Kitchen Refurbishment London — From Refresh to Full Refit

Cosmetic Refresh

New doors, drawer fronts, handles, worktops, splashback, and paintwork on existing carcasses and layout. Most cosmetic refreshes complete in 3–5 days at a bespoke price–a bespoke price. The right call when the layout works and the carcasses are sound but the kitchen looks tired.

Full Kitchen Refit

Complete strip-out and rebuild. New units, worktops, appliances, plumbing, electrics, tiling, flooring, decorating — everything. Most domestic kitchens complete in 2–3 weeks with a day-by-day schedule given before work starts.

Kitchen Extension Fit-Out

The first-fix-to-finish work inside a new kitchen extension built by a separate builder. We come in once the shell is closed in and watertight, and handle every trade through to a finished kitchen. Common as the second phase of single-storey rear-extension projects.

Bespoke Kitchen Installation

Hand-built or designer kitchens supplied by specialist suppliers (deVOL, Plain English, Neptune, etc.). We install to the supplier’s specification, manage the trades, and deliver to manufacturer-warranty standard.

Supplied-Unit Installation

If you have already bought units from Howdens, IKEA, Wickes, B&Q, Wren, or any other supplier, we install them to manufacturer-warranty standard. You source the kitchen, we fit it. Includes plumbing, electrics, tiling, and finishing as needed.

Worktop & Door Replacement

Worktop swap (laminate, solid wood, quartz, granite) and/or new doors and drawer fronts on existing units. Quick-turnaround projects typically completed in 2–4 days at a bespoke price–a bespoke price depending on materials.

Kris on Every Project

Kris leads every kitchen we install — the same named installer running the day-by-day schedule, coordinating the other trades, and signing off the finished room. You deal with one person from quote to handover, not a different stranger every visit.

Single Team, Every Trade

Plumber, electrician, tiler, fitter, decorator — all on our team. The worktop arrives the day the units finish; the tiler starts the day the worktop is templated; the electrician closes the walls the day the tiler completes. No 'the other contractor has not finished' delays.

Day-by-Day Schedule You Can Plan Around

Before strip-out begins you get a written, day-by-day schedule covering every trade and milestone. So you know exactly which days the kitchen is unusable, when to book the temporary arrangement, and when each appliance will be useable.

Fixed Price Before Strip-Out

Free site visit, then a fixed-price written quote covering labour, materials, disposal, and VAT. The number you accept is the number you pay. No mid-project surprises.

Free site visit

Kris (or another senior team member) visits, takes measurements, looks at access, plumbing routes, electrical capacity, and any structural considerations. We discuss what you want and what is feasible. No charge, no obligation.

Fixed-price quote with spec choices

Within 48 hours of the visit you get an itemised written quote covering labour, materials, disposal, and VAT. We can quote the same scope at three price points (budget / mid-range / high-end) so you can see the trade-offs.

Day-by-day schedule confirmed

Once you accept the quote, we set a start date and write you a day-by-day schedule covering every trade. You know exactly when strip-out happens, when the kitchen is unusable, and when each fixture is fitted.

Strip-out and first fix

Days 1–5 typically: strip-out, plumbing first-fix, electrical first-fix, plastering and prep. Daily clean-down so the rest of the property stays liveable.

Units, worktops, finishing, sign-off

Days 6–15 typically: unit installation, worktop templating and fitting, second-fix plumbing, second-fix electrics, splashback and floor tiling, flooring, painting, and snagging. We walk you through the finished kitchen and issue the 12-month workmanship guarantee in writing.

Kris

Lead Kitchen Installer

Meet Kris — Lead Kitchen Installer

Kris leads kitchen and bathroom installations at ARI Maintenance. Every full kitchen refurb on our books has Kris as the named lead — running the day-by-day schedule, coordinating the other trades, and signing off the finished room. Kris reports to Arianne ‘Ari’ Raofi (founder), who is on every quote that goes out the door for projects over a bespoke price.

• Kitchen-install specialist — Howdens, IKEA, Wickes, B&Q, Wren, plus bespoke (deVOL, Plain English, Neptune) installation experience
• Worktop fitting — laminate, solid wood, quartz, granite, and Corian templating + fitting
• Trade coordination — sequencing plumbing, Part P electrical (via NICEIC partner), tiling, and decorating to a day-by-day schedule
• BS 8000-1 trained — BSI workmanship standards for joinery and second-fix work
• a bespoke priceM Public Liability Insurance on every project, every trade
• 12-month workmanship guarantee in writing on every kitchen install

“The single biggest variable on a kitchen refurb is the worktop. The supplier templates after the units are in, then there is a 5–10 working-day lead time before they are back to fit. Half the kitchen industry runs the rest of the project in that gap and ends up redoing the splashback. We sequence around it from day one so the gap does not become a problem.”