We catch up with a husband and wife duo who have opened Shropshire Kitchens and Bathrooms in a new purpose built building in Aston on Clun.
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00:00So we're here in Aston on Clon at New Business Shropshire Kitchen and Bathrooms. Hello folks.
00:04Hi.
00:05So it's a husband and wife duo isn't it?
00:08It certainly is.
00:08Yeah, well what's it like working with your wife?
00:12Dangerous.
00:15Challenging.
00:16But it's fine.
00:17Yeah I'm sure it is. And who've we got at the back there?
00:20I'm Sue.
00:21Sue, hello Sue. And this is Dominic and another Sue, Susan.
00:24That's correct.
00:25So it's a brand new business.
00:27It is.
00:28So where are you situated? Tell people first how to find you.
00:31Well we're in Aston on Clon which is in the Craven Arms area.
00:35And we're established on the established business yard of John Payne's Building Supplies.
00:41Great stuff.
00:41So it's, you know, we're sort of set in a good position for a lot of passing trade.
00:46Yeah.
00:47So what's the background with you two then? What kind of were you up to before this?
00:51Well I'm 40 years in the construction industry.
00:53Kitchens, bathrooms and buildings as well.
00:56So we've got a whole in-house team.
00:59So we do all the trades.
01:00So it's a complete package that we offer.
01:03Yeah.
01:04And we have the latest CAD design and some really nice kitchens and bathrooms as well as bedrooms.
01:10Cool.
01:10To choose from.
01:11And what sort of opening times then?
01:13So you've got to give yourself a day off haven't you? At least one.
01:15We have one day off which is Sunday.
01:17But we are open Monday to Friday 8am till 5pm.
01:21Yeah.
01:21And then we're open on Saturday till 12pm.
01:25But we do appointment only for Saturdays if it's later in the day.
01:28Good.
01:30And what's kind of the, what are people buying at the minute?
01:33Because it kind of, you get fashions in all rooms don't you?
01:36Including kitchens.
01:37What's popular at the minute in the world of kitchens?
01:40Well at the moment we've got a lot of dark colours are popular.
01:43Blues and greens.
01:44So we have shaker doors which is always very popular in blues and greens.
01:49But we've also just quite a move towards more modernist kitchens now which we have here as well.
01:54Which is the solid slab with the sort of more German look.
01:58Okay yeah.
01:59European sort of kitchens.
02:01So there's a bit of everything.
02:02Got you.
02:03So it's kitchens and bathrooms equally then? 50-50 yeah?
02:06The showrooms mainly the kitchens but we have got one nice display which shows what we can have.
02:12Lovely yeah.
02:14So is it just retail that you're doing?
02:16No no we're open to the trade as well.
02:18And yeah everybody's welcome if they want to come in and bring their customers as well.
02:22And we'll always design for them and supply them with some good quality kitchens.
02:27Great stuff.
02:28Well you obviously know your stuff if you've been in the game that many years.
02:31Maybe two minutes yeah.
02:33It's been a while.
02:34Well we wish you all the best in business guys.
02:36Good luck with it.
02:37Thank you very much.
02:38Cheers.