Archive for March, 2010


Neff Kitchen appliances

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Neff appliances have always been a market leader when it come to kitchen appliances. I have always been to busy with the design and manufacture of kitchens to focus on the advantages of having Neff in the kitchen. In recent months I have changed this and have and studied some of the benifits of having these ovens,hobs fridges etc in the kitchen. KAL, our suppliers have dropped their prices to compete with the likes of Siemens and Bosch while offering a superior product. They are currently running a scrappage scheme where by you receive large discounts on package deals.

Here’s a really nice oven. It has a feature which they call the slide away door.

Neff Oven Slide away door Single Oven

CircoTherm is the most advanced cooking system out there. It works by forcing air from the oven into ducts at the rear oven wall where it heats the air and recycles it back into the cooker. There is no need to preheat your oven with this feature. CircoTherm defrost circulates unheated air into the oven which is excellent for delicate meat like fish and poultry. Food is cooked from the inside out with this feature which holds in the moisture.

Here are some more of there product for the chef in you or you can view their 360 degree showroom here.

Compact oven

Combi Oven


Realistic Kitchen Prices

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

I was reading the Sunday Business Post this morning and seen an article by Alexander Fitzgerald, more of an advertisement for two kitchen companies if I’m honest. What struck me were the prices they were quoting. One high gloss kitchen had a starting price of €8,000 there was an oak kitchen with a starting price of €15,000 and the Mobalpa, Cyane range with a starting price tag of €10,000. Are these companies real? These prices are just entry level prices so you can bet that again you get the design you want for you home you are going to pay in excess of €20k. I don’t know where they think they will find clients to pay this type of money for an MDF kitchen. What I will say is that there are people willing to spend top dollar on a kitchen a high quality kitchen in solid wood. A realistic figure for a high gloss kitchen would be a starting price of €1,500 and for  solid wood kitchens €3,000 not the above.

A kitchen doesn’t need a high price tag to make a statement in you home. Careful design, bespoke and original feature will give you the look of a high end kitchen at a fraction of the cost. It’s time people priced around and moved from the large city kitchen retailers to the more affordable showrooms, you don’t need a high end named kitchen to get  high quality design, quality and service.

burgundy kitchen    Painted kitchen Dublin


Differences between custom and flatpack kitchen design

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

I pay close attention to plans/designs from other kitchen companies when they are brought into the showroom for pricing. One thing that has struck me recently is the layouts that other kitchen companies are designing for prospective clients. No effort what so ever is being put into the plans, just get as many large units onto the wall as possible. It means cheaper prices and your average customer not paying much attention to the overall layout of their new kitchen. I have two simple examples below.

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If you take a look at both designs closely you will see the differences. The flat pack design option has basically all doors of the largest size possible to fill the wall length.


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