Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

At Höffner, there are always lots of discounts on kitchens, and if you don’t like the price, the boss is always asked again if anything else can be done.

That immediately makes me think of buying a kitchen for our first house. At Segmüller, during a discount promotion, the kitchen salesperson told us, "You don’t even need to pay attention to the promotion, no matter what discounts we promise or not, in the end, you always end up paying the same." Then he went on a bit about the deception of the discount promotions and was happy that he’s close to retirement and doesn’t have to put up with this "nonsense" much longer.
Indeed, the kitchen should cost the same from the same manufacturer and appliances, even with discounts, as in the kitchen studio after we negotiated normally with them.

I also find the announced price increase credible. With our sofa, it was the case that prices increased twice a year. At first, we didn’t believe it and thought it was still too early overall, but before the 2nd increase last year, we ordered after all. This year, prices increased again.

25K for a kitchen? Do you really need that? I have to honestly ask. I would never want to put a "lower mid-range car" in my kitchen. After a few years, you don't like this or that anymore... In the end, you regret it. I think like . And a 15,000€ kitchen will do in the end, or does the price tag stay stuck on the kitchen for guests?

I understand that, but where do I get that 15k kitchen? We have now considered reducing storage space and buying a separate cupboard to save money. Otherwise, we need the L + island anyway, also for workspace. There is already quite little left of that. We have no fancy electrical appliances except the cooktop. That will be a Bora again, but my husband cooks daily and we don't want to do without that. The rest are mid-range things, in the previous kitchen it was Bosch, this time we planned with Siemens. Nothing special. And Nobilia is already the cheapest supplier among the big manufacturers? Below that there is only IKEA as far as I know, and IKEA's quality has strongly declined since they switched from Faktum to Metod, in my opinion. I had a Faktum kitchen for 10 years and was always quite satisfied. In the transitional house we now have Metod and it is so crappy, I wouldn't want that in my own home.

The car comparison fits quite well too. We'd rather take the 20k kitchen and keep the 4k used car. We are both full remote workers and therefore use our kitchen much more often than our car. :D

Good that everyone is allowed to decide for themselves ;)

Absolutely, but then don’t complain if it simply costs more.

I wasn’t complaining about the price in general, but about the price increase over the past years – which is the main topic of the thread.
We already ordered a comparable Nobilia kitchen with comparable appliances and exactly the same cooktop back in 2020 for under 20k, and this time it was estimated at 25k. That’s what I am talking about here.

The announced price increases I consider to be real. I don't like furniture stores with their discounts and moon markdowns. We have a kitchen studio that does not negotiate. Price and that's it. Additionally, good advice, good service.

The announced price increases seem realistic to me. I don't like furniture stores with their discounts and moon markdowns. We have a kitchen studio that doesn't negotiate. Price and that's it. Plus good advice, good service.

I like that. In 2020, we also told our kitchen studio planner that he could spare us the discount talk and that we were only interested in what the bottom line would be. Basically "what's the final price," just in a serious way. In direct comparison, almost all offers were nearly identical. We then bought where it was planned.

It bothers me that 2 people pay different amounts for the same product just because one is better. This is not an [arabian bazaar].