Kitchen planning - Impulse kitchen or not?

Good day everyone,

we are building a house with Allkauf Haus and are currently facing a difficult decision.

As is well known, most houses from Allkauf Haus include a kitchen in the price. This is a kitchen from the Impuls brand with Miele appliances.

We can have these planned via email or directly on site in Brilon (2 hours by car).

Key data: L-shaped kitchen (2500 x 2550) in IP1200 (i.e. lower price range), with Miele appliances excluding the extractor hood.

We already know that this would not be sufficient for us. Not least because we want a U-shaped kitchen. The decors in IP1200 will probably also have to give way to something a bit better. In addition, wall cabinets will probably be added.

Yesterday we were at Küchen-Staude in Hanover and had a kitchen planned according to our ideas.

Key data: kitchen from Culineo in U-shape (3200 x 2000 x 2000) fronts in vintage oak with countertop in lava stone look. With high-quality appliances worth about 7000 euros. The centerpiece is the extractor hood from Gutmann (This would also have to be purchased for the other kitchen).

Price in total: 12500 euros including measurement, assembly and connection (Not included in the other, so if you make mistakes there will be problems).

Now we are pondering what to do. Does anyone have realistic experience with kitchen planning at Impuls? Possibly even in the constellation like ours?

Phasing out the Impuls kitchen makes no sense, as we would not get anything credited for it. However, we could take the appliances and sell them individually. Then put the money into the dream kitchen.

Many thanks.

Impuls Küchen used to belong to ALNO, today it is part of the Steinhoff Group and is positioned more between entry-level and mid-range.

Culineo is not a kitchen manufacturer but a private label of the VME Einrichtungspartnerring, which in turn belongs to Wellmann. And Wellmann produces for ALNO in the mid-price segment.

The front you chose is probably from price group 1 plastic fronts with a melamine resin coating. In this respect, you are making no mistake with Culineo and have a solid kitchen.

I would still have the impulse planned like the Culineo (better fronts, U-shape with tall cabinets) and then compare the additional cost.

Culineo offers body heights up to 78 in the 6-grid system, Impuls up to 72.2 in the 5-grid system. So a clear gain in storage space.

Yes, of course – taking all the pros and cons into account. But just ignoring the "geschenkte" kitchen is also dumb – I think it’s easier to let it go when you see in black and white that the "geschenkte" kitchen, planned as desired, still ends up costing as much as the Culineo.

Oh, is it actually always the case with houses like those from [Allkauf Haus] that kitchens are included? I don't want to assume anything if that's the case, but I could imagine that they don't necessarily install high-quality kitchens and you still have to pay quite a bit, or am I mistaken?