How Much Does a New Kitchen Cost in Mallorca?
Key takeaways
- Cabinetry is the largest line and the widest range: standard fitted, premium fitted and bespoke are three different purchases.
- The worktop is second, priced by material and by the metre; an island moves it more than a big room does.
- Keeping the layout is the single biggest saving in most renovations.
- On Mallorca, delivery by sea and access to the room are lines a mainland guide never has.
Ask three companies to price the same kitchen and the figures will differ. Ask what each one priced and the differences usually explain themselves: one assumed a standard range and a laminate top, one a premium range and quartz, one left the electrical work to somebody else. The cost of a kitchen on Mallorca is not a number. It is a set of decisions, and this is the order they are made in.
Cabinetry: the largest line, the widest range
Cabinetry is usually the biggest single cost in a kitchen and the one that varies most. A standard fitted range is assembled from a manufacturer’s sizes and fronts and fitted to the room. A premium fitted range uses the same idea with thicker fronts, better hinges and runners, drawers instead of doors and more choice of finish. A bespoke kitchen is made to the room, every cabinet sized to its wall, in materials chosen rather than picked.
Those are three different purchases, and the level is the first decision to make before asking for prices, because a quote for one cannot be compared with a quote for another. The cabinetry page sets out what the levels differ by.
The worktop, and why the island changes it
The worktop is the second line, and it is priced by the material and by the metre. A large open-plan kitchen with an island has a great deal more worktop than a galley, and a waterfall end on the island is more of the same slab. Marble, quartz, porcelain, granite, sintered stone and microcement each sit at a different point, and the worktop hub compares them.
On Mallorca the slab has to reach the island and then the room. A worktop that comes in one piece up a village stair or along a finca track is a question for the survey, and a slab that cannot make the turn is cut in two, which changes both the design and the price.
The work nobody photographs
- Removing the old kitchen and disposing of it
- Moving water, waste and power if the layout changes
- Upgrading the electrical supply for an induction hob, a double oven and a large fridge
- Plastering, tiling and flooring where the old kitchen was
- Extraction, and the route to an outside wall
- Making good and the snagging afterwards
In an older Mallorca property this is where the surprises live: stone walls, drainage that runs where nobody documented it, and a supply sized for a different decade. It is priced by the company that has seen the room, which is why a quote written from a showroom conversation and one written after a survey can be far apart for the same kitchen.
Keep the layout, and save the most
Keeping the sink, the hob and the drainage where they are avoids most of the work above. It is the single biggest saving in most renovations, and the honest way to decide is to ask for the kitchen priced both ways. The difference is real information, and it is cheap to get before anything is ordered.
The variables, in the order they are decided
| Decision | What it moves |
|---|---|
| Project type | A full renovation, a new kitchen in a finished shell, a cabinet replacement or a bespoke kitchen each start from a different amount of work. |
| Size | The run of units and the metres of worktop, not the room. An island is size. |
| Cabinetry level | Standard fitted, premium fitted, bespoke. The largest multiplier. |
| Worktop | Material by the metre, interacting with size. |
| Scope | Appliances, electrical work, plumbing changes, flooring, lighting: each a yes or a no. |
| Finish | Standard, premium, high-end. It reaches fronts, handles, edges, taps and light. |
Why there is no figure on this page yet
A figure that is not yours is worse than none. The indicative ranges for a kitchen on the island are built from published market rates and they arrive on the cost guide with the calculator that produces them, once those rates have been researched for kitchens. Until then, the variables above are what every quote you receive will have been built from, and the way to a figure that is yours is one written brief sent to several companies.
What is the biggest cost in a new kitchen?
Cabinetry, and it is also the widest range: standard fitted, premium fitted and bespoke are three different purchases. The worktop is usually second, priced by material and by the metre.
Is a kitchen more expensive on Mallorca than on the mainland?
The materials are largely the same and reach the island by sea, which adds delivery and lead time rather than a different price list. Access to the room and the state of older buildings are the island variables that move a quote.
How do I get a figure for my kitchen?
Write one brief – the room, the layout decision, the cabinetry level, the worktop preference, the scope, the timing – and send it to several companies. The quotes describe the same kitchen, and the differences that remain are real.
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