how often to you renew your kitchen?

We moved here 24 years ago and 5 years ago I replaced the kitchen- that was the first new kitchen I have had in 45 years of marriage. This one should last me out!
My sister completely replaces every carpet in her house on a whim, at least every 2 or 3 years. It utterly horrifies me.

I have the kitchen my mother put in in 1980. There's nothing wrong with it.I have a new cooker , fridge and washing machine. I have only just replaced the microwave this year.

Had a basic kitchen fitted 1992 the year after we moved in to this house as the existing kitchen was appalling,hardly any cupboards &hardly any worktop space. Replaced that basic one 17 years ago for a better quality kitchen. Still have it, the Bosch built in appliances are still working perfectly and it will do us because there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. We do not have twenty grand to squander on another kitchen with new appliances just for the sake of it.

Moved in to this house nearly a year ago, cannot live with the kitchen which was fairly new but a hideous and depressing grey. Have been waiting months for the new one to be installed, am so looking forward to having some worktop space to prepare food on. This is the third kitchen I have chosen in 43 years. In the last house the kitchen was brand new and “man designed” - it never worked for me but put up with it for 16 years. (No crumb catchers on the doors this time - nice and plain.

Three new kitchens in 46 years, so approximately every 15 years. The first one we put in soon after we were married and it was quite cheap from MFI. The current kitchen is good for a few more years yet.

We’ve only ever had one new kitchen - current bungalow which we purchased 5 years ago, which needed modernisation throughout. Kitchen was circa 1960s … melamine cupboards with fruit and veg embossed on them. Oh and orangey tiles and worktops!! Had to be seen to be believed! All wipe clean gloss fitted handle less units now with everything hidden behind. This will probably be my first and last new kitchen though as the upheaval, mess and stress of having no kitchen (dining room wall knocked through first) and a makeshift kitchen in a bedroom still fills me with horror every time I see the ‘before’ and ‘during’ photos! ?

Only had new kitchens when I moved house and got the kitchen that was installed in the house already. Every 5 years - that sounds wasteful.

Dylis

I have toyed with having a free standing kitchen which was probably first kitchen in my house, small terrace built in 1914. A couple of wooden dressers, cupboards with curtains and a butler sink. Probably not very practical though.

Dylis
My MIL had an old freestanding kitchen, very small, and DH decided he'd fit out the kitchen for her. We bought the units, he built it and replaced the sink and wooden draining board with a modern stainless steel one with drainer.

She never liked it, said she could never find anything, didn't have as much room to do anything although she now had a worktop completely down one side, cupboards, wall units, instead of one pull-down unit.

We've got the Belfast sink in the garden ????

Ours is 20 years old and will probably see us out. It's had a few tweaks over the last 2 years, new knobs, new fridge, new hob and the oak work surfaces have been sanded down and look as good as new.

I've had 4 houses over 33 years...I've had a kitchen installed in houses 1, 3 and 4 ( so 3 kitchens in total)

springishere

1984!

Oh, thank goodness!
Mine's new in comparison

1984!

Mumski we had granite transformations in our kitchen and en suite about 5 years ago and I am very happy with them. The joiner who fitted the workshops was excellent and you can hardly see the joins. We got black with sparkly bits in kitchen and the white equivalent on our en suite vanity. Still looks
new

Had new one in 1986….. then again in 2017…. so that’s every 31 years I suppose!!

I renovate a house and then move on, although this is my final one now with a new kitchen so it will be interesting how long I keep it.

Never if I can help it better things to spend my hard earned money on

I have only done so twice since I moved out of my childhood home when I was 16. I am 70 now.

In that time I have lived in a students' hostel and a rented flat where I made do with the existing kitchens, a flat where the kitchen had to be completely re-build due to dry rot, and our present house where the kitchen when we moved in was the smallest room, baring the bathroom, in the entire house, faced north and had not be renewed since 1970.

We took done the dividing wall into the adjacent room, thus more than doubling the size of the kitchen, and have installed Ikea cabinets, oven and induction hob, and a new sink.

I have absolutely no intention of facing that upheaval again.

Good grief, every five years!! We had a "modern" kitchen put in about 35 years ago and we still have the same carcases but they're on their 3rd set of doors and probably 5th worktops. We had them redone a couple of years ago and are very happy with the current look of it all.

I changed my kitchen about 14 years ago when I bought this home, as the kitchen I inherited was very sparse and basic. I also wanted a more traditional style of kitchen. It is still practically as good as new, and I have no plans to renew it.

We renovated two farm cottages into one in 1983. We renewed the worktops about 5 years ago as the old one was wearing and looking tired. Quite happy with the cupboards.

rowyn

Moved here in 1993 and have the same kitchen as when I moved in.
That reminds me - maybe I should clean the oven?!!

I love it! ?
(You should see the state of mine!)

We had our kitchen completely renewed a couple of months ago.

We bought this house when new and it had a basic fitted kitchen; eventually replaced with new updated model, years later we had new doors fitted to the existing units.

One cupboard has gradually been coming away from the wall, and we decided to replace the units and cooker.

Our kitchen is 'compact' in size, and I needed more storage, which our new kitchen has given us, with cupboards reaching the ceiling.

We like it very much but finding it difficult getting used to the new induction hob, which you touch buttons rather than controls.

We have now been here over 50 years.

Replaced our 1994 kitchen (house built in 1994) 7 years ago - it was very dated with lots of nooks and crannies which were a nightmare to clean, new one has lovely smooth lines. After yesterday’s Sunday lunch DH out of the blue asked if I’d like to replace the kitchen again - I was horrified! Nothing wrong with it, & it’s not dated at all! Sometime wonder what planet he’s from, lol!

Every time we've moved house we've had a new kitchen. Currently been in same house for approx 10 yrs so could do with a few tweaks but won't be bothering yet.

Dylis

Just wasted and hour looking at free standing kitchens online. I will have to have a long hard think. Not sure I can do without my built in double oven. I don't think my back will hold out with too much bending!

Take a quick look at this: www.unfitted.co.uk/
It's not fitted but you can make up a part-fitted kitchen and also put together parts to make a dresser or whatever. Best of both worlds! We made up a short run next to the garden in the basement as our main kitchen was on a higher floor.