Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Apr 28, 2012 9:55 pm So did you by a chinese imported custom kitchen and was it poorly made or full of chemicals????? I really want consumer comments not comments from australian builders who mock any overseas companies, just because its taking Aussie dollars off shore. BUT have you really bought a kitchen and has it been what you were promised? Was there any nasty surprises? etc. Re: Chinese imported kitchen... Wanting some REAL buyer feed 2Apr 29, 2012 9:31 am We recently sold a house we renovated. We installed an imported chinese kitchen, it wasn't custom made, it came with the carcass pre-assembled in units. We purchased it through a kitchen place in Villawood, NSW. The prices were extremely reasonable, we paid approximately $3300 for a U shaped kitchen, overhead cupboards, granite benchtops and an additional pantry for the laundry. The cupboards polyurethane. We were quoted about $10,000 for another company to do the same thing! We used it for approximately 2.5yrs before we sold and there was no problems with it. A good friend also got a kitchen through them recently and it looks amazing, and no problems at all. I'd do it again if we had to fit out a rental. Built the Seaview 36 with Rawson Homes - Read about it on my blog http://lamaisondemorgan.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Chinese imported kitchen... Wanting some REAL buyer feed 3Apr 29, 2012 3:23 pm I fitted a Chinese made kitchen for my unlce. He purchased all cabinets and stone tops for $4800. Great price but it took me twice aslong to fit. The problem is the kitchen are not made to fit your room and you need to spend time getting the layout right and fitting them properly. He also had to pay for a stone mason to cut the stone to size and install the cooktop and sink. For the price it look good but you can really see the difference in qulaity between the Chinese and custom built kitchens. In the end it comes back to your budget. If you can affort a custom built kitchen go for it. You will get a far better job that fits perfectly. If you on a tight budget you can many the Chinese kitchens work. You will save alot of money if you can do all the work yourself. The cost really stack up if you have to pay for someone to install it, cut the stone and plumb it up. Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Chinese imported kitchen... Wanting some REAL buyer feed 4Apr 29, 2012 11:53 pm Formaldehyde. How many people could reliably tell if their breathing too much, and if you suspect something's amiss after it's installed how would you go about testing it, proving it and fixing it? One of the companies we got a quote from said Australia is behind Europe in this matter. I'd not be risking sourcing from somewhere which is even further behind world's best practice and has been in the news for other faults (formaldehyde in insulation batts in Australia, some other chemical which I don't remember offhand in drywall/plasterboard in the USA, fungicide in sofas in the UK, it's all been in the news so just google). Re: Chinese imported kitchen... Wanting some REAL buyer feed 5Apr 30, 2012 1:07 pm Hi Jeanyos, you may chose not to take on my opinion, as I do work for a company that manufacture kitchens. We do import a large amount of stock from oversas, in particulal European countries such as Austria, Germany and Italy. We have tried over the years to resist importing from China, simply for quality issue reasons. Like a lot of companies these days the resistance became too great and the cost was too attractive so we made the leap into importing a painted door from China. We soon had to pull the door off range due to several reasons - imperfections in the paint, batch matching (no two batches ever seemed to match in colour which is not great for warranty or later additions), bowing (after a period of time doors started to bow) but the worst issue faced was that some of the trades people working with this material broke out in a rash on their arms and legs when coming into contact with the dust after cutting. Also when you opened a cupboard door there also seemed to be a strong chemical smell (formaldehyde) which was not good. And this was after doing as much due diligence before importing these products as we could. Needless to say we pull the product asap. Sure we could import a product at less cost, then pass that onto customers, but at what cost. Things however may have improved. But I just wanted to share my experience on the subject. Hope this helps With 25 years kitchen experience and a passion for what I do, I have joined this forum to offer advice or at least my opinion on all things relevant to kitchens. I was a cabinetmaker by trade and am now a senior manager of a kitchen company. Re: Chinese imported kitchen... Wanting some REAL buyer feed 6Apr 30, 2012 7:06 pm Thanks for this real food for thought!! Making me stop and think. I am going to challenge the supplier to a Formaldehyde test kit in his workshop. This is a family business whos grandson plays in the office around this stuff all the time. Test kit and US processing/postage etc is about 200 but buying the kitchen from them saves me about 5 000. Would be good to have some real data. Not much in this responce. My suggestion is, what are you looking to build and why. This will all be impacted by the local councils planning scheme. 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