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Can I please ask where is the kitchen from? It’s fantastic!

6 years ago

Thanks for your answer

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PRO
MODEL Projects Ltd
6 years ago
Hi there, many thanks for your question. The kitchen was sourced from a man in the Netherlands named Rob de Hoop, His linkedin profile is as follows: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/rob-de-hoop-2a999681. Many thanks and good luck finding a kitchen!
An Gie
Original Author
6 years ago
Thank you so much for your answer! I really appreciate it. Can I ask what was the rough budget for the kitchen?
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6 years ago
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Hiya, the website address is - info@rodehodesign.nl, The products are high quality, our client spent approximately 45,000 euro's on their kitchen.

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