For various reasons now not moving house so splashing out on making this house work for us. First up is to remodel the kitchen, create a kitchen diner, allowing what used to be a dining room/ glorified corridor to become a snug living room.
The Kitchen is Keller, appliances Seimens and the building works and fit is a 6 week all managed project. Work starts in a few weeks and i have to do absolutely sweet fuck all, bonus.
The old
A rendition of the new
We had Keller at our last place, it was v good 
We have Magnet here installed by previous owner 
To fit a fcking kitchen? Are they rebuilding the exterior walls, digging new drains in and building a tunnel to nirvana? That’s mental timescales for replacing a fitted kitchen.
Reshaping existing window and door cut outs, lowering ceiling, adding 60mm insulation to outside wall, blocking a fireplace, capping gas supply, new wiring for all electric services, remove and board and re plaster all surfaces, rip up existing tiles and lay new, paint and walk paper, fit new wooden DG window and doors, new CH pipework and rad, external; power point, H&CW, lights, terminated supply ready for buried armoured cable to be run down garden. Then fit kitchen and all appliances (oven, dishwasher, freezer, fridge, boiling/ chilled tap, washer, drier, induction hob), glass splashbacks and stone counter etc etc
There is a chance they will finish in 5, depends what they find once old is ripped out.
I wasn’t too far away then… jeez that won’t be cheap!
One of the advantages of retirement is the perspective it brings: do it once, do it properly and it’ll last the rest of our lives. It’s kinda liberating, in a way!
Preferred the old one…
Reassuringly expensive 
As I’m sure you’re aware, personal preferences and decisions being made rarely align
Keller are good.
