Can I get this made cheaper?

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I want to have floor to ceiling cupboard built at the end of a room.
The cost of making will be too expensive. An alternative will be to buy from Ikea.
Won't be floor to ceiling - but I would live with that.

The basic shell costs £40.
Just wondering if I could get from elsewhere?

The item comes with doors and shelves that will fit exactly.
So I guess it would be a good idea to get all from Ikea?
I thought I would ask anyway.

See below for a pic.

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IKEA is often one of the cheapest furniture suppliers. As John says, £40 is like a budgie...
 
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Thanks guys.
Mind made up.
I'll go with Ikea.
 
looks very nice, but for the DIYer who is slow and clumsy and doesn't own the suitable tools, that Ikea price is a cracker.
 
"Can I get this made cheaper?"
actually saddens me a bit
if we assume all materials are free this will take a skilled man years off training with loads off specialist tools will take between perhaps 90 mins and 130mins so valuing his skills at between £16-£26 an hour ???
with material costs thats perhaps -£2 to -£ 6 an hour :(
 
@foxhole Looks awesome. :)

@JohnD I wouldn't admit to being clumsy... but slow as I'm not a carpenter!

@big-all Well said. I actually agree with you. We should all look out for each other.
I can do 98% of the work. If it was cheaper to buy wood separately and make the box... I would consider rolling up my sleeves and making.
In this case... Ikea is hard to beat.
 
OM2 said:
If it was cheaper to buy wood separately and make the box... I would consider rolling up my sleeves and making.
In this case... Ikea is hard to beat.
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When I had a workshop I used to get one or two calls s month from people who'd seen something at IKEA (or Habitat - it was a while ago) but who wanted the same style in a bespoke size. I rarely met anyone who understood why it would cost them more, not less, to have s bespoke item made

@big-all I think your price conceptions are a bit askew. Currently agencies in the north west and Yorkshire are paying £16 to £19/hour for site carpenters and maybe a couple of pounds less for trained experienced bench joiners. Even for a self-employed guy with a small workshop, by the time you put on the overheads (vehicle expenses, phone, rent, rates, insurances, electricity, heating, tool maintenance repair and renewal, holiday pay, sick pay, pension, congestion charging, parking fees, time "lost" dealing with quotes and going to suppliers, etc) that probably translates to more like £35 to £45/hour charge rate (depending on location) for him to earn £15 or so/hour before tax and NI. If you are charging customers £20 an hour (and you are dropping 1/2 to 1 day a week whilst you go to the timber yard, deal with paperwork, etc - and there isn't always 40 hours worth of work available in a week), then you are hardly earning a king's ransom considering the risks in being self employed

I'm not saying everyone is on a pittance, but there are enough stories I've heard from tradesmen who've (almost) gone under because they undercharged to make anyone think twice about doing it
 
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Doesn't big-all mean that that's what someonoe would theoretically have to earn in order to make this unit for £40? Which is obviously impracticable.
 
IKEA are the masters at mass production of reasonable looking cheap furniture. Always serviceable. That unit for instance looks nice and solid, but never consider cutting in to the top or base - they are a thin skin over a cardboard mesh core - I know because I tried to shorten a unit once....
 
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