Schedule of work for kitchen fitting

Hi, great website, hope someone can

enlighten me here.

We have bought a kitchen from Ikea and arranged through them to have it fitted. They put us in touch

with one organisation but it turns out they subcontract to another. So from the word go I wasn’t entirely happy, as I would

have preferred a single point of contact.

Anyway, the guys turned up on Monday and were clueless about what to do so I

am now concerned they are botching it.

The work we are having done is as follows, and this is the order I believe it

should be being done in:

1) Removal of old kitchen and tiles
2) Lowering of ceiling for spotlights and

skimming
3) Removal of floor tiles and cement and levelling of floor
4) Moving existing plumbing to accommodate new sink

position and removal of radiator to replace with plinth heater
5) Replaster all walls and make good
6) Installation of

new kitchen
7) Install and plumb in appliances
Screed and fit new Karndean floor
9) Paint walls
10) Fit tiles

and splashbacks and seal

Job done!

The order it is happening seems to be as follows:

1) Removal of old

kitchen and tiles: Done
2) Lowering of ceiling for spotlights and skimming: Done
3) Removal of floor tiles and cement

and levelling of floor: Tiles are up but there is still a lot of cement on the floor. They are saying that’s OK
4) Moving

existing plumbing to accommodate new sink position and removal of radiator to replace with plinth heater: Done
5) Replaster

all walls and make good: Not done – they are saying this is done after installation. Is that right?
6) Installation of new

kitchen
7) Install and plumb in appliances
Screed and fit new Karndean floor: Again problem with the floor. I am not

convinced that the floor shouldn’t be level before fitting the kitchen. I agree that a bit of screeding will be needed for

the Karndean but the floor must be roughly level, surely?
9) Paint walls
10) Fit tiles and splashbacks and

seal

So my main concerns are:

1) They are saying that it doesn’t matter if the kitchen is installed on an

uneven floor. I know the units have telescopic legs but I have a vision of these being cemented into the floor with screeding,

as there is about 1/2cm of cement on the floor still!
2) Should all the walls etc. be made good AFTER installation? I would

have though it would have made much more sense to do it before. I suppose there is less area to cover afterwards but won’t it

be difficult to get it neatly rendered up to the wall units etc.?

Sorry if some of this sounds a bit paranoid. I feel

it will all come good but would just like some peace of mind and some expert advice.

Thanks,

Robert