Broadoak Kitchens Ltd

Broadoak Kitchens Ltd Washington's finest Kitchen showroom. We are dedicated to providing our customers with the best Kitc

We are a local independent retailer of Kitchens Bathrooms and Bedrooms. Our ethos is to consistently provide our customers with good advice, imaginative design, quality products and outstanding fitting.

The bin is the most-used item in any kitchen, and it's the one most people give the least thought to at the design stage...
11/06/2026

The bin is the most-used item in any kitchen, and it's the one most people give the least thought to at the design stage.

Stick a free-standing bin in the corner and you'll be walking round it for the next ten years. Tuck it behind the wrong door and every scrap of food waste travels across the worktop before it gets there. The position of the bin decides how the room actually works in daily use.

PWS bin systems sit inside the cabinet, usually under the sink or in a dedicated pull-out next to it. Two or three separate compartments for general waste, recycling, and food caddy, all on a soft-close runner that takes the full weight without sagging. Open the door, drop it in, push it shut. No lid to lift, no smell sitting on the worktop, no overflowing carrier bag by the back door.

The reason we specify them on nearly every project is the cabinet stays clean. The bins lift out for proper washing, the runners are rated for years of daily use, and the whole thing disappears behind a door that matches the rest of the kitchen. Recycling actually gets done because the caddy is six inches from where you're prepping, not out in the garage.

If you're planning a new kitchen and want to get the bin and recycling setup right from the start, pop into our Washington showroom and we'll show you the PWS units running in a real cabinet 🏠

When homeowners fill out the budget field on our home visit booking form, they almost always focus their calculations on...
10/06/2026

When homeowners fill out the budget field on our home visit booking form, they almost always focus their calculations on the cost of the cabinet units.

It's an easy assumption to make, especially if you've spent hours comparing flat-pack cupboard prices online before choosing a bracket from ten to twenty-five thousand pounds.

After 26 years of designing and fitting kitchens across the North East, we know that the cabinets themselves are only one component of a much larger picture.

A fully fitted bespoke kitchen is a complete construction project, where things like high-quality worksurfaces, appliances, and professional installation labour represent the actual bulk of the investment.

When we manage a project from our Washington showroom, we coordinate every single trade in sequence: the strip-out, first-fix plumbing, electrical rewiring, plastering, precise unit fitting, worktop templating, and final second-fix connections.

Each of these steps requires skilled tradespeople, proper project management, and reliable materials that are built to last through ten thousand opens and decades of daily use.

Understanding this full breakdown early is what helps you make sensible trade-offs, showing you exactly where to invest in premium features like a Neff venting hob or a solid quartz worktop, and where you can simplify the layout to save.

If you're planning your budget and want an honest, practical breakdown of where the costs actually lie, we'd love to help you get it right from the very start.

Pop into our Washington showroom for a proper chat, or drop us a message to discuss your project 🏠

Most layout problems in a fitted kitchen are decided, one way or another, before the first cabinet arrives on site.By th...
09/06/2026

Most layout problems in a fitted kitchen are decided, one way or another, before the first cabinet arrives on site.

By the time a fitter is on the floor with a spirit level, the awkward decisions have already been made. Where the extractor run goes. Whether the fridge door swings into the walkway. How many sockets sit above the worktop and how far apart. Which wall takes the weight of the tall units. None of that gets fixed neatly mid-install. It either works on the drawing or it gets bodged on site.

That's why our process starts with a home visit, not a showroom quote. We measure the room properly, ask about how you actually cook, who else uses the kitchen, what your budget needs to cover, and what's driving you mad about the current layout. Those answers go on paper before a single door style is chosen.

Then the design stage does the heavy lifting. Ventilation routes, plumbing positions, appliance clearances, traffic flow around the island, the swing of every door and drawer. We resolve it on the plan, where a rubber and a sharp pencil can undo a mistake in ten seconds. On site, the same mistake costs days.

After 26 years fitting kitchens across the Northeast, the projects that run smoothest are always the ones where the brief was right before we ordered a thing.

If you're starting to think about a new kitchen and want to get the plan right before you commit, drop us a message or pop into our Washington showroom. We'd rather spend an hour with you at the design stage than a day fixing something on site.

The kitchen worktop you choose today will take a beating from hot pans, spilled coffee, and sharp knives for the next te...
08/06/2026

The kitchen worktop you choose today will take a beating from hot pans, spilled coffee, and sharp knives for the next ten or fifteen years. It is easily the hardest-working surface in your home.

Laminate remains a highly popular choice because it is cost-effective and comes in a huge variety of designs. Modern laminate can mimic wood or stone beautifully. The trade-off is durability. It cannot take hot pans directly, and if water seeps into the joints, the core will swell and cause permanent damage.

Granite offers the luxury of 100% natural stone, meaning every single slab is completely unique. It is incredibly tough, scratch-resistant, and handles hot pans without flinching. Because it is a natural, porous material, it does require sealing every few years to protect it from staining.

Quartz has become the go-to choice for most of our projects in Washington and across the Northeast. It is engineered from natural quartz and resin, making it completely non-porous. It never needs sealing and resists staining effortlessly, though you will still need a trivet for hot pans to protect the resin.

After 26 years of designing and installing kitchens, we know that there is no single right answer. The best surface depends entirely on your daily routine, your budget, and how you cook.

If you are trying to decide which material works best for your home, pop into our Washington showroom 🏠 You can see and feel large-scale installations of all three materials, and we can help you compare them side by side.

Designing a kitchen island shouldn't mean blocking your open-plan view with a bulky extractor hood hanging from the ceil...
07/06/2026

Designing a kitchen island shouldn't mean blocking your open-plan view with a bulky extractor hood hanging from the ceiling.

That is why venting hobs, like the Neff induction model, have completely shifted how we plan open-plan layouts in homes across the Northeast. By building the extraction right into the centre of the glass, the appliance pulls steam and grease downwards before they ever have a chance to rise into the room.

This design freedom means you can keep your island completely clear. You can chat with family or guests across the counter while cooking, without a noisy ceiling unit buzzing right above your head. Plus, because the motor sits neatly inside the cabinet below, you only lose a small amount of drawer depth, leaving plenty of space for your pans.

If you are wondering how the suction actually handles heavy steam or how easy the filters are to clean, we have working models set up in our Washington showroom. You can see exactly how quiet they run and how they fit into the cabinetry.

Pop in for a chat about your layout, or drop us a message to ask any questions 🍳

Replacing your kettle with a tap that dispenses instant 100°C boiling, filtered chilled, and sparkling water is one of t...
06/06/2026

Replacing your kettle with a tap that dispenses instant 100°C boiling, filtered chilled, and sparkling water is one of those decisions you only appreciate once it is in.

For years, boiling water taps were seen as a luxury alternative to a kettle. Today, they do much more. The modern Quooker system does not just save you waiting for the kettle to boil. It can replace plastic bottled water entirely by filtering, chilling, and carbonating your drinking water on demand.

If you are looking at adding one to your kitchen, you have a few options to consider. The Flex model features a flexible pull-out hose for rinsing, while the Fusion gives you a classic single-spout design. There is also the Nordic range, which keeps your regular tap separate and adds a matching single-purpose boiling tap next to it.

Safety is the main concern we hear from families. Because the water is delivered in a fine, aerated spray rather than a solid stream, you cannot easily scald yourself. The double-push-and-turn handle is also completely childproof.

The best way to understand how the flow feels and see the different finishes is to try it yourself. We have a fully working display model in our Washington showroom 🚰 Pop in, make yourself a cup of tea or a glass of sparkling water, and see exactly how it works.

Most customers walk into the showroom asking for an island. Once we measure the room, the real first decision is almost ...
05/06/2026

Most customers walk into the showroom asking for an island. Once we measure the room, the real first decision is almost always U-shape or L-shape.

Get that one wrong and the island question answers itself, because there won't be space for one.

U-shape wraps cabinetry around three walls. You get the most storage of any layout, a natural flow between hob, sink and fridge, and worktop on every side. It needs a dedicated kitchen room with enough width that two people can pass behind each other without shuffling. Squeeze it into a narrow space and it feels like a corridor.

L-shape opens one corner up completely. That's why it suits open-plan living where the kitchen runs into the dining table or the sitting area. You lose a run of units compared to a U, but you gain sightlines, daylight, and somewhere for a proper table or a sofa to sit without fighting the cabinets.

Neither layout is better on paper. The room dimensions and how you actually live in the space decide it. A family who eats every meal at the kitchen table usually wants the L. A serious cook with a separate dining room nearly always ends up with the U.

If you're at the stage of sketching ideas on the back of an envelope, pop into our Washington showroom. We'll measure up properly and tell you honestly which one fits your home.

Most people think a new kitchen takes a fortnight. The fitting does. The project doesn't.From the first showroom visit t...
04/06/2026

Most people think a new kitchen takes a fortnight. The fitting does. The project doesn't.

From the first showroom visit to the day we hand the keys back, you're usually looking at eight to twelve weeks. That's not us dragging our heels. That's the time it takes to get every stage right so nothing has to be redone.

The first visit is a conversation. We talk through how you cook, where the light falls, what's driving you mad about the current layout. Design and revisions usually run two to three weeks because the plan has to be right before a single unit is ordered. Cabinets, worktops, and appliances then sit on lead times of four to six weeks, and the better quartz suppliers won't be rushed either.

On site, the install itself is typically two to three weeks. Strip-out, first-fix plumbing and electrics, plastering, units, worktop templating, worktop fit, tiling, second-fix, snagging. Each stage waits for the one before it to be properly finished.

Handover is the last hour, not the last minute. We walk you through every appliance, every soft-close, every bit of paperwork, and we don't leave until you're happy.

If you're planning a kitchen for later this year and want a realistic timeline mapped against your own dates, pop into our Washington showroom or drop us a message 🏡

Washington village is one of those places you can easily spend half a day in without planning to.Grab a coffee at one of...
03/06/2026

Washington village is one of those places you can easily spend half a day in without planning to.

Grab a coffee at one of the independents, wander past the old stone cottages up to Washington Old Hall, and you'll quickly understand why so many of our customers choose to stay local for their kitchen project too. There's a proper village feel here that bigger towns lost years ago.

Lunch and a pint at The Cross Keys, or something a bit more substantial at one of the restaurants nearby. The mix of old and new is what makes the village work.

And when you're ready for a break from the high street, our showroom is a one-minute walk away. No appointment needed, no pressure to book anything. Just real kitchens you can open, close, and run your hand across to see how they're built 🏡

If you're already planning a trip into the village, pop in and say hello.

Classic or modern? It's the question almost every customer asks us in the first ten minutes.Classic kitchens lean on sha...
02/06/2026

Classic or modern? It's the question almost every customer asks us in the first ten minutes.

Classic kitchens lean on shaker doors, in-frame cabinets, painted finishes, and details like cornices and pelmets. They age well because the look has already been around for decades. Add a Belfast sink and a range cooker and you've got a room that will still feel right in 2040.

Modern kitchens go the other way. Handleless doors, slab fronts, matt or gloss lacquer, integrated appliances, and clean uninterrupted lines. The whole design leans on the worktop, the lighting, and the proportions doing the work, because there's nowhere for decoration to hide.

The real question isn't which one looks better in a showroom. It's which one fits the house you actually live in. A classic kitchen in a new-build open-plan space can feel forced. A handleless modern run in a 1900s cottage with low beams can feel cold. The architecture of the room usually points you in one direction before personal taste does 🏠

Plenty of our recent projects sit somewhere in the middle too. Shaker doors with a handleless island. Painted units with a modern quartz worktop and integrated lighting. There's no rule that says you have to pick a side.

If you're stuck between the two, pop into our Washington showroom. Seeing both styles in the same room usually answers the question faster than any Pinterest board.

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50 Valley Forge
Washington
NE387JL

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Monday 10:30am - 4:30am
Tuesday 10:30am - 4:30am
Wednesday 10:30am - 4:30am
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Friday 10:30am - 3:30am
Saturday 10:30am - 4pm

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