building traditions across Leicestershire also raise conservation and planning questions, so we check those for a new kitchen in Melton Mowbray at the survey stage.
Planning and building rules in Melton Mowbray
As Melton Mowbray is in England, read the following with that system of planning and building control in mind. We check what applies to your house with the council before you receive a quote.
Internal work such as a new kitchen, bathroom, flooring, plastering or decorating does not need planning permission in England, unless the house is listed, when listed building consent may be needed even for internal changes.
Some internal work is covered by Building Regulations: new electrical circuits and work in bathrooms (Part P), new drainage, structural changes, extractor ventilation and any new window. Notifiable work is certified by a registered installer or by building control.
Rules change and every property is different, so we check the planning history and constraints for your address before we quote.
How does the job run?
Free site survey
First, someone visits your home in Melton Mowbray to see the space, take measurements and note anything that could affect the work, such as access or the condition of what is there. There is no charge for this visit.
Written quote
We turn the survey notes into a written quote. The price is fixed for the specification we agree, and the document sets out materials, scope and payment stages in plain language.
Plan and prepare
We handle the paperwork side: checking whether planning permission or building control approval is needed, submitting applications where they are, and scheduling the trades and materials around your dates.
Finish and handover
On site, the agreed plan is followed and any change is put in writing first. At completion we do a final clean, go through the snagging list with you and leave you with the relevant documents.
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Frequently asked questions
How long will I be without a kitchen?
You are usually without a working kitchen for one to two weeks, from strip-out until the sink and hob are reconnected. If stone worktops are being made to template, we can fit a temporary worktop so you can use the sink while you wait. Many people set up a microwave, kettle and fridge in another room. We plan the order of work to keep this period as short as possible.
Can I move my sink or cooker to a new position?
Moving the sink, hob or cooker is usually possible but adds cost, because waste pipes, water supplies, gas and electrics have to be rerouted. Sinks need waste pipes to fall towards the drain, so the position of the outside wall matters. Hobs may need a new circuit or gas run and a suitable extractor route. We check what is practical during the survey and price each change separately.
Can a new kitchen be part of a knock-through?
A new kitchen often goes hand in hand with removing a wall to create an open-plan kitchen-diner. The wall removal, steel beam and building control approval are done first, then the plastering, and finally the kitchen is fitted into the new space. Doing both under one plan avoids fitting a kitchen twice and lets you design the layout for the larger room.
What happens at the survey?
We visit your home at a time that suits you, look at the area involved, take measurements and check access, condition and any services that might be affected. We talk through what you want from a new kitchen, explain the options and answer questions. There is no charge and no obligation; afterwards we send a written quote.
Do I need planning permission in Melton Mowbray?
It depends on the work, the size of the project, your property type and whether the building is listed or in a conservation area. Melton Mowbray is in England, so England's rules apply. Many smaller jobs need no planning application, but some still need building control approval. We check what applies to your address before quoting.
Also covering areas around Melton Mowbray
Homes across LE13 and LE14 in Melton Mowbray are within our coverage, as are those in Oakham, Humberstone and Loughborough. If you are just outside these areas, ask anyway, because we work right across the UK.