Modular Kitchen Decision Making Process

Modular Kitchen  Buying Tips 

1)       Analyse  What You really Want and Need

With a  9000 Square Feet House , You NEED one Designer Kitchen to do mild cooking while your Husband and Kids Read in the Break FasT Counter and a second messy kitchen for the servant to do all the smelly “fishy “ Business .

But a 2000 Sft Flat with a Sea view , where you are planning for your Retirement Needs a modular kitchen designed Ergonomically suiting to your Physical Needs and can  cook with out any feeling of congestion .

        Plan and Analyse your Kitchen

2)      Check with at least 3 Suppliers of the Same Brand .

For Example if you are buying Hettich/hafele/sleek/ebco  Hardware , Take the rates from Atleast 3 Suppliers .And you bet there will be atleast 4-7 % Difference among them . As per the Business Review Survey consumers who check with the competitors save at least 11% than the their counterpart Who buy from a single supplier with out taking the pain to check it .

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3)      Understand the Verbal Jugglery Used by Salesmen to Trap You .

Example – Life Long Warranty for Accessories ( Life Long Warranty doesn’t mean whole life warranty it varies from 5 Year to 7 Years depending on the brand )Remember it’s their job to juggle the vocabulary  and it is your right  to clarify !

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4)      Ask very clearly about the Manufacturing Methods

Example –Get clear specs about the manufacturing methods , the kind of machinery to manufacture cabinets .

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5)      Ask the Supplier to Re explain if you don’t understand.

Example – There are Suppliers who sell Hettich Modular Kitchen , While Hettich brand only supplies the hardwares , Suppliers  might  sell you  cabinets from a local Industrial Unit in the brand name of Hettich /Hafele/Blum /Siemens etc

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6)      Warranty Card Misleading

Example – There are suppliers offering  you 50 or 60 years Warranty for the Kitchen , Ask them clearly whether they will write a legal agreement with you and the company or Simply Pass the Marine Ply wood Company Warranty card to you .

If they are ready to give an agreement to you , make sure it is notarised and duly signed by the Company Owner and Yourself , Not with the salesmen who will be moving out to his next showroom .

If they are passing you the Warranty Card from Plywood Manufacturer , 99 % of the Ply Manufacturers Provides warranty to use the product as it is , ask them how will you get warranty once they have pressed laminate on the ply or Painted it with Colour .

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7)      After Service Support

Scenario – They will always say about the service and a story about their service to a past client . Ref . Our Contract Samples .

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8)      Cost and Pricing

These two are the most critical things while buying , salesmen will do anything to do the sale and grab the profit , no body will sale a kitchen in loss , make sure the sales men have enough experience and have been in business for years so that they won’t provide inferior products.

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9)      Chimney , Hob & Other Civil Works

Make sure the Price Includes / Excludes installation of Hob and Chimney . Some Suppliers ask’

 For extra charges for chimney installation .Its Always better to Give the Work Contract of counter top and tiles to the supplier to avoid conflicts regarding material laying from Suppliers . Ref Our Contract Samples

10)   Always Stick with a Contract Form Specifying each and every requirement of your kitchen , better to pay for a notary to make sure you have the grip to go to any extreme ends in case  of any foul play from the suppliers.

Refer our contract samples