Kelly_Allana

Thanks for the replies. I have told them I will pay it but at a time when I have a spare £16k. Suppose I'll just have to suck it up! I don't have any form of receipt to say that it's paid, just an email confirmation that they received the final payment. @newhome I'll ask them to amend the invoices as the VAT one is just that on its own.

Hi there, I'm really hoping someone can help me. We have received a 'forgotten' invoice for VAT on our kit. When we signed the contract, the wording said 'VAT is normally 0% on new builds'. Our invoices came in four stages, none of which mentioned VAT. Two months after having fully paid for the kit, we've now been told that they 'forgot' to charge us VAT and have issued us a bill for £16k. The reason they forgot is because they usually construct the kit but didn't with us so it was supply only which I'm now aware should have been subject to VAT but it was never mentioned in the paperwork / invoices so this large bill was totally unexpected. I'm aware that we can reclaim the VAT but that's quite a way down the line. I suppose my question is, do we have to pay this? Thanks

I have been kitchen shopping this week and had designs from both IKEA and Howdens. Howdens came in at about 40% more than IKEA and to be honest, I liked the feel of the IKEA units better, they felt better quality and I like the options they have with their hidden drawers etc. I can't comment on durability but they have a long warranty. With the Howdens sale, we'd have to take delivery of it next week and we're not quite ready for it yet.