Joanne and Ian wanted to change the downstairs of there house. They had a through lounge-dining room, with a door between the conservatory and the dining room. The plan was to put back the wall between the lounge and the dining room, create a kitchen in the dining room, and remove the walls between the old dining room and the conservatory.

We used concrete blocks to block up the wall between the lounge and the dining room, creating much better soundproofing than stud work. The sink is now against the lounge wall: one of the key points in doing this was to find a route for the waste pipe. I could see there was a drain at the front of the house so we ran the waste under the floor. We also blocked up two doorways moved two radiators and fitted a new door opening into the lounge. The new kitchen has plenty of storage so not many wall units were required. We were able to make a feature of the wall above the units by fitting illuminated glass shelves - this gave Joanne the opportunity to display some antique glasses.

You can see in the before picture the two walls which came down, the breakfast bar is now where the walls used to be. This involved engineers calculations and drawings and the fitting of three huge pieces of steel, work like this has to be done slowly and thoughtfully. We are fully insured to carry out work like this, but more important than that is our experience in doing the job right. We opened up the chimney to fit a range style cooker, thus giving the room a feature and utilises the chimney to remove any steam and cooking smells. We installed an instant hot water tap - the customers feed back is 'how did we live without it?'
Lighting had to be right on this kitchen we have used an array of lighting including, plinth lights, under unit lights, internal unit lights, spot lights in the ceiling wall lights in the conservatory and illuminated glass shelf lighting.

"We had seen a few kitchen companies for quotes but didn't feel at ease with them as we did with Alan and Ian and for the work that needed to be done they really are value for money. I would recommend Bury Kitchens to anyone"    Joanne & Ian, Bury.

We were referred to Jon and Elaine by a plumber who we use. He said "I have a customer who I have just fitted a boiler for they would like a new kitchen with lots more storage, but they also want a new back door, a new window and they want a company who can do everything".

We designed a no fuss high gloss oak kitchen with maximum pull out storage and drawers. We also went with a new double oven and integrated microwave, integrated fridge freezer, integrated dishwasher and an integrated washing machine.

The stairs came through the ceiling at one end so we customised units to allow for this. Along with all the electrics, tiling, joinery and window fitting service we also arranged a painter to paint the newly plastered room.

I can't believe how much extra storage we have, my wife has been out to buy extra stuff just so we can fill the cupboards, Thanks to Ian and Alan for doing everything we asked for and more.

Jon and Elaine.

Mike and Lisa searched Google for kitchen fitters in the Chorley area, www.chorleykitchens.co.uk came up 1st and they gave Alan a call. Two days later Alan had visited there home and discussed their needs. Mike and Lisa were looking to remove a wall to make a kitchen diner.

A survey was then carried out by Ian and during this further work was discussed, which included plastering all the textured ceilings downstairs, fit a laminate floor from the front door, into the office and through to the dining kitchen and also replace the downstairs toilet suite. All this was carried out within the scheduled time and along with the striking black gloss kitchen. Mike wanted to keep the radiator in the dining area so we made units to the breakfast bar height. Kitchen includes, integrated appliances, wall lights and plinth lights.

This kitchen also features a splash back and no tiles. ‘From start to finish we have been impressed with ‘chorleykitchens’ everything we asked for and more was carried out without hesitation, Adam the fitter deserves a particular mention as his enthusiasm and eye to detail was second to none.'
Thanks again  Mike and Lisa Chorley

This stunning development was one of those jobs where you really felt you had made a difference. The work involved in transforming this kitchen is now all forgotten as the end product is now being enjoyed. To get to the original kitchen you had to walk down a corridor which made it seem detached from the rest of the house. Ian's idea was to remove the wall between the kitchen and the dining room but still retain the utility/boiler room at the end. This resulted in fitting new door and windows, raising the roof and fitting a new Velux window, vaulting the ceiling, pointing the outside. We also tiled the floor through even though they were different levels the joiner and tiler were able to fit the floor level, all the paperwork was taken care of including building regulation approval. The clean design of the maple kitchen gives the room enough light to flood through to the now 'internal' dining room. We also used many pull out units, drawers and tall wall units to get the most storage.

"We got in touch with Alan and Ian through their website, Ian came up with the idea to remove the wall and raise the roof in the kitchen, it was something we had thought about in the past but dismissed as we thought it would be too expensive. We discussed the idea with friends but we were still apprehensive about going ahead with the job, Alan and Ian came back to us with a price, not without visiting the site 3 or 4 times. They assured us the job was worth doing and would make a massive difference to the house. All we can say is they were right, Thanks again"

Tom and Cath.

Nutkin Lodge is a holiday cottage in the lake district. The current owners bought the property a few years ago but have been worried about doing any work on the structure.
They wanted an apartment style feel to the place, when on holiday they all want to be in the same room at the same time. Roscoes, removed two walls, carpet, curtains and the old kitchen. We then plastered the room (to get rid of the artex). Fitted new solid wood floor with built in Floor mats, wall to wall. Supplied and fitted new solid oak kitchen, oven, hob, And extractor, Franke glass/stainless steel sink, integrated fridge, integrated dishwasher and pull out magic corner with the help of Bury Kitchens.
Carried out all electric work including new storage heaters. Built a mock chimney to house electric fire. Fitted wall mounted TV, with secret power supply for DVD (no cables on show) Decorated the whole room.

"We had been looking at a few kitchen companies, but no one would build the 'mock' chimney to house a range cooker. Then we contacted Bury Kitchens.  Alan came to see us to discuss our needs, nothing was to much trouble. They even sourced a 300 year old oak beam to go with the character of the house. We had removed a wall ourselves, the floors between the two rooms were different levels, Ian Roscoe and his team tiled the floor in the kitchen to bring the two floors level and refinished the wood floor in the dining area. We had chosen a solid oak kitchen with smart stone worktops, new range cooker, double Belfast sink, Microwave integrated in a wall unit, but we wanted to reuse our Fridge, Washing Machine and Dishwasher. Roscoes did the electrics, plastering, plumbing, tiling, Kitchen fitting, Smartstone worktop installing, sanded and oiled the floor, and finished of other joinery in the Kitchen. One other point, whilst Ian and Adam were doing the kitchen an old wardrobe door had come off, Adam refitted this without charging. Thanks to all involved with our new kitchen, WE LOVE IT."

Gareth and Sarah, Greenmount. Bury.