I agree go the custom built kitchen. We looked at an Ikea one when we renovated our last house, DH was in the building trade for awhile so he was reasonably capable of putting on in. In the end due to odd walls, needing half size cabinets on one side etc we went the custom kitchen path and it was fantastic. I think cost wise it was not much more expensive than Ikea was going to be. The check and measure guy was a legend, just 1mm out with the bench top and he had measured prior to us taking off the wall tiles, so pretty amazing. Check out showrooms now and then wait, there are some good times of year to be getting good deals on custom kitchens.