I'm considering having a new kitchen fitted. A chap who's done some carpentry work for me before has offered to supply and fit a Howdens kitchen at 'cost' plus VAT and his (fixed) fee for installation.
I supplied the details of the kitchen and he came back from Howdens with a quote. At the same time I ran the same kitchen (I think - different name, same units, doors and worktop) through the MFI website and, much to my surprise, the MFI stuff came in ~15% cheaper.
I can't imagine he'd add something on to the price himself. We talked this through and he thinks I should now go with MFI if that's cheaper for me. He even offered to do it for the same money despite now having to build the flatpacks.
So, are the Howdens carcasses of a better quality? I always thought it was exactly the same stuff, so why should it be dearer?