The Elara kitchen (featured) is just one of many highly attractive but affordable kitchen ranges available from Terence Ball Kitchens. The Elara range features 18mm White melamine faced board with dark woodgrain PVC edges and is complemented by cabinets, worktops, cladding and plinth in the same finish. Prices start at just £61 for a 600mm Hi-Line base unit, therefore the entry level ranges provide the opportunity to supply quality rigid built kitchens at a very affordable price.

The current economic climate has created an increased demand for affordable kitchens. Many kitchen manufacturers have introduced entry level kitchen ranges in recent years but often they look cheap and unattractive. The secret is to manufacture entry level kitchens with perceived value. This is possible with the availability of a vast array of melamine faced boards that can be cut and edged with thick PVC.

Leading premium kitchen appliance specialist Britannia Living has extended its E Line range cooker collection with a new XG model which includes a dedicated grill compartment. The move follows the growing popularity of the XG, combined with demand for a more competitively priced model.

The Timber Door Company has found the recession-proof formula to take it well into the next decade, manufacturing bespoke timber doors in Oak, Ash, Maple, Steam Beech, Pine, Walnut and Pippy Oak in a wide selection of styles such as Shaker Square, Multi-panel, Cathedral and Slow Arch. With a variety of stains and pigment paint finishes available, we’ll have no problem in meeting your customers’ demanding expectations.

Burbidge has introduced another inspiring and beautiful design with its new Brampton kitchen in Natural Oak and Ivory. The competitively-priced Brampton is a cleverly crafted kitchen that captures the natural beauty and intrinsically luxury feel of wood. A soft Ivory finish offers a superb impression of a real painted wood kitchen, allowing the delicate wood grain effect to subtly show through. Conversely, the Natural Oak option offers a simplistic yet distinctly classic feel.

Induction is becoming increasingly popular and now thanks to CDA this advanced technology is affordable. The HCN610 four zone 60cm induction hob is highly specified but typically sells for under £350, excellent value for such a sophisticated appliance. The hob is frameless, has front touch controls and nine power levels on each of its four zones.

The softly structured, slate-like surface of the Buxton range of tiles from British Ceramic Tile fits one of the most popular trends in ceramic tiles for natural stone-effect products. The 248x398mm satin-finish wall tiles are available in a white, light beige or dark beige and are perfectly complemented by real marble mosaic strips and for a completely unified look, add one of the coordinating floor tiles in beige or charcoal.

The Shine range from Aqualux was specifically developed to offer innovative, high quality products in a wide variety of styles at an affordable cost, giving the consumer the best of all possible worlds. One popular model from the range, the Shine Bi-fold, combines ingenuity of design with high quality materials.

Croydex’s patented Flexi-Fix concept uses a universal bracket that can be used when replacing the majority of existing bathroom accessories by utilising the same fixing holes irrespective of spacing or alignment. The bracket is simply aligned over the existing holes and fixed to the wall using the screws provided. The new accessory can then be hung from the bracket using the concealed grub screw.

With what’s been going on in the economy over the last couple of years, it’s really no surprise that a surge for more affordable product has been noted. Consumers are understandably being more careful with their disposable income and with kitchens and bathrooms considered big ticket items, these two markets have been affected dramatically.

Manufacturers across the country are altering their business strategies and product offerings to cater for this heightened demand for ‘value for money’.

New Era offers a collection of showering solutions that are elegant, luxurious and most importantly affordable – perfect for the current economic trading times.

The offering is expansive, comprising a selection of pivot, sliding, bi-fold and corner quadrant enclosures as well as bath screens. Every product within the New Era catalogue comes with ‘easiclean’ glass as standard and a lifetime guarantee for that all important peace of mind.

Apex Interior Systems have a wide range of gloss finishes in an up-to-date palette of colours which will fit into any contemporary style of home, whether new build or refurbishment project. The gloss finishes can be applied to most door styles within the Apex range, including glazed doors, if required.

The Deca 150 inset sink, first shown at KBB earlier this year, is rapidly establishing itself as a fast mover in Carron Phoenix’s sink portfolio, joining its undermount equivalent as a favourite contemporary style sink with retailers, designers and builders.

It boasts easy installation into a laminate worksurface, yet delivers the looks more usually associated with undermount sinks in solid surface but at a lower price point.

The new Urban Chic wetroom panels from Showerlux have been designed to bring elegance and sophistication to the bathroom at an affordable price. Available in a variety of sizes, the panels are straightforward to install with stunning results.

Introduced to meet the rising demand for wetrooms, the flat and curved wetroom panels are available with adjustable ceiling or wall support bars to suit both installation and visual requirements.

Reginox’s RLE 217S and RLE 220S are aimed at homeowners seeking a luxury sink at a budget price. Both sinks boast all the features associated with higher-end products, including a polished finish, designer-profile drainer and basket strainer waste, but retail prices start from just £115.00.

Induction is often seen as an expensive alternative to standard gas and electric hobs but increasing availability of products has moved this leading edge technology into the mainstream sector.

CDA has pioneered affordable induction cooking with the new Level 1 HCN 610 60cm induction hob, which has four zones each with nine power levels.

Taking its design inspiration from Italy’s most famous leaning tower, the new Pisa range of taps and mixers from Bristan features stunning looks at an affordable price.

Designed to be easy to fit and use, the range includes basin and bath taps and mixers, plus a bath filler and bath shower mixer. All products have a contemporary incline design with single lever operation.

In the current climate Mereway Kitchens are able to offer customers the best of both worlds; a high quality door range at a competitive price. Lastra Silk and Matt

woodgrain doors, from their Italian inspired Cucina Colore range, are hugely successful finishes that offers a quality Italian style look but without the designer price tag.

In re-launching its ‘5 Star’ brand of wastes and traps, Embrass Peerless has revitalised the range to offer customers a comprehensive choice and excellent value for money.

Rolled out across October and November 2010, the new products come with a packaging edge: a contemporary sleeve enhancing every box, giving the plumber and end user a perception of a very special purchase.

The 90cm DB4 Professional is the ideal statement cooker for those who like to show off, featuring a sleek and sexy stainless steel design which replicates the finish of a professional kitchen.

Proving that big can certainly be beautiful without taking up a lot of space, this professional piece of cleverly designed kit offers plenty of cooking capacity, boasting a vast 76 litre tall oven, the biggest you can currently buy. In addition it has a 47 litre capacity fanned oven and separate variable electric grill.

In a post credit crunch era, six new models from MHS Radiators are the perfect choice for the designer. Extremely competitively priced, these chic, lightweight, aluminium Italian-designed radiators styles will have an impact in any interior.