February 16, 20251 yr Author 7 hours ago, Pocster said: Not heard of that … sounds cool and expensive though ! Yeah - nothing in materials and I don't have the exact breakdown, but adds about £500/slab in labour to achieve that finish. I wasn't aware that it existed until we saw it in a showroom in a very run down area.
February 16, 20251 yr 8 hours ago, Pocster said: What I did with all the appliances is get the seller to offer them all too me for free . So if you have 5k of appliances + vat but can’t claim the vat as it’s not allowed on them . Get the seller to add ‘free’ appliances . But increase the total cost by 5k+vat . Then you can claim the vat as technically the appliances were free . I thought the fitted appliances where VAT allowable - have I got that wrong?
February 16, 20251 yr Just now, MikeSharp01 said: I thought the fitted appliances where VAT allowable - have I got that wrong? Oh ! Not heard of that ! What defines ‘fitted ‘ ?????
February 16, 20251 yr Author From what I've been told - a freestanding appliance is not eligible for zero VAT. So an American style freestanding fridge/freezer would not qualify but integrated appliances would as they are 'built into the fabric' rather than just unplug and take it away types. Edited February 16, 20251 yr by Indy
February 16, 20251 yr 11 minutes ago, Indy said: From what I've been told - a freestanding appliance is not eligible for zero VAT. So an American style freestanding fridge/freezer would not qualify but integrated appliances would as they are 'built into the fabric' rather than just unplug and take it away types. I thought for example an oven isn’t eligible because it can be literally plug in and take away . Also I thought hobs weren’t but extractors were ( sometime ago so may have that wrong )
February 16, 20251 yr VAT A hob with a built in extractor in the hob is allowable, a hob only is not allowable, an extractor is allowable. an oven, washing machine, dryer etc not allowable an Aga type oven if it also heats water is allowable Having a plug or being hardwired doesn’t change anything. The whole ‘what is allowable?’ Can be looked up in the VAT guide. I wouldn’t rely on any logic.
February 17, 20251 yr 10 hours ago, Susie said: VAT A hob with a built in extractor in the hob is allowable, a hob only is not allowable, an extractor is allowable. an oven, washing machine, dryer etc not allowable an Aga type oven if it also heats water is allowable Having a plug or being hardwired doesn’t change anything. The whole ‘what is allowable?’ Can be looked up in the VAT guide. I wouldn’t rely on any logic. Therefore @Indy get those not allowables ‘free’ with the kitchen …
February 17, 20251 yr We used DiY online kitchens for the utility room and a Scottish based company for the main kitchen who manufacture the kitchens in Scotland (although they also do a German brand) There’s a definite quality difference between the DiY online kitchen and our main kitchen but it’s still pretty good. There was a problem with the finish on two of the doors which they replaced really quickly. We had a few difficult install problems with our main kitchen but because they built their own units it was easy enough to fix other than the delay. We did get a quote for a handmade kitchen and it was a similar price. Our main kitchen was £27k fitted including stone worktop, Quooker, sink, and all appliances. The DiY online kitchen was £2500 including a solid oak worktop, sink and taps. I fitted the utility room kitchen and the main kitchen supplier fitted that.
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