Who Fits Howdens Kitchens in Treforest?

For a rental the specification conversation matters more than the door colour. Solid fronts rather than thin foil wrapped ones, a hard wearing laminate worktop that can be replaced cheaply if it gets damaged, soft close hinges that survive being slammed, and an extractor that genuinely vents outside so the room does not sit damp. Cutting the spec on hinges and worktop is the false economy landlords regret two tenancies later. The other advantage of running a Howdens order through a trade account is what happens afterwards, because ranges stay available and replacement doors, hinges and handles can be ordered on the same account when a tenant damages something rather than becoming a search for a discontinued part.

Timing is the whole job here. Student tenancies around the campus mostly turn over across the summer, so the practical window is between the old tenants leaving and the new ones arriving, and that window fills up across the whole area at the same time. Because we book the Howdens delivery slot as well as the fitting week, we can line the two up rather than having a kitchen arrive four days after the fitters were due. Give us the dates early, confirm the range, and we will tell you honestly whether it is achievable rather than agreeing to something that will not land. A straight like for like swap in a small terrace kitchen with no replastering and no services moved can be around three to five working days, and it goes past a week as soon as the walls need replastering or the sink moves.

The houses themselves are late Victorian valley terrace built up a hillside, so expect a narrow back kitchen, a chimney breast eating into the run and floors that fall away towards the rear. Rear outshuts and later single skin extensions are common and are usually the coldest and dampest part of the house, and once the old units come off you can finally see what has been going on behind them. That is the point to deal with damp, insulation or rot rather than hanging new Howdens carcasses over the top of it. Out at Rhydyfelin, Glyntaff, Hawthorn and Tonteg the housing is more conventional and the fit is faster. We are about twenty minutes away, which makes this one of the closest areas we cover.

What is included

• Full Howdens range experience
• Trade depot coordination
• Precision unit fitting
• Integrated appliance setup

Fitting Howdens kitchens

Howdens sell trade only, so the account and the depot relationship sit with the fitter rather than the homeowner. That makes the depot coordination part of the job, from checking the plan and lead times to arranging the delivery slot and sorting any replacement parts. Howdens units come rigid and their ranges change, so we work from the current catalogue rather than assumptions.