My home kitchen (Evobean's)

[Evostance]

It's all looking good and I'm sure you're pleased with all your hard work to get to this point.

However I do have to do the obligatory KFF but......

Is there a reason why you have opted for a magic corner rather than a Le Mans. Even Kessebohmer will privately state that they have no idea why people buy them when they could have a Le Mans.

It's not a big deal though and ultimately personal preference. I am impressed with your efforts and I'm looking forward to the finished pictures.

Thanks. It's taken a while, but we're extremely happy with the results, and I'm very relieved so far everything has actually fit the way I designed it. However, I'm pretty sure it would have turned out to be a bit different if I hadn't had the advice from everyone on here!

This is where my lack of experience means I make different judgement calls. I've seen loads of the Le Mans style corners in family/friends houses, show houses and kitchen stores.
What put us off was the fact that we they've always seemed to "sag" over time and rattle a lot more than the Magic Corner style ones, not to mention I've always thought the Le Mans style wasted a lot of space due to their kidney bean shape

This was also the concern of the 300 larder, however after reading online about the VS ones being very sturdy, I wasn't that concerned about it.

You lot have probably seen more of the Le Mans ones that me, and fitted them to know which are the decent makes etc. However since I'm not had the experience with them before, we didn't want to gamble £500, when we knew the VS Magic Corners were sturdy.

Hopefully that reads well, stonking headache at the moment!

[Daniel]

I don't fit magic corners as I think they are really clunky compared to the Le Mans system and once you load them up the doors sag over time.

I admire your perseverance Evostance and many non professional would not have made such a good job of it.

[Evostance]

I don't fit magic corners as I think they are really clunky compared to the Le Mans system and once you load them up the doors sag over time.

I admire your perseverance Evostance and many non professional would not have made such a good job of it.

Thanks, however we certainly wouldn't have been able to do it to this standard without the father in-law. There's been a lot of things you can only get from experience that I alone would have struggled with.

Yes, the door sag was something that had come to mind as I have no doubt that I'm going to have to re-align the doors again once they're loaded up!

[snezza]

I don't fit magic corners as I think they are really clunky compared to the Le Mans system and once you load them up the doors sag over time.

That's exactly the reason why we try and avoid supplying & fitting them as well.

I have been back to a good few Magic Corner's over the years to try and re-adjust them after the mechanism has started to sag, and its always just been a case of putting off the inevitable......complete failure.

Whereas, I can say in all honesty, I have never had to go back to a faulty Le-Mans unit.

[emo_luke]

I dont think I've ever had issues with the kessebohmet magic corners. Would fit any other brand, used to have to build the hafele things for a firm. Waste of space!!

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Just priced the quartz with my granite guy seems I'm being robbed!!! 3500 + vat for the dim grey

[Evostance]

So after a long hard slog, the worktops are in and we're basically there.

Just need the sparkies to do the plugs and lights, plumb the sink in and it's done. Very very happy

[chippy1970]

Looking good

[jonny round boy]

Just don't drop any beans on the worktop!

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I should also add, it does look very good. Well done!

And I've just been back & looked at the first page again - the render you did in SketchUp was spot on - almost a perfect match for the finished picture (although you do seem to be short one wall cupboard!):

[Daniel]

Only a few minor things I'm not massively keen on but overall a very good job.

You should rename your thread 'Evobeans kitchen'