We're planning a kitchen extension, and I'm very interested to have a pre-fab one.
On the subject of TV shows, there's a series called 'Building the Dream'. All episodes can be streamed from Channel4's website.
While the scale of the builds are mostly house sized, pretty much every build is a prefab of some sort. I don't recall if they gave the names of the pre-fabbers but with plenty of builds over loads of episodes, there should be something worth discovering if you don't mind watching a lot of building based TV.
I found the presenter Charlie Luxton far easier to deal with than the others on C4, he's an architect and offers advice based on the plans to improve the build - I'd say that generally his advice and modifications were useful.
I don't want something that looks like a 'Huff House',
If you find yourself over in West-ish London, there's a HUF HAUS show home you can just turn up at and look around. It's in Weybridge which is close to the M25 and to add to the mix, you've got Mercedes Benz world (Free unless you want to drive stuff) and the Brooklands museum which has a Concorde. To make things even better there's a stonkingly huge Tesco next to an equally large M&S and an Argos which serves as the warehouse hub for the surrounding area and has mostly everything in stock. In all a great day out
The Huf Haus I found a bit ghastly, I know it's a show home, but solid and souless would be a good description. Just my personal view of course.
We're planning a kitchen extension
I would ask whether you're putting the chicken behind the egg? - Not with the prefab idea which I think is great, just the concept of being forced to design around the structures you can buy rather than designing what you want and finding a company who will build exactly what you want rather than some off the peg panels.
I've found that kitchens are tricky and you'll need to specify every last detail which in turns means you've got to design the kitchen and work out the lighting, ventilation, power points, plumbing, heating/cooling etc. before you even look at a worktop or flooring.
Good luck with the project, it sounds like a lot of fun.
Regards,
B.