The honest four-week sequence
- Week 1: measure and freeze. Laser measurement after dado and counter decisions, final drawings signed. Every change after this costs time.
- Weeks 2 to 3: factory production. Panels cut, edge-banded and drilled by machine. Site work meanwhile: dado tiling, plumbing and electrical points, chimney core cut.
- Week 4, days 1 to 4: installation. Carcasses, then counters (templated earlier), then shutters and hardware alignment.
- Week 4, days 5 to 6: commissioning. Sink, hob and chimney connected, soft-close tuned, snag list closed.
Where kitchen timelines actually slip
Three places: design changes after production starts (a re-cut panel costs a week), counters templated late (stone fabrication takes 5 to 7 days), and site not ready: dado, plumbing and electrical must finish before install day, which is why they run parallel to production.
A firm quoting under three weeks total is either holding inventory or planning to build on site with a saw in your kitchen: ask which. For the whole-home version, see the week-by-week project timeline.
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Written by
Aishwarya Menon
Principal Interior Designer · 12 years in Chennai residential
Aishwarya has delivered more than 300 homes across Chennai and leads costing and material standards at Interiors by Verified.RealEstate. She writes our cost guides from real, recent quotes, not industry hearsay.
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