{"id":27188,"date":"2026-09-07T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/guides\/made-to-measure-kitchen\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:32:44","slug":"made-to-measure-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/en\/guides\/made-to-measure-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Made-to-Measure Kitchen for Frankfurt: Planned to the Millimetre, Made for Your Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Ma\u00dfk\u00fcche, a made-to-measure kitchen, is a fitted kitchen made to the millimetre for your room instead of picked from a manufacturer&#8217;s grid.<\/strong> Last updated: October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list kk-1min\">\n<li>It needs no cover panels: a 3 to 5 mm clearance joint to the wall, full height to the ceiling.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>At Kolev an architect (AKH) plans it, from \u20ac14,999 incl. VAT, including planning, delivery and installation.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Most projects fall between \u20ac20,000 and \u20ac39,000. There is no surcharge for custom sizes.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>It is worth it the more your room departs from standard dimensions and the longer the kitchen should last.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/assets\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/images\/kuechensanierung-frankfurt-insel-raeuchernuss.jpg\" alt=\"Made-to-measure kitchen with cooking island in smoked walnut and a ceramic worktop, Frankfurt\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" loading=\"eager\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A made-to-measure kitchen follows the room: island, ceramic worktop, 3 to 5 mm of clearance to the wall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a made-to-measure kitchen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A made-to-measure kitchen is a fitted kitchen whose dimensions are made, not picked. A manufacturer&#8217;s range works in fixed grids, usually 30, 45, 60 and 90 cm wide and 56 to 60 cm deep. Where the grid does not fit the room, a cover panel makes up the difference. A made-to-measure kitchen has no such grid: carcass width, carcass depth, front height, working height and appliance positions are determined for your room and made individually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is a made-to-measure kitchen the same as a fitted kitchen?<\/strong> Colloquially yes, and both are fitted. The difference lies in where the dimensions come from. The &#8220;fitted kitchen&#8221; from a kitchen studio is almost always a modular kitchen: assembled from standard carcasses and adapted to the room with cover panels. A real made-to-measure kitchen has no grid that would need adapting. So the opposite of a made-to-measure kitchen is not the fitted kitchen but the modular kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And one more distinction: every Architektenk\u00fcche, the architect-designed kitchen, is a made-to-measure kitchen. Not every made-to-measure kitchen is an Architektenk\u00fcche. What the architect brings beyond the dimensions is covered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/en\/guides\/architect-designed-kitchen\/\">Architektenk\u00fcche<\/a> page. This page is about the dimensions themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/assets\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/images\/aufmass-axonometrie.jpg\" alt=\"3D survey axonometric with sloping ceiling and columns\" width=\"674\" height=\"675\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 3D site survey captures the slope before anything is made.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a made-to-measure kitchen does differently<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three situations where the grid loses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sloping ceiling.<\/strong> The wall cabinet from the range ends where the slope begins. The rest becomes a cover panel. A made-to-measure kitchen follows the slope with its own carcass right up to the last usable edge. The design starts from the knee wall, with about 60 cm of headroom above the worktop. Where no extractor hood fits under the slope, a hob extractor draws the air downwards.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>A window reveal 47 cm deep.<\/strong> The 60 cm grid carcass either blocks the window or stands away from the wall. In a made-to-measure kitchen the base cabinet gets the depth of the reveal, the worktop runs right into the window, and the corner is mitred, with no visible butt joint. In the <a href=\"\/en\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/\">renovation in Frankfurt<\/a> this is how the niche beside the window became an illuminated shelf in ceramic.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>A raised dishwasher.<\/strong> With its lower edge about 40 to 50 cm above the finished floor, there is no more bending to load and unload. The exact height is not set by a table but by the horizontal lines your kitchen has anyway: the division of the fronts below the worktop, the joint at the fridge. The appliance sits on that line, and the line runs through. I have also placed one directly above an oven, handleless, with continuous vertical recessed grip profiles in the fronts beside it. With grid modules, a spot like that produces a visible step or a cover panel cutting across the handleless look. In a made-to-measure kitchen it can be built, provided power and water for the second level are planned in before construction.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The layout follows the room too, not the catalogue: a single run for the narrow room, an L-shape for two walls, a U-shape for surface and storage, an island or open-plan kitchen-living space where 100 to 120 cm of circulation space remains all round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is actually made to measure: carcass width, depth and height \u00b7 front dimensions, not modules \u00b7 wall cabinets full height to the ceiling, with no dust gap and no cover panel \u00b7 drawer divisions based on what you actually own \u00b7 appliance positions and alignment \u00b7 working height and plinth height \u00b7 lighting, pre-wired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Made to measure also means height.<\/strong> A working height of 90 cm is the industry standard and suits only some people. The ergonomic rule of thumb: top of worktop = elbow height minus 10 to 15 cm. Separate heights for sink and hob sound good but in practice usually remain a compromise, because several people of different heights work in one kitchen. At Kolev the height is free: we set plinth and worktop heights freely, and carcasses and fronts are made to match. In a grid range there are carcass heights in steps and a plinth that makes up the rest. With us the plinth stays as low as ergonomics allows: your feet fit underneath, you stand close to the worktop, and the drawers gain the height, often around 5 cm, right through the whole kitchen. The right height is measured, not assumed. Surcharge for the right height: \u20ac0.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/assets\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/images\/kuechensanierung-frankfurt-nische-keramik.jpg\" alt=\"Base cabinet and ceramic worktop running into the window reveal, illuminated niche in ceramic and smoked walnut, Frankfurt\" width=\"382\" height=\"510\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The worktop runs right into the window, the niche becomes a shelf. No catalogue size.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Made-to-measure kitchen vs. kitchen studio kitchen: the comparison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two things &#8220;made to measure&#8221; can mean, and what each of them looks like in your kitchen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Approach<\/th>\n<th>Clearance to the wall<\/th>\n<th>Visible cover panels<\/th>\n<th>Basis for production<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Approach\">Industrial modules with cover panels (standard carcasses from series production, filler strips at wall and ceiling)<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Clearance to the wall\">A cover panel fills the rest<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Visible cover panels\">5 to 25 cm at each junction, dust gap or closing panel at the top<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Basis for production\">Manufacturer&#8217;s grid, differences made up with cover panels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Approach\"><strong>Real made-to-measure production (Kolev, and equally a good joinery workshop): every carcass made individually for the room<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Clearance to the wall\"><strong>3 to 5 mm joint<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Visible cover panels\"><strong>none, full height to the ceiling<\/strong><\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Basis for production\">3D site survey, workshop drawing, cutting list<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second row is not a Kolev invention. A good joiner or cabinet-maker who genuinely builds to measure works the same way at heart: survey in 3D, workshop drawing, every carcass made individually. If you find such a business near you, you are in good hands there. There are just not many left. There is a kitchen studio in every town, and they will happily install a modular kitchen for you. A business that makes every carcass individually for your room has become rare. What sets Kolev apart within this category is the combination: an architect (AKH) plans, the Manufaktur, our own production facility, builds, our own team installs, power, water and lighting are in the workshop drawing, and the price is fixed once the design is done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The specification behind it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Feature<\/th>\n<th>Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)<\/th>\n<th>Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Carcass dimensions<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">Every millimetre, made individually<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Grid 30\/45\/60\/90 cm, custom sizes usually at extra cost<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Clearance to the wall<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">3-5 mm joint<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Filler strip 5-25 cm where the grid does not fit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Finish at the ceiling<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">Full height, with no dust gap and no cover panel, at any ceiling height<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Usually ends below the ceiling, with a dust gap or wide closing panel above<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Worktop<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">Length and cut-outs from the site survey, flush-fitted<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Standard lengths, butt joint where the range ends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Trade coordination<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">Electrical, plumbing and lighting planned in by the architect<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Usually the customer&#8217;s job<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Replacement front years later<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">Workshop drawings archived, single front can be remade, as long as the finish is available<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Finish often discontinued after 5-8 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Delivery time<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">6-8 weeks from the 3D site survey to the fully installed kitchen; installation 3-5 days<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">Depends on the manufacturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-label=\"Feature\">Price from<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Made-to-measure kitchen (Kolev)\">\u20ac14,999 incl. 19% VAT, including planning, delivery and installation<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Kitchen studio kitchen (modular kitchen)\">According to suppliers from around \u20ac8,000 to \u20ac10,000, installation often charged by time and materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be fair: premium ranges also offer custom sizes at extra cost. At Kolev the custom dimension is the norm, not the exception with a surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- BILD 6 folgt: Tetris cabinet with pull-outs that follow the step in the wall -->\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tetris cabinet: every centimetre you have paid for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industrially made kitchens work in fixed grids. As long as a room is rectangular, that works out. With sloping ceilings, columns, niches or steps in the wall, dead volume appears: the standard modules reach as far as the last straight surface, and the rest is declared a cover panel. You have paid for the space but do not get it as storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"\/en\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/\">renovation in Frankfurt<\/a> we built the opposite, a cabinet we call the &#8220;Tetris cabinet&#8221; internally: pull-outs, drawers and compartments follow the geometry of the room with its step, not the standard size. Not a centimetre lost. What gets made is the plan, not the nearest standard size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/assets\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/images\/aufmass-grundriss.jpg\" alt=\"Survey floor plan with wall dimensions in millimetres\" width=\"1198\" height=\"726\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What gets made is the room, not the grid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How your made-to-measure kitchen comes about: the planning process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You set the pace: as many designs and variants as your kitchen needs, without time pressure and without a surcharge per design. Only the steps after your approval are fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1. First consultation.<\/strong> Free of charge, usually by video, 45 to 60 minutes, directly with the architect. Room, wishes, budget.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>2. Design and video offer.<\/strong> A first version as a photorealistic video, with appliances, materials and a written fixed price for production, appliances and installation. The offer is valid for three weeks. If you place the order within that period, the architect&#8217;s planning is included in the price.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>3. Detailed planning.<\/strong> Designs, changes, material sampling, for as long as it takes until the kitchen is final. If you change materials or appliances, you pay only the product difference.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>4. Trade coordination.<\/strong> We draw up the electrical, plumbing and lighting plan and coordinate it with your developer, electrician or plumber, so that every connection sits where the made-to-measure kitchen needs it. One point of contact is responsible for design, workshop drawings, production and installation.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>5. 3D site survey and approval.<\/strong> Once walls, ceiling and floor are prepared, your room is measured three-dimensionally and to the millimetre. Based on the real dimensions I finalise the workshop drawings. If the scope stays the same, the fixed price stays the same.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>6. Production and installation.<\/strong> We build in our own Manufaktur. From the 3D site survey to the fully installed kitchen it takes 6-8 weeks. The installation itself takes 3 to 5 days, by our own team in Germany, supervised by the architect. A day longer for the best result costs nothing extra.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/en\/guides\/kitchen-buying-guide\/\">Kitchen buying guide<\/a> shows which decisions lie ahead on the way to your made-to-measure kitchen and in what order they are made, from the services to the fronts: 35 decisions in 8 modules, each with a short answer and a number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/assets\/referenzen\/sanierung-frankfurt\/images\/kuechensanierung-frankfurt-geraetewand-grifflos.jpg\" alt=\"Appliance wall behind handleless fronts with continuous appliance alignment\" width=\"382\" height=\"510\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One front, three appliances, one line. Connections planned in advance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What a made-to-measure kitchen costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is there a price per metre?<\/strong> The market calculates that way, at around \u20ac600 to \u20ac2,500 per linear metre depending on the supplier. The figure does not hold up: appliances, worktop, wall cabinets and installation are charged separately, so &#8220;from \u20ac799 per metre&#8221; quickly becomes double that on the final invoice. That is why there is no price per metre at Kolev Architektenk\u00fcchen, but a fixed price after the design: what is in the offer is what is on the final invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A made-to-measure kitchen starts from <strong>\u20ac14,999<\/strong> incl. 19% VAT, including planning, delivery and installation. Most projects fall between <strong>\u20ac20,000 and \u20ac39,000<\/strong>. Special projects can go above that. There is no surcharge for custom sizes, because made to measure is the norm with us. The architect&#8217;s planning, worth \u20ac5,000, is included in the offer price if you place the order within the three-week validity of the offer; if an expired offer is taken up again later, it is charged as a separate line item. Brand appliances we pass on without our own markup, BORA, Quooker, Elica and K\u00fcppersbusch directly at architect partner terms. Not included is the final connection of power and water, which is carried out by a licensed trade contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The calculation in detail, with price tables and a cost calculator: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/en\/guides\/architect-designed-kitchen-cost\/\">What does an Architektenk\u00fcche cost?<\/a><\/strong> The figures there apply to the made-to-measure kitchen just the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials and appliances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What goes into every Kolev made-to-measure kitchen, regardless of budget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Carcass.<\/strong> Egger, 18 to 19 mm.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Fronts.<\/strong> Standard is Senosan Supermatt or Decospan Shinnoki (real wood veneer), always on an MDF carrier board, colour-stable and available for a long time. Lacquered fronts in hundreds of colours are available on request. The MDF carrier board has a reason, the 3 mm joint: chipboard moves with the humidity and warps minimally over the years. With an industrial joint pattern of 4 to 5 mm that goes unnoticed; at 3 mm it very much does not.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Fittings.<\/strong> Hettich, Kesseb\u00f6hmer, Blum. Full-extension drawers, soft-close.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Sink and tap.<\/strong> Blanco, included in every offer.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Light.<\/strong> Warm-white task lighting with a CRI (Ra) of 90 or more, pre-wired, not retrofitted.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each project you choose the <strong>worktop<\/strong> (ceramic, natural stone or compact laminate), cut to the site survey and flush-fitted, and the <strong>appliances<\/strong>. BORA, Quooker, Elica and K\u00fcppersbusch we source directly at architect partner terms. Gaggenau, Miele and Siemens we pass on without our own markup. The offer shows the RRP and the Kolev price side by side. Existing appliances in standard EU sizes we integrate as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When a made-to-measure kitchen is not worth it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honestly: not everyone needs a made-to-measure kitchen. If your room is rectangular, the walls are straight, the standard height of 90 cm suits you and your budget is below \u20ac14,999, a good kitchen studio will give you a solid kitchen. And if you are moving in two or three years, do the sums: a made-to-measure kitchen is built for this one room. Made to measure pays off where the room is difficult, where you are staying for a long time and where the kitchen is meant to still be repairable in 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Made-to-measure kitchens in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of our made-to-measure kitchens stand in Frankfurt am Main, the Vordertaunus and the Rhine-Main region: Bad Homburg, Kronberg, K\u00f6nigstein, Oberursel, Hofheim. In principle we plan and install throughout Germany, but selectively: mostly within about an hour&#8217;s drive of Frankfurt, and for a project that suits us further afield too, to Munich for example. The first consultation is usually by video. The site survey and installation take place at your home, production in our own Manufaktur. More about me and the Manufaktur: <a href=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/en\/about\/\">About us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- BILD 8 folgt: Rusi Kolev, architect, planning -->\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions about made-to-measure kitchens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a made-to-measure kitchen (Ma\u00dfk\u00fcche)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An individually planned fitted kitchen whose carcass, fronts, worktop and appliance positions are made to the millimetre for your specific room, instead of being picked from the fixed grid of a manufacturer&#8217;s range. At Kolev an architect (AKH) does the planning, from \u20ac14,999 incl. 19% VAT, including planning, delivery and installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the difference between a made-to-measure kitchen and an ordinary fitted kitchen?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colloquially the two are often treated as the same. In practice, a fitted kitchen from a kitchen studio is usually assembled from standard carcasses (30\/45\/60\/90 cm); filler strips of 5 to 25 cm make up the difference to the room. A real made-to-measure kitchen has no such grid: every carcass is made for the room, with 3 to 5 mm of clearance to the wall instead of a cover panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does a made-to-measure kitchen cost, and is there a price per metre?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no reliable price per metre: appliances, worktop, wall and base cabinets and installation are charged separately, so &#8220;from \u20ac799 per metre&#8221; quickly becomes double that. At Kolev a fixed price applies after the design: a made-to-measure kitchen starts from \u20ac14,999 incl. 19% VAT; most projects fall between \u20ac20,000 and \u20ac39,000. What is in the offer is what is on the final invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the architect&#8217;s planning included in the price?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, if you place the order within the three-week validity of the offer, the architect&#8217;s planning (worth \u20ac5,000) is included in the price. If an expired offer is taken up again later, it is charged as a separate line item. The first consultation is always free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is a made-to-measure kitchen worth it, or is a kitchen studio kitchen enough?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth it the more your room departs from standard dimensions (sloping ceiling, period building, niche, step in the wall) and the longer the kitchen is meant to last. For a rectangular standard room with a suitable height and a tight budget, a kitchen studio will also give you a solid kitchen. The difference pays off where the room is difficult or the kitchen is meant to still be repairable in 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I specify particular appliances, materials and the worktop?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, all appliances, fronts and the worktop are freely selectable. Brand appliances from BORA, Quooker, Elica and K\u00fcppersbusch we pass on directly at architect partner terms, appliances from Gaggenau, Miele and Siemens without our own markup. The worktop (ceramic, natural stone or compact laminate) is flush-fitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you also plan kitchens for sloping ceilings and period buildings with crooked walls?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, that is where a made-to-measure kitchen plays to its strength. Under a low sloping ceiling, made to measure is usually unavoidable; we plan the knee wall, the headroom and, where an extractor hood does not fit, a hob extractor that draws downwards. In a Frankfurt renovation we built a cabinet whose compartments follow the geometry of the room instead of the standard size: not a centimetre lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long does a made-to-measure kitchen take?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You help set the pace of the planning: as many designs and variants as your kitchen needs, without time pressure and without a surcharge per design. What comes after that is fixed: from the 3D site survey to the fully installed kitchen it takes 6-8 weeks; the installation itself takes 3 to 5 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are cover panels, and why does a Kolev made-to-measure kitchen have none?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover panels or filler strips are strips 5 to 25 cm wide that adapt the standard grid of an industrially made kitchen to the wall, visible between cabinet and wall, above the wall cabinets, at the worktop and in the internal corners where fronts meet. A made-to-measure kitchen made to the millimetre does not need them: a 3 to 5 mm clearance joint to the wall, full height to the ceiling, nothing else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens if a front is damaged years later?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workshop drawings for your kitchen are archived permanently, and our front materials are chosen for colour stability and long-term availability: a single front can be remade in the same size and profile, as long as the finish is available, and swapped in minutes. At a kitchen studio, a damaged front often means all new fronts, because the finish was discontinued after 5 to 8 years or a single reorder no longer matches in colour; a \u20ac200 repair then quickly becomes \u20ac3,000 for half the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next step: the first consultation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to know whether your room needs a made-to-measure kitchen or whether a kitchen from a manufacturer&#8217;s range will do, and what it costs, then let&#8217;s talk. In the first consultation we look at your room, your wishes and your budget, directly with the architect, 45 to 60 minutes, for Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region. <strong>Personal. Free of charge. No sales pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And a piece of advice no kitchen studio likes to give: get three offers and compare them. We are one of them. A hurried signature under sales pressure has never helped anyone get a good kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ask every supplier:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is your production tolerance, and how many filler strips or cover panels will be fitted in my kitchen?<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Are my carcasses produced in series or made individually for my room?<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Can you show me, on a reference project, the junction between cabinet and wall without a cover panel?<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Everything can be adapted exactly, no cover panels needed.&#8221; Jacqueline W. \u00b7 Frankfurt \u00b7 Google review, translated from the German<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"\/en\/start\/\">Book a first consultation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not there yet? The <strong><a href=\"\/en\/referenzen\/fuenf-denkfehler\/\">12 Kitchen-Buying Mistakes guide<\/a><\/strong> shows how to recognise &#8220;made to measure&#8221; without the measure, before you sign. And what the architect brings beyond the dimensions: <a href=\"https:\/\/kolev-kuechen.de\/en\/guides\/architect-designed-kitchen\/\">What is an Architektenk\u00fcche?<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Ma\u00dfk\u00fcche? A made-to-measure kitchen: built to the millimetre, 3 to 5 mm to the wall instead of a cover panel, full height to the ceiling. 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