Kitchen removal: what it costs and where the kitchen goes
With us, dismantling a kitchen costs 40 €/hr — a three-metre kitchen run comes apart in two to three hours. What happens next is up to you: take it with you and rebuild it, sell it or dispose of it — each route has its price, and all three are shown below.
What kitchen removal costs
Dismantling includes: taking down the wall units, detaching the worktop, taking the base units apart, removing plinths and trims, disconnecting the sink from the isolating valves and unplugging and pulling out the appliances. Screws and fittings go into labelled bags if the kitchen is to be fitted again.
Straight kitchen, 3 m
Six base units and four wall units, fridge and cooker. Two to three hours to dismantle, plus roughly two to three cubic metres to take away.
L-shaped kitchen, 5 m
Dismantling with labelling, transport to the new flat, assembly by the hour. The worktop usually has to be cut to size again there.
Take it with you, sell it or dispose of it?
- Take it with you — worth it if the new kitchen has a similar layout. Dismantling at 40 €/hr — transport with a driver and van at 30 €/hr plus a helper at 25 €/hr — assembly at 50 €/hr or as a package: up to three metres from 200 €, up to seven metres from 350 €
- Sell it — used kitchens often go on Kleinanzeigen “to those who take them down themselves”. If it has to be quicker or the buyer cannot unscrew it, we take it apart for them and drive it over
- Dispose of it — units as Sperrmüll (bulky waste): 40 €/m³, appliances separately: from 20 € per appliance
Chipboard furniture usually survives one dismantling well and a second often not: the screw holes wear loose and edges chip. And the worktop rarely fits the new kitchen to the centimetre — cutting it to size costs 150–300 €. Weigh that against the price of a second-hand kitchen before you take the old one with you.
Who owns the kitchen?
In a rented flat this is the first question. If the fitted kitchen belongs to the landlord, it stays in the flat — even if you never used it. If you fitted the kitchen yourself, you generally have to remove it when you move out, unless the landlord or the next tenant takes it over.
It is best to put a takeover in writing, with price and condition. This is not legal advice; if in doubt, the Mieterverein (tenants’ association) can tell you what your contract says.
Electricity, water, gas: who disconnects what
We do these ourselves
- Unplug and pull out appliances that have a plug
- Turn off the isolating valves, remove the sink and trap
- Take down an extractor hood that plugs into a socket
- Fill the wall-plug holes on request
A licensed firm does these
- Disconnecting a cooker or hob from a three-phase (Starkstrom) connection
- Gas cooker and gas line — always
- New lines or connections in the new kitchen
We arrange the licensed firm for electrics and gas with you so that it arrives before us. That way the cooker does not stand connected and in the way for hours.
What is free
The 15 Wertstoffhöfe (recycling centres) of Stadtreinigung Leipzig, the city waste service, take household Sperrmüll up to two cubic metres and electrical appliances free of charge. If you can borrow a van and are two people, driving the dismantled kitchen there yourselves is cheapest — we say so openly. The city also collects Sperrmüll and electrical appliances on request, with a waiting time.
We are the faster solution if the kitchen has to be out on a particular day — before a handover or before the new kitchen arrives. Single pieces without a whole kitchen are covered under Bulky waste disposal.
How it works
- Beforehand — empty the units, defrost the fridge a day before, send photos of the kitchen
- Fixed price — from photos, split into dismantling, transport or disposal
- Dismantling — wall units first, then worktop and base units; everything labelled for reassembly
- Afterwards — swept clean, wall-plug holes filled on request
There is no travel charge within 50 km of Leipzig. For longer distances we quote one total price from your photos, travel included. We fit the new kitchen as well — see Kitchen fitting.
Prices for removal, disposal and assembly
All prices are net plus statutory VAT, as of 2026:
| Dismantling a kitchen, by the hour | 40 €/hr |
| Assembling a kitchen, by the hour | 50 €/hr |
| Kitchen up to 3 m, complete assembly | from 200 € |
| Kitchen up to 7 m, complete assembly | from 350 € |
| Cutting and fitting a worktop | 150–300 € |
| Disposal of the units | 40 €/m³ |
| Disposing of an appliance | from 20 € |
| Driver with a van | 30 €/hr |
| Helper, per person | 25 €/hr |
| Travel up to 50 km | included |
Common questions about kitchen removal
What does it cost to have a kitchen removed?
What does it cost to dismantle and dispose of a kitchen?
Can you take the kitchen down and put it up again?
Who disconnects the cooker?
Can I dispose of the kitchen for free?
Do I have to take my kitchen out when I move out?
How long does removal take?
Do you take the old appliances too?
Kitchen has to go?
Send two photos and tell us whether it comes with you or goes — you usually get the fixed price the same day.