The hallway really gets to me.
I basically have nothing against an IKEA kitchen.
Except for minor details, I am very satisfied with ours.
Still, I don't really want to move such a kitchen because it consists of an enormous number of individual parts. The base cabinets (carcasses) at Ikea are not made in one piece like with other manufacturers, so these always suffer a bit more during a move than others.
As I said, this is our Ikea kitchen in high gloss white...
Only the handles were a bad choice.
They drive me crazy; I constantly catch everything on them.
Yes, that has changed meanwhile with handles etc.; moreover, you can take any handle you want here as well. We have already moved once and will do so again soon. The cabinets are no longer disassembled but transported as individual parts. I was really surprised how well that worked, but only by someone who works neatly. THAT is always a prerequisite with all trades. The carcass at comparable manufacturers is screwed together in the factory, but the noticeable result is probably hardly different; I don't think the carcass would be the problem. More likely if you just want something different or certain designs, sizes, etc.
What bothered us a lot with various kitchen suppliers was the lack of transparency, the jumping between price variants, hiding costs, etc. Kitchen construction is still deliberately kept opaque so that no one can compare anything.
It’s possible, there’s a book by two experts online about it, but it costs a lot of time. Therefore, Ikea works for me; we enjoy the design within this given framework and are often surprised by the result when we dare to combine it with other components.
But you can discuss kitchens back and forth endlessly and everyone is right or not; it has to fit individually.
Words like good, better, move, etc. are often used like phrases and at least for us do not match the experienced reality.