Kitchen renovations in Cardinia Lakes.
Cardinia Lakes was one of Pakenham’s first big estate releases — and its original builder kitchens are now 15 to 20+ years old and dated all at once. We renovate these every week, from a smart budget makeover to a full open–plan transformation.
The Cardinia Lakes kitchen story.
Prime full–renovation territory.
Cardinia Lakes is the textbook ageing–estate market. The homes went up in the early 2000s with builder–grade kitchens — laminate doors, melamine carcasses, 33mm laminate tops, no soft–close, a wasted corner and almost never an island. Two decades on, those kitchens are peeling, scratched and undersized for the way families now cook and entertain. That is why Cardinia Lakes is the prime full–renovation market in the shire.
Makeover or full renovation?
About half of our Cardinia Lakes jobs are budget makeovers — the cabinet carcasses are still sound, so we replace doors, benchtop, handles and splashback for $8K–$18K. The other half are full renovations — usually because the family wants to open the closed–off galley to the living area, which means new custom cabinetry and often a wall removal.
Typical Cardinia Lakes jobs.
- Budget makeover of a sound builder kitchen — new doors, laminate top, handles, splashback ($8K–$15K)
- Full renovation keeping the footprint — new cabinetry, stone benchtop, appliances ($28K–$38K)
- Open–plan reconfiguration — remove the dividing wall, add an island ($40K–$55K)
- Compliant engineered–stone benchtop upgrade as a standalone job
- Adding a compact butler’s pantry by borrowing laundry space
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