Brooklands Journal

Shaker, Slab or Handleless: Which Kitchen Works Best for Developments?

An honest comparison of shaker, slab and handleless doors for property projects: cleaning, wear, buyer appeal, how each photographs, and how to run one style across several tiers.

How to Measure a Kitchen Before Requesting a Quote

Most slow kitchen quotations are caused by incomplete measurements. This is the step-by-step routine: what to take, how to record walls, services and ceilings, and how to write it up...

Kitchen Refurbishment Planning for Buy-to-Let Properties

A buy-to-let kitchen refurbishment is a scheduling problem before it is a specification problem. Here is how to plan one around a void, decide between a full replacement and a...

How to Choose Kitchens for a Multi-Unit Development

How to specify kitchens across a development: one cabinet platform, finish tiers by plot type, quantity schedules that survive a design change, and delivery phased against the build programme.

Planning Kitchen Deliveries Across a Phased Development

On a phased development, a kitchen arriving early is as expensive as one arriving late. How to tie deliveries to plot handover, plan access and check what arrives.

Choosing Worktops for Rental and Development Kitchens

Laminate is the sensible worktop for project work, but the details decide whether it looks right in three years. Postformed or square-edged, decor choices, planning run lengths in boards rather...