IKEA kitchen quality and experiences?

4. Simple system, readily available. (20 min. drive to the nearest IKEA, most parts ready to take away immediately.

You also need a short drive, we went there three more times because something was missing

Please do not underestimate the construction... but there is no need to overestimate it.
For 3 cabinets including the sink, we needed an afternoon.

I find that the drawers at Ikea hold really well. The carcass is set up quickly, the door screwed on the front. But a few drawers take time. I think the fastest way to build is to systematically complete one step at a time. First all the carcass elements, then all the drawers (or someone else prepares them in a room), and so on...

We have a 3-meter Pax wardrobe and didn't have to make any extra trips. All the packages were complete and it was well planned beforehand anyway.

That's how the "professionals" who assembled our Ikea kitchen did it. There were three of them. Two only assembled the carcasses and drawers, one installed the kitchen. The quantity of packages and individual parts is the challenge.

So at the local kitchen studio (in the House of Crafts, you can tell right away^^) they were not at all uptight. When I asked for the price of X or Y the third or fourth time, he gave me his catalog, told me what margin he added on it, and that way I could figure out piece by piece whether this or that was worth the extra cost for me or not.

If your local kitchen builders are not so open, you can certainly use the IKEA price changes as a guideline. It's always about the same thing, the extra effort and the material need to be paid for.

What actually happens with a kitchen from a kitchen studio if a front breaks? Can you also get a replacement or are you out of luck then?

Best regards
Sabine