Same footprint, better kitchen
The layout works, the kitchen doesn't. New cabinetry, benchtops and storage in the existing footprint — the least disruptive version of a complete renovation and often the best value.
Complete renovations · Canberra & the ACT
Complete kitchen renovations in Canberra
We renovate the kitchen. Not just supply one. From the first measure to the last piece of trim, one Canberra business designs it, manufactures the cabinetry, brings in the trades and answers for the finished result.
What it means
A supplied kitchen and a renovated kitchen are two different purchases
Buying cabinetry and renovating a kitchen are two different purchases. A complete renovation covers design, manufacture, demolition, the trades, installation and handover as one process — planned, sequenced and managed by us.
A complete renovation is the other purchase. We scope the whole job against your actual kitchen at the consultation, quote it as one piece of work, and then run it. You make decisions about your kitchen. You don't make phone calls about it.
Almost everything we do is an existing home rather than a new build — Canberra houses from the 60s and 70s through to twenty-year-old estates, most with a kitchen that was never quite right and has now given up. That's the work we're set up for.
Scope
What a complete renovation covers
Not every kitchen needs every item below. We scope yours at the consultation and the quote says plainly what's in and what isn't.
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Removing the old kitchen
Cabinetry, benchtops, splashback and old appliances come out, services are made safe, and the rubbish leaves with us. What's behind the old kitchen — damp, patched walls, undersized power — gets found here rather than on install day.
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Design and documentation
Measured plans, elevations and 3D drawings of your kitchen with your finishes on them, plus the appliance and service positions the trades will work to. Manufacture doesn't start until you've signed the drawings off.
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Cabinetry manufactured in Mitchell
Your cabinets are cut and built on our own machinery for your walls, not ordered as standard modules and packed out on site. Carcasses, drawers, panels and end returns are all made for the one job.
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Plumbing and electrical
Sink and dishwasher relocations, new power for appliances, rangehood venting, under-cabinet and feature lighting. Licensed trades we've worked with for years, booked in the right order so nobody is waiting on anybody.
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Benchtops and splashbacks
Engineered stone surfaces are templated to the installed cabinetry rather than to a drawing, then fabricated and fitted. Splashback tiling or glass follows, once the benchtop is down and the real dimensions exist.
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Flooring, plaster and paint
Where the old kitchen has left holes, level changes or a floor that stops at the old cabinet line, we make it good. This is the part homeowners most often get left to organise themselves.
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Installation and fit-off
Cabinetry installed, doors and drawers adjusted, hardware fitted, appliances connected and tested, silicone and trims finished. The detail work that decides whether a kitchen feels well made.
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Handover
We walk the finished kitchen with you, list anything that needs attention, and come back and fix it. Our cabinetry carries a 7-year structural cabinetry warranty; supplied products carry their manufacturer's warranty.
Why it matters
One business, one line of accountability
Every handover between companies is a place where responsibility gets blurry. We removed the handovers instead of managing them.
- The person who designed your kitchen is in the workshop when it's made.
- A change during the job is a conversation, not a change order to another state.
- Because the cabinetry is made in our own workshop, corrections are handled directly by us rather than negotiated with a supplier.
- At handover there's one number to call, and it's the person who ran the job.
Common briefs
The renovations Canberra homeowners come to us with
Opening the kitchen up
Removing a wall or a bulkhead so the kitchen joins the living space. More trades and more coordination, and the change most people say afterwards they should have done sooner.
Whole-room renovation
Kitchen, flooring, lighting, painting and often matching laundry joinery done together, so the finishes line up and the disruption happens once.
Next steps
How we design your kitchen
Measuring, layout planning, storage, 2D plans, 3D drawings and sign-off before anything is manufactured.
What renovations cost in Canberra
Our $25,000–$45,000 guidance, the things that move a price, and example budget scenarios.
The seven stages, explained
What happens at each stage, what you decide, and what everything else depends on.
The detail behind the job
How our cabinetry is made
Manufactured in Mitchell for your kitchen, plus how to choose door and panel finishes.
Choosing a benchtop
Stone-style surfaces and laminate, thickness and edges, cut-outs and everyday care.
Storage and hardware planning
Drawers versus cupboards, pantries, corners, bins and the hardware that carries them.
Get a quote for the whole renovation
Tell us your suburb, what the kitchen is doing wrong and roughly what you want to spend. We'll say straight away whether we're the right fit.