New kitchen cost in Ireland in 2026: real prices, itemised

27 August 2026 · Updated 21 September 2026 · The Home Upgrade Co.

Most Irish kitchen cost guides give you a range and nothing to check it against. This one gives you our own prices, the real totals from kitchens we have actually quoted, what those figures included, what they did not, and what a fitted kitchen works out at per metre. Every euro figure on this page is ours and every one of them includes VAT at 23 per cent, which is the rate we quote at.

How much does a new kitchen cost in Ireland in 2026?

A fitted kitchen from us starts at €12,000, and a typical family kitchen with a quartz worktop comes to €15,000 to €25,000, including VAT at 23 per cent.

Here is our price list, in full. It is short because it is a real one rather than an average taken across jobs that have nothing in common.

That range is ours and it is what we work to across Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow today. It is not an industry average and we have not copied it from anybody else's guide. We publish the starting figure on purpose, so you can decide before anyone calls out whether we suit your budget.

What have real kitchens from us actually come to?

Two kitchens we quoted in August 2026 came to €12,131.38 and €15,875.54, both including VAT at 23 per cent. Here is what was in each of them.

Published ranges are easy to write. Real quotes are harder to argue with, so these are two of ours, with the customers left out and the figures left exactly as they were issued.

The second quote is the one worth reading carefully, because it is the more complete specification and because of what it left out. It excluded removing the old kitchen, the skip, the electrical work, the plumbing, the tiling and the painting. So that customer was not looking at €15,875.54. She was looking at €15,875.54 plus a skip and three other trades, and all of it hers to organise. We now say that out loud in the covering message rather than leaving it in a footnote, and the section below sets out our own exclusions in plain words.

What does a fitted kitchen work out at per metre?

On the 7.33 metre kitchen above, €15,875.54 works out at roughly €2,165 per linear metre, fitted and including VAT at 23 per cent.

Per metre figures are useful for a sanity check and useless as a quote, so treat that number as what it is: arithmetic on one real kitchen of ours, not a rate card. It buys a run of made to measure units at full height, sprayed lacquer doors, a quartz worktop, soft close hardware, a sink and a tap, fitted. It does not buy appliances, tiling, flooring or any plumbing and electrical work.

Two things move a per metre figure hard. The first is height: taking units to 2450mm rather than stopping at a standard wall unit adds a lot of cabinetry per metre. The second is the worktop material. If a kitchen company gives you a per metre price, ask which of those two it assumes before you compare it with anything.

What do those prices look like before VAT?

Take 23 per cent off. Our €12,000 starting price is €9,756 before VAT, €15,000 is €12,195 and €25,000 is €20,325.

This matters when you are comparing quotes, because some Irish kitchen quotes are presented before VAT and some after, and a quote that looks cheaper often just has the VAT hidden below the line. We quote at 23 per cent and we show prices with the VAT already in them.

One question to ask every company you get a quote from: is this figure inclusive of VAT, and at what rate. If the answer takes more than a sentence, ask for it in writing.

What is included in the price of a kitchen from us?

Design, made to measure units, doors, worktop, soft close hardware, delivery, fitting by our own team and VAT. Appliances and moved services are priced as their own lines.

This is what sits inside our figure, so you can compare it with any other quote like for like.

What is not included, and what will you pay for separately?

Appliances, tiling, painting, flooring, and any plumbing or electrical work that moves services. Building work is a separate job with your builder.

This is the list most kitchen cost guides leave out, and it is the list that decides whether a quote you have been given is really the whole number. Ask every company for their version of it in writing.

The single most useful question you can ask any kitchen company is the third one: what is not included in this figure. It finds the gaps that a total never shows.

What specification is behind those prices?

The €15,875.54 kitchen above was built on 18mm melamine faced plywood carcases, 18mm MDF lacquer doors, a quartz worktop and DTC soft close hardware, with the sink, tap and five baskets in the number.

A total tells you nothing on its own. What follows is the actual specification from that quote, line by line, so you can hold it beside anything else you have been given. The common Irish kitchen carcase is 18mm melamine faced chipboard, so the board is the clearest difference and it is the part of a kitchen nobody ever sees until something goes wrong under a sink.

The same specification, explained part by part with what to compare each line against, is on our kitchen units and cabinets page. That is bespoke level specification at a mid range price, and it is the reason we publish the board and the hardware rather than a photograph. If a quote you are comparing does not name the carcase board, the door material, the worktop thickness and the hinge brand, it is not yet comparable with this one.

What are your kitchen carcases made from?

Our carcases are 18mm melamine faced plywood, faced both sides and E1 rated, with 9mm melamine plywood backs, where the common Irish standard is 18mm melamine faced chipboard.

What hinges and runners do you use as standard?

DTC soft close hinges and DTC undermount soft close drawers are our standard build, and Blum is an upgrade priced as its own line on your quote.

What should you ask any kitchen company before you sign?

Ask for the carcase board and thickness, the door material and finish, the worktop material and thickness, the hinge and runner brand, what is included, and what is excluded.

These six questions are the ones we can answer off our own quote, which is the only reason we publish them. Ask them of us too, and ask for the answers in writing rather than in a showroom conversation.

• What are the carcases made of, and how thick? Our answer is 18mm melamine faced plywood, E1 rated, faced both sides, with 9mm melamine plywood backs.
• What are the doors made of, and what is the finish? Ours are 18mm MDF with a single face flat lacquer, sprayed and oven cured. Laminate is the cheaper alternative.
• What is the worktop, and how thick is the slab? Ours is quartz, a 15mm slab worked to a 50mm edge look.
• What brand are the hinges and the drawer runners? Ours are DTC soft close hinges and DTC undermount soft close drawers, with Blum available as an upgrade.
• Are the sink, the tap and the internal baskets in the price? On the quote above they were, five baskets included. Get that confirmed either way.
• What is excluded from this figure? Ask for the full list. On the quote above it was the old kitchen, the skip, the electrical work, the plumbing, the tiling and the painting.

Two quotes answered that way can be compared honestly. Two totals cannot, and that is where most of the confusion about Irish kitchen prices comes from.

How much does the door finish change the price?

On one kitchen and utility we quoted twice in August 2026, laminate doors instead of sprayed lacquer brought the total down by €2,564.84.

The cheaper of the two was specified as 18mm melamine chipboard doors and carcases with the same quartz worktop, against sprayed lacquer on MDF with plywood carcases, so you can see exactly what the €2,564.84 bought. It is a real pair of quotes for the same room, same layout, with the board and the finish as the only change, so it is as clean a comparison as you will get. Sprayed and oven cured lacquer is the premium finish and it looks it. Laminate is the honest cheaper option and there is no shame in it. The room in question was a small kitchen with a utility run, below the size we take on now, so treat the €2,564.84 as the shape of the saving rather than a figure that will repeat on a bigger kitchen.

The one thing worth knowing about lacquer before you choose it: an edge can chip on a hard knock and it needs respraying rather than wiping. Laminate does not have that problem and does not have the depth of finish either.

What is the average price of a fully fitted kitchen in Ireland?

There is no useful average, because the figure blends flat pack kitchens and bespoke ones. Ours run from €12,000 to above €25,000 fitted, with VAT included.

An average taken across a small galley kitchen keeping its existing layout and a large open plan room with an island, a stone worktop and the sink moved to the other wall describes neither of them. It is the reason published Irish kitchen figures disagree so wildly: they are averaging different products and calling them the same thing.

What is comparable is a specification. Ask for the carcase board and thickness, the door material and finish, the worktop material, the hinge and runner brand, and whether fitting and VAT are in the number. Two quotes answered that way can be compared. Two totals cannot.

What is a realistic budget for a kitchen?

For a made to measure kitchen fitted by one team, budget €15,000 to €25,000 including VAT, plus a separate figure for appliances and the other trades.

The mistake people make is budgeting the kitchen and forgetting the rest of the room. If your layout moves, add the plumbing and electrical work. If the walls are being retiled and the floor is being replaced, those are their own numbers. If you are buying appliances, that is a budget you control separately and can spend almost anything on.

A sensible way to do it is to take our range for the kitchen itself, then write down the exclusions list above and put a figure beside each line that applies to you. That total is your real budget, and it is the number to plan around rather than the kitchen quote on its own.

Can you redo a kitchen for 20k?

Yes. €20,000 sits comfortably inside our €15,000 to €25,000 range and buys a full made to measure kitchen with a quartz worktop, fitted, including VAT.

At €20,000 you are not choosing between quality and getting it finished. Both of the real quotes above came in under that figure. What €20,000 will not stretch to is a very large open plan room with a big island, stone throughout, integrated appliances and a layout that moves the services, because that is where a kitchen goes above €25,000.

If €20,000 is your whole project budget rather than your kitchen budget, take the exclusions list above off it first. Appliances and three other trades can account for several thousand of it before a single unit is made.

What makes a kitchen look cheap?

Filler panels closing gaps, doors that do not line up, a thin worktop edge and visible joins. Almost all of it comes from standard units in a room that is not standard.

The giveaway in most Irish kitchens is the filler panel: a blank strip of board where a stock unit did not quite reach the wall or the chimney breast. It is not a finish problem, it is a sizing problem, and it is the direct result of buying units in fixed widths for a room that has none. A kitchen made to the measurements of your room turns that same space into a slim pull out or a full height press instead.

The other three are worth checking in any showroom display before you sign anything. Run your eye along the door gaps at the top of a run, look at the worktop edge in profile, and look for where two lengths of worktop meet. Those three details are where the difference between a cheap kitchen and a well made one is actually visible, and they do not photograph.

Why do kitchen quotes vary so much?

Because quotes include different things. Design, delivery, fitting, worktop templating, appliance housings and removal of the old kitchen appear in some and not others.

Two quotes for the same room can look thousands apart and describe entirely different jobs. One is supply only, leaving you to find a fitter. Another includes fitting but not the worktop. A third covers design, manufacture, delivery, installation and the finishing work with nothing left to arrange. Until you know what sits inside each number, comparing the totals tells you nothing at all.

Ask every company the same three questions: who actually fits it, what happens to the old kitchen, and what is not included in this figure. On our quotes the 3D design, manufacture to your measurements, delivery and full installation by our own installers are all in the one price, covering units, doors, worktops, splashbacks and appliance housings.

How do you reduce the cost of a kitchen without regretting it?

Keep the services where they are, and spend on what you touch daily rather than on moving things that already work.

The cheapest decision available to most people is also the least visible: leave the plumbing and electrics where they are. A layout that works already does not need moving, and the money saved buys a better worktop or better hinges, which you will notice every day for a decade.

After that, the door finish is the lever with the clearest number on it, as the €2,564.84 above shows. Trimming the carcase specification is the false economy: it saves less than you would think and it costs you the part that has to survive a wet sink cupboard for fifteen years. We compare the two most common worktop choices in quartz vs laminate worktops, and every material we fit is on our kitchen worktops page.

What does a kitchen renovation cost on top of the kitchen itself?

Anything structural, and any trade the kitchen does not include. Flooring, plastering, wall removal and rewiring are separate budgets from the kitchen.

A kitchen quote covers the kitchen. If your project also involves taking out a wall, replastering, new flooring throughout or a rewire, those are building costs that sit alongside it. People are often quoted for a kitchen and surprised by a renovation, or the reverse, and the two get blurred together in most published cost guides.

If your kitchen is part of a bigger job or an extension, bring the design in early. We can design from an architect's plans so the services go in the right place first time. The full sequence, stage by stage, is in our guide to what a kitchen renovation in Dublin actually involves.

How do you get a real number for your own kitchen?

Have the room measured and designed, then priced item by item. We do that on a free visit, and the quote lists every element separately.

The only figure worth planning around is one built from your actual room. Our design visit is free and available within 2 working days: we call out anywhere in Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow, measure the room, and your 3D design and complete itemised quote follow within a further 2 working days. You see the finished kitchen from every angle before anything is ordered, and the quote is yours to sit with for as long as you like.

There is no cost, no obligation and no chasing from us either way. If you go ahead, the kitchen is made to your measurements and fitted by our own team within 12 weeks of sign off, and the finished kitchen carries our 2 year warranty on wood products, written on your quote.

Questions people ask about kitchen costs

How much does a Home Upgrade Co kitchen cost?

Our kitchens start at €12,000 fitted, and a typical family kitchen with a quartz worktop comes to €15,000 to €25,000. Every figure we publish includes VAT at 23 per cent.

Are your kitchen prices including VAT?

Yes. Every euro figure on this page includes VAT at 23 per cent, which is the rate we quote at. If you are comparing us with a quote that is shown before VAT, add 23 per cent to it first.

Do you charge for a kitchen design or quote?

No. The design visit, the 3D design of your room and the itemised quote are all free, with no obligation to go ahead and no chasing afterwards.

How long does a new kitchen take from first visit to fitted?

The free design visit is available within 2 working days, your 3D design and itemised quote follow within a further 2 working days, and the kitchen is fitted within 12 weeks of sign off.

Is a new kitchen cheaper if you keep the same layout?

Yes, usually by a wide margin. Leaving the sink, hob and appliances where they are avoids plumbing and electrical work, which is the single biggest saving available on most kitchens.