All about the kitchens "Maria" - 33 nuances that you need to know the buyer

If you are going to buy a new headset, we propose to prepare for it with us and take a closer look at the factory "Maria look at photos of real cuisines, explore the advantages and weaknesses of furniture / service and learn some useful tips optionally.

"Maria" is the most recognizable brand of kitchen furniture in the country. Someone she remembered from TV advertising with Gerard Depardieu, someone - from the programs "Housing issue" or "School of repair and someone heard about the factory from friends. After all, according to the manufacturer, in Russia and the CIS every month happy owners of the kitchen "Maria" are 4 thousand people.

Help for the buyer

Production:furniture is made in Russia (St. Saratov), ​​and components are purchased in Italy, Germany and the United States. In principle, the company does not use Chinese-made materials.

Prices:medium and medium-high. The average price for a kitchen of 3 meters length is 200 thousand rubles.

Here are some real photo-examples of Maria kitchens with prices.

Guarantee period:10 years, which is two to three times more than all other domestic factories, but half as much as in Leroy Merlin and Ikeja.

Fittings:firm Hettich (Germany), which is very good, on the one hand, because the accessories of this brand is considered one of the most high-quality and expensive. But, on the other hand, according to popular opinion among the furniture makers, Blum's loops are better at the same or even lower cost. By the way, both Hettich and Blum claim that their fittings can withstand 200 thousand openings (which is equivalent to 22 years of operation).

Rating by reviews on irecommend.ru (on a 5-point scale). This indicator is rather low in comparison with other Russian companies and Ikei, but the feedback on the kitchen "Maria" is much larger than that of other companies.

Lead time:an average of 2 months. Small kitchens are often made in a month.

Assembly time:an average of 2 days.

Minimum prepayment:25% of the order amount.

Pros:

• Great design.All models (more than 30) were developed jointly with Italian designers. The range includes both modern and classic kitchen sets in a variety of colors (you can choose one of 200 shades) and finishes - from "old" wood to photo printing.

Kitchens "Maria" can often be seen in the TV programs "Housing issue "School repair "Summer response "Fazenda etc... Below is a photo of the interior of the kitchen with a classic-style suite from the "Housing issue" program.

But the photo of the kitchen of Mary in a modern style.

• The catalog of "Mary" is designed not only for spacious, but also for small kitchens, for example, Khrushchev. On the site of the factory you can find even ready-made layouts of mini-sets: https://www.marya.ru/compact/

• All materials are safe, environmentally friendly and comply with the emission class of formaldehyde E1;
• Possibility to track the status of the order in the personal account on the site of the factory;
• Good quality of facades (from MDF, chipboard, solid wood), hull (from moisture-resistant chipboard of Austrian company Egger) and accessories;
• The possibility of buying a kitchen on credit without overpayment (when buying on credit, the company gives a discount in the amount of bank interest on the loan);
• Free design project is offline (with the subsequent ordering of the kitchen), free calculation and design project online on the site;
• Free of charge;
• More than 300 points of sales throughout Russia and the CIS. At the same time, prices in branded and dealer stores vary slightly;
• A user-friendly site, which at least speaks of the client-oriented brand. On the portal of the factory you can order a free kitchen design project, view the catalog and photos of the realized projects, learn useful tips for planning the headset (by the way, very informative!) and, as we have already noted, to track the status of the order in personal a study;
• The guarantee is 10 years, which is twice as much as that of all other domestic factories;
• Advantageous actions. For example, at the time of writing the article, the factory offered a 20% discount on Bosch and Liebherr equipment, a table top as a gift, rails and lighting at special prices, etc .;
• Judging by the feedback from users, the "Maria" has excellent assemblers.

Minuses:

• No free shipping and assembly. The cost of delivery is 10% of the order value;
• High prices;
• There are delays in manufacturing, sometimes - very long;
• In negative reviews, users complain that the company is not working well with complaints, resolving disputed issues, violating the terms of the contract forfeit;
• "Maria" produces countertops of only two kinds of materials: from moisture resistant laminated chipboard (brand Fab, Italy) and from artificial stone Corian brand DuPont (USA). By the way, the artificial stone Corian is considered one of the best, and the firm DuPont went down in history as the inventor of the world's first artificial stone. However, if you want to install a table top made of natural stone, agglomerate or an array, you will have to order it separately.

Buying Tips

• Before going to the salon we advise you to carefully study the catalog of kitchens "Maria" on the site, writing down the names of the models you like and paying attention to the layouts and shades. Also on the site it will be very useful to study the section "Buyers".
• Preliminary it is worth ordering a design project and calculating online, which does not oblige, but strongly helps to present and consider the purchase, and also to come to the designer-designer in the salon prepared.
• Prepare to buy a headset will help and free online kitchen designers, for example, we have on the site.
• Do you want to save a little? Furniture handles you can order in another company for a lower price.
• Particularly carefully choose the color of the headset, because in the catalog RAL you can choose any, even complex shades like gray-brown, olive or blue.
• Always be interested in stocks and discounts - they can be well saved. In most cases, you can get a discount without taking into account any shares, if your intentions are serious (at least 5%).
• If you want to buy the kitchen as inexpensively as possible, pay attention to the sample headsets, which are often sold in the showrooms of "Mary".
• Designers in "Mary" are most often competent and professional. But if you feel that your designer is not attentive or is working in bad faith, we advise you not to risk and try to "work" with another employee (for example, in another salon of "Mary"). Remember, the design stage of the kitchen is the most responsible, even the smallest mistake in the drawing can turn into major problems.

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