Temporary kitchen hire FAQ: straight answers

You pick a size, tell us your dates and postcode, and we come back with your weekly price and delivery date. On the day we tow the kitchen pod to your drive, level it and connect it. When your new kitchen is in, we collect it.

A weekly price for the size you choose: 10ft Price on request, 12ft Price on request, 14ft Price on request. The cost page explains what sets the price and has a takeaway calculator.

Hire runs by the week, and you extend a week at a time if the build runs on.

Book when you book your fitter or builder.

Yes. Extend a week at a time once the kitchen is on your drive, and move the start date before delivery as long as we have that size free on the new date.

We disconnect the power and the hose, wind up the jockey wheel and corner steadies, hitch up and tow the kitchen away. Tell us the date your new kitchen is working and we book it in.

Put your postcode in the form and we confirm whether we cover it.

Every size has an electric oven, 4-ring hob, extractor, sink with hot and cold water, microwave, kettle, toaster, cupboards and worktop. The 10ft has a fridge with a freezer compartment. The 12ft adds a washing machine, a tall fridge freezer and more worktop. The 14ft adds a dishwasher and a breakfast bar for two.

10ft for couples and smaller households, 12ft for families of three to four, 14ft for bigger families and longer builds. Compare them in 3D on the sizes page.

A proper kitchen. You stand at a worktop in a box you can walk into, cook on a 4-ring hob, use a full oven and wash up in a sink with hot water, with the lights on and the door shut behind you.

Yes. The cupboards are there for your own pans, plates, cutlery and food shop, so everything you cook with is familiar.

Room for the trailer, its drawbar and the door to open.

It goes on your own driveway or private ground. If your drive is tight, send your postcode and a photo when we call and we look at it with you.

Our team. We tow it in, position it, wind the jockey wheel and corner steadies down and level it.

It runs off your household supply. We bring the lead and connect it.

Your outside tap. We bring the hose, connect it and run the sink hot and cold before we leave.

Many home policies include alternative accommodation cover, and a kitchen on the drive keeps you at home instead of in a hotel. Your claims handler confirms what your policy covers. Our insurance page has a script for the call.

Yes. Give us the claim reference and the handler’s details and we send a written quote with the weekly rate and weeks.

Yes. Pick “I’m a fitter or builder” in the form, or become a trade partner on the kitchen fitters and builders page for trade rates and leave-behinds.

Yes. Trade partners get a trade rate or referral fee on every hire they pass us. Ask us for the figure.