IKEA Installer is Building its Name One Kitchen at a Time

How a brand new cupboard set up collaborative helps IKEA clients get a professional-style IKEA kitchen

Earlier than starting your DIY IKEA kitchen undertaking, preserve one factor in thoughts: Even essentially the most skilled IKEA clients elect to rent skilled installers as an alternative of making an attempt to assemble and set up their IKEA cupboards themselves. Why’s that? It’s not essentially a mirrored image in your set up expertise. It could be as a consequence of an absence of time (individuals work and households are busy); prior poor experiences making an attempt a DIY (it may need taken longer than hoped or (gasp!) there have been points with the measurements); or maybe an absence of certified IKEA cupboard installers are in your space. Or possibly, merely put, assembling, and putting in IKEA cupboards is finest left for the professionals.

Enter MPI, a collaborative of certified IKEA kitchen cupboard installers constructed to serve clients with high quality craftsmanship and caring service.” With a number of areas (together with Miami, FL; Austin, TX and Houston, TX) the corporate covers all of Florida, Texas, Georgia, New York and Southern California. It additionally leaves them well-positioned for future development and extra importantly, to succeed in extra IKEA clients across the nation in want {of professional} set up companies.

“There’s a niche out there proper now for a high quality service at scale. We wish to be the gold normal for an IKEA set up in america: Straightforward to search out, straightforward to work with, straightforward to belief and supply high quality work. We all know there’s a necessity and can turn into identified if we simply concentrate on clients one set up at a time,” says accomplice Josh Abel.

Josh is certainly one of three companions at MPI (together with a Danish grasp carpenter who’s the previous founding father of Traemand Set up Providers, in addition to a licensed basic contractor and architect who has been operating IKEA installations in Florida for practically 15 years). He notes that the companions include quite a lot of expertise with IKEA merchandise, having been putting in IKEA kitchens within the U.S. for practically 30 years for numerous different corporations.

The typical kitchen dimension put in by MPI varies primarily based on the place the undertaking is situated all through the U.S. and there’s no dimension or different room that his firm received’t do. The minimal set up worth is $750. “Every set up is completely different, they usually all get the identical consideration and respect,” Josh factors out. He provides that some jobs equate to lower than the ($750) minimal and the corporate will generally make an exceptions.

Let’s see how MPI can work on your IKEA kitchen!

Collaboration and High quality

The main focus at MPI is on the meeting and set up of IKEA cupboards and laminate or butcher block counter tops. A few of MPI’s installers supply demolition and different reworking companies.

“The working mannequin is that we’re out discovering clients which have a necessity — a really particular want that we’re very conversant in. Our fundamental mission is to assist with their IKEA kitchen course of and set up. On the opposite facet, we work with a choose group of installers who know all of the ins and outs of IKEA installations and align with our values. We genuinely care, may be trusted, security is prioritized and we’re gifted,” Josh explains.

Presently, the corporate has just a few set up groups out there in every of the areas (Miami, FL; Houston, TX and Austin, TX) that MPI serves and MPI will do nicely over a thousand installations in its first full 12 months of operation.

In case you’re questioning, sure, the corporate is open to putting in customized cupboards from third- social gathering customized cupboard producers (comparable to Semihandmade, Reform, Kokeena, and Scherr’s) however retains IKEA as its focus. That stated, MPI is open to IKEA cupboard ‘hacks’ as nicely, noting that there’s a huge name for hacks as each kitchen design is exclusive. The corporate’s pricing relies on the effort and time it’s going to take to do the set up. A smaller, much less complicated set up will value lower than a bigger set up with many drawers and lighting connections in all the cupboards, for instance.

“Previous to quoting for set up, we assessment each kitchen design for ease of set up, security, and performance. If the design is secure and useful, we’ll set up it,” Josh explains.

(Notice: MPI’s different companies embody dry becoming home equipment, nevertheless the corporate doesn’t do electrical or plumbing connections.)

Buyer Expertise

One of many keys to MPI’s success is how the corporate places its clients first. That’s why most of their clients discover them by the MPI Website online, social media, phrase of mouth and referrals from the companions.

“The kitchen is crucial room in [the] residence. It’s greater than only a job for our clients. It’s their lives [and our work needs to reflect that],” Josh says.

MPI’s clients often signal a contract and make a deposit cost across the time that they place their order and obtain an anticipated supply date. Curiously, MPI consistently stays in contact with its clients in anticipation of sudden delays inside the set up course of.

“It’s our expertise that the precise date of cupboard supply or precise set up date will change primarily based on different elements within the kitchen renovation course of. As soon as the kitchen is delivered and stock is accomplished, we often set up inside the subsequent week or two. Set up typically takes two days.” he explains.

Notably, most MPI clients submit their kitchen designs utilizing IKEA’s Dwelling Planner  (Notice: MPI doesn’t choose up IKEA cupboard orders for its clients.) Lastly, Josh notes that IKEA clients can vastly enhance the set up course of (and their very own general expertise) by taking correct measurements whereas using an expert design and floorplan; correct and well timed web site preparation; correct ordering, and taking stock on supply day to insure that each one items — together with IKEA additional gadgets—are accounted for.

Working the Plan

In the end, Josh says the actual secret’s to begin your kitchen undertaking with a high-quality, skilled IKEA kitchen design.

“Two qualities I search for in an excellent IKEA kitchen design is maximizing the area and maximizing the performance of IKEA’s inside fittings. IKEA kitchens are so well-liked due to their unimaginable potential to adapt to any area, however extra importantly due to the standard and vary of their inside fittings (ie: drawers, hinges, lighting, and so on). A well-designed kitchen will present case a strong understanding of how a lot can really be finished with the IKEA product,” he says.

Heads that solely an expert who’s educated and has expertise with the IKEA product line can totally maximize all that IKEA has to supply. Plus, there are a lot of householders who actually need assistance with their kitchen.

“We encourage IKEA clients to succeed in out to us no matter what they want. Even when we don’t do their kitchen set up, we’d like to have a chance to assist somebody. We genuinely take pleasure in what we do,” Josh concludes.

So earlier than you go it alone bear in mind there are a lot of advantages to working with skilled IKEA cupboard installers like MPI, and using an expert kitchen design. Our design group is right here to information you each step of the best way, let’s get began!