kitchen consultation

 No. This distinction is important.

The Kitchen Consultation establishes the brief for your future kitchen design.

We assess how your existing kitchen functions, understand how your household uses the room, discuss what needs to change and establish the priorities that your eventual design needs to address.

It does not include a proposed kitchen layout, cabinetry design, product specification, finishes, lighting design or electrical plan.

These form part of our full bespoke Kitchen Design service.

 We do not believe a considered kitchen should be designed in 90 minutes.

Before proposing a solution, we need to properly understand the property, the people using it and what the kitchen needs to achieve. The consultation gives us the opportunity to establish that foundation.

If you subsequently appoint Rejig Interiors for Kitchen Design, we then have the time to explore different possibilities, develop ideas and refine the design rather than rushing to produce an immediate solution during your consultation.

Kitchen design is never truly free. Where design is offered without a separate fee, the cost of providing that service ultimately has to be accounted for within the products or services being sold.

At Rejig Interiors, we prefer to make the value of professional design visible.

We are qualified designers and our process involves considerably more than producing a computer-generated kitchen layout. We take time to understand you and your home, develop and test ideas, resolve technical considerations and refine the design with you.

Technology supports that process, but it does not replace the designer behind it. Read more here.

 A conventional kitchen retailer and an independent design studio have different starting points.

A retailer will naturally work within the cabinetry and products available to them. At Rejig Interiors, the design begins with your home, your household and the brief we have established together.

When we progress into full Kitchen Design, we are not simply designing cabinetry. We consider the room as a whole, including layout, lighting, electrics, appliances, infrastructure, services and how the kitchen connects with the surrounding interior. We are deliberately not trying to design every kitchen, we want to work with clients who value considered design, long-lasting products and appreciate the time and professional skill required to develop an individual solution for their home.

Our kitchen cabinetry typically starts from £40,000, with the final investment dependent on the size, complexity and specification of your kitchen.

Your wider project budget should also allow separately for worktops, appliances, furniture, lighting and other products specified as part of the finished interior, as well as installation and any associated building or trade works.

Every project is different, and part of our process is helping you understand where your investment is best placed. Following your Kitchen Strategy Consultation, we will have a much clearer understanding of the scope of your project and can advise on the level of investment likely to be required.

Longevity is fundamental to the way we specify our kitchens.

We select best-in-class components from established manufacturers, with many of the internal mechanisms and components we specify carrying lifetime guarantees.

Guarantees on cabinetry and doors vary according to manufacturer and specification, typically ranging from 10 years through to lifetime guarantees.

Our preference is also to specify established appliance brands offering strong aftercare and warranties, with many providing guarantees of five years or more, although individual manufacturers and products vary.

Performance, construction, reliability, manufacturer support and expected longevity are considered alongside appearance when products are eventually specified.

We want to create kitchens that continue to perform for years to come, rather than solutions designed simply to look good on installation day.

 Ideally, as early in your project as possible.

You do not need to have decided on a layout, cabinetry, appliances or finishes before speaking to us. In fact, we would prefer you haven't made all of those decisions yet.

If you are planning an extension or structural alterations, involving us early also allows the requirements of the future kitchen to be understood before other decisions become fixed.

No. Your Kitchen Strategy Consultation is a standalone professional service, with no obligation to progress to full Kitchen Design with Rejig Interiors.

That said, 98% of our consultation clients choose to continue their project with us. We believe this comes from the relationship we build during the consultation, the passion and expertise we bring to their project, and the confidence that comes from experiencing our approach first-hand.

If you decide to continue, we will provide a personalised proposal outlining the recommended scope for the next stage of your project and our professional fees.

Please visit our kitchen page to discover more about our kitchen offering → Here.