Given that you are moving and this is to help a sale I would just go safe and cheap with laminate worktop. I would go white with the worktop, it would be on trend and I think it would modernise your kitchen immediately. I think the cupboards in your kitchen are actually very nice and will work for a modern country kitchen look. If you can cover the tiles, it would make a bigger difference. Again, I would go cheap with splash back panels over the tiles, IKEA do these for £25 a panel. If you keep the tiles, you just need to make sure that the worktop works with them, if tiles are cream then I wouldn't go with a white worktop, something off white or cream would be better but I would keep it light. Good luck whatever you decide!

Some people are very sniffy about Ikea kitchens and imply they're of a cheap standard, but I have found the quality to be good and sturdy and certainly better than the Wickes kitchen I had the misfortune to encounter. Obviously, they can't compete with the likes of DeVol, but I would put them at the top in their price bracket. My mother had an Ikea kitchen installed in the late 80's and it was still going strong in 2010, when we replaced it to sell the house after her death. On the strength of that, when we re-did our kitchen last year, we didn't hesitate in getting Ikea for that. The savings we made on the cabinets, meant we could get high end appliances and Corian worktops. Our lovely kitchen fitter made some smashing bespoke touches - different plinths, tongue and groove side panels, matching bookcase etc to finish it off. You can even have a no obligation sit down with one of their designers in the Ikea store to plan it out. They are really good at making the most of your space - rather than a lot of others, who plan your kitchen according to how best their cabinets will fit rather than what you actually need.

We gave ours to a local charity initiative, that helps previously homeless or people on low income to set up/furnish their houses. Plus the money from things they sell to the public also goes to help their cause. And they collected it from the house.

I’ve seen several old kitchens for sale on Facebook Marketplace for about £500 but I’m not sure if they actually sold. I know there is a company called The Used Kitchen Company who do buy secondhand kitchens. If you go on Trustpilot you may find some honest reviews which may be of help.