Appliance Budget Calculator

A new kitchen extension needs a fresh set of appliances, and the bill adds up faster than most homeowners expect. The core five (oven, hob, fridge-freezer, dishwasher, and extractor) typically run £2,000 – £8,000 as a supply-only package, before you add extras like a washing machine, wine fridge, or boiling water tap. Where you land inside that band depends almost entirely on brand tier.

This calculator turns that into a realistic number for your kitchen. Pick your brand tier, choose your hob type, tick the appliances you actually want, and the tool sums the supply cost and shows a range. It is a budgeting tool for early planning, not a quote, so use it to sanity-check a kitchen company's package price against what the same models cost direct.

How brand tier drives the total

The single biggest lever on your appliance budget is the tier you buy into. A mid-range single oven is £450 – £900 and a mid-range induction hob is £400 – £800, covering the Bosch, AEG, and Samsung models most extensions end up with. Drop to budget brands and each line falls; step up to premium Neff or Miele and it climbs, sometimes doubling. The calculator applies your chosen tier to every appliance at once, which is how real orders work: people rarely mix a budget oven with a premium fridge.

Hob type matters too. Induction is the default choice in new kitchen extensions, ceramic is a cheaper electric alternative, and gas needs a Gas Safe engineer to connect it plus adequate ventilation. The tool prices each hob type separately so you see the real difference before you commit.

What the estimate leaves out

Every figure here is supply only and before VAT. Getting the appliances working is separate: new circuits for the oven and hob are Part P notifiable work for your electrician, water supplies for the dishwasher and any boiling water tap are the plumber's job, and a gas hob is a legally required Gas Safe connection. Those connection charges are quoted by your trades and sit on top of the appliance budget, not inside it. Decide on every optional appliance before first fix starts, because each one needs a circuit, a water feed, or both, and retrofitting after the walls are plastered is far more expensive.

A worked example

Take a mid-range core kitchen: a built-in oven, an induction hob, an integrated fridge-freezer, an integrated dishwasher, and an extractor hood. At mid-range tier the oven is £450 – £900, the induction hob £400 – £800, the fridge-freezer £700 – £1,300, the dishwasher £450 – £900, and the extractor £300 – £600. The calculator adds those together and shows the combined range above, which lands comfortably inside the £2,000 – £8,000 package band.

Now add a mid-range boiling water tap at £1,000 – £1,500 and the total jumps by a meaningful chunk, and that single choice pulls in extra first-fix work for two trades. That is exactly the sort of decision this tool exists to make visible before you sign off the kitchen order. See appliance selection for how each choice ripples into your electrical and plumbing plan.