What a kitchen in Malta
actually involves.

In draft

Written but not yet read by a person. Not indexed, and not to be relied on.

• Before the kitchen fitter arrives: the order of trades DraftA new kitchen in a shell property goes wrong in the first fix, not on fitting day. This is the order the trades should run in, a typical maker's reference heights for water, gas and sockets, who may legally do electrical work in Malta, and what the kitchens.mt rate card allows for first fix.
• Extractor hoods: ducted or recirculating, and how big DraftA hood is one of the few appliances that has to be decided before the units are ordered, because the duct route runs through the carcases. Here is how the makers say to size it, duct it and mount it, with real extraction figures and prices from Maltese listings.
• Gas or induction hob in a Maltese kitchen DraftDomestic cooking gas in Malta is typically bottled LPG, at prices the regulator publishes. Induction instead draws on your electricity service, which may be single or three phase. Here is what each one actually asks of you, with current Maltese retail prices for both.
• Kitchen appliance energy labels and what they cost to run DraftFridges and dishwashers moved to the rescaled A-G label in 2021; ovens and hoods still carry A+++ to D. Here is how to read both, and how to convert a label's kWh figure into euro using the REWS band tables — with the kitchens.mt appliance basket prices for context.
• Kitchen carcasses: chipboard, MDF and Malta's humidity DraftThe box behind the door is where a kitchen either survives a humid island or quietly swells at the edges. Here is what the board grades mean, what one German maker actually publishes, and what to ask a Malta or Sicily showroom.
• Worktops in Malta: quartz, sintered stone or laminate DraftA materials guide built from what Halmann Vella, Rabat Marbles, Caesarstone and nobilia publish themselves — including where they publish nothing at all.