Kitchen renovation in Kildare: 2026 costs
We checked 71 Irish kitchen companies and only 34 publish a price at all. 1 of them is in Kildare, with fitted kitchens starting at €30,000, against an Ireland median starting price of €13,000 for a fitted kitchen. Here is what each one actually covers, because the headline number and the finished kitchen are rarely the same thing.
Get your kitchen priced →Kildare homes in numbers
Households and tenure: CSO Census 2022, table F2016B. Year built and flats: CSO Census 2022 Small Area Population Statistics (year built includes “not stated” in the total). New homes: CSO NDQ06, the four quarters of 2025. Shares are our own arithmetic on the CSO counts. Read 30 October 2026.
What changes the job in Kildare
28.2% of Kildare homes were built before 1981, below the 40.7% across Ireland. If the layout changes in an older house, the sink, sockets and extractor move with it, and that is plumbing and electrical work. TradesmenIreland puts moving the sink, cooker, extractor, sockets or lighting at €1,000 to €4,000 extra (it does not say whether VAT is included), and most published kitchen prices leave it out: Shalford's “from around €30,000” excludes plumbing, electrical and tiling. Ask for that work to be priced in the same quote.
27.6% of Kildare homes were built between 2001 and 2010 (Ireland: 24.5%), so a kitchen fitted when the house was new is now 16 to 25 years old. Where the carcases are sound, price a respray (published at €700 to €4,500 in Ireland) or new doors before a full replacement. Remodel or refresh sets out the choice.
2,174 new homes were finished in Kildare in 2025, 178 of them one-off houses. A new house has no old kitchen to strip out, which one company prices at €300 to €800 where there is one. 71.4% of Kildare households own their home (Ireland: 65.9%).
Kildare companies that publish a price
Design, custom cabinetry and installation. EXCLUDES worktops, splashbacks, appliances, plumbing, electrical, flooring, tiling and structural work.
The "from around €30,000" headline buys cabinetry and fitting only. The exclusion list is longer than the inclusion list.
Prices as published on each company's own website, checked between September and November 2026. Companies change prices without notice, so always confirm directly. We are not affiliated with any company listed.
The median published starting price for a fitted kitchen in Ireland is €13,000, across the 15 companies that publish one (checked 1 November 2026). Their starting prices run from €5,000 to €40,000, and the top one is 8 times the bottom one, which is why a single quote tells you almost nothing on its own. Every published price.
Questions people in Kildare ask
How much does a new kitchen cost in Kildare?
1 Kildare company publishes a price, and fitted kitchens start from €30,000. Across Ireland, the 15 kitchen companies that publish a fitted-kitchen starting price range from €5,000 to €40,000, with a median of €13,000 (checked 1 November 2026). The number that matters is not the headline. It is what the headline covers.
How old are the homes in Kildare, and does it matter for a new kitchen?
Census 2022 counted 82,543 households in Kildare. 28.2% of the homes were built before 1981 and 27.6% between 2001 and 2010 (Ireland: 40.7% and 24.5%). Age matters when the layout changes: moving a sink, sockets or an extractor is plumbing and electrical work, which most published kitchen prices exclude. In a house built in the 2000s with sound carcases, a respray or new doors is worth pricing before a full new kitchen.
Why are the advertised prices so misleading?
Because most "from" prices buy far less than people assume. Kitchens4U advertises from €3,935, and that is cabinets only, excluding worktops, sink, tap, extractor, appliances, handles, shelves, delivery and installation. Shalford's "from around €30,000" covers cabinetry and fitting but not worktops, splashbacks, appliances, plumbing, electrical, flooring or tiling. Spray Painter Ireland advertises doors from €49 while its own price table says €59 plus 13.5% VAT, a real price of €66.92. Always ask what is excluded before you compare two quotes.
What should a fitted kitchen price actually include?
Ask specifically about seven things: carcases, doors and fronts, worktops, handles, sink and tap, appliances, and installation. Some quotes include all seven, most include three or four. Rip-out and disposal of the old kitchen is usually extra: one company publishes €300 to €800 for it. Plumbing, electrical and tiling are almost always priced separately.
Do kitchen companies give a guarantee?
Some do, and it is published more readily than price. The longest we found are B&Q Ireland and IKEA's METOD range at 25 years, then Barry & Byrne at 15 and DWK at 10. IKEA is the clearest warning: 25 years on METOD but only 5 on KNOXHULT, the cheap range that carries the headline price. Kitchenworktops.ie gives a one-year default granite guarantee with ten years only as a paid extra.
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Sources (3)
Prices on this page were read on these published pages. We are not connected to these businesses.
- Shalford Kitchens: shalford.ie
- TradesmenIreland (moving services): tradesmen-ireland.ie
- Kitchen & Bedroom Perfect: kitchenandbedroomperfect.ie
