Full kitchen renovations in Pakenham & Cardinia.
Design, demolition, cabinetry, benchtops, plumbing, electrical, splashback and appliance fit-off - managed start to finish by one team, on one fixed price. Built for the ageing estate kitchens of Cardinia Lakes, Lakeside and Heritage Springs.
Three levels of full renovation.
Level 1: Smart full renovation ($25K-$38K).
New custom cabinetry to the existing footprint, a compliant low-silica engineered-stone or laminate benchtop, new sink and tapware, a tiled splashback, repaint and a fresh set of appliances. No walls move. This is the sweet spot for a 15-20 year old Cardinia Lakes or Lakeside builder kitchen that is tired but sound - everything is replaced but the plumbing and power stay where they are, which keeps the cost down.
Level 2: Reconfigured renovation ($38K-$60K).
Everything in Level 1 plus a layout change: a new island, relocated sink or dishwasher, a wider opening to the living area, or a galley turned into an open-plan kitchen. Often involves moving plumbing and adding electrical circuits, and sometimes removing a non-structural wall. This is the most common Lakeside and Heritage Springs job - opening the original closed-off kitchen to the family living zone.
Level 3: Premium custom renovation ($60K-$90K+).
Full custom cabinetry, a stone waterfall island, a walk-in butler’s pantry, integrated premium appliances, feature lighting and a structural wall removal (with engineer’s computation and building permit). The Heritage Springs and Beaconsfield spec where the kitchen is the centrepiece of the home and the budget reflects it.
A worked example.
A typical Cardinia Lakes early-2000s kitchen of about 14m²: new custom cabinetry, a 40mm low-silica engineered-stone benchtop, a 2.4m island, induction cooktop, integrated dishwasher, full splashback and re-located sink plumbing. Design, demolition, all trades and appliance fit-off lands at around $42,000 on a fixed-price quote.
Compliance we handle for you.
- VBA registered building practitioner (DBU) overseeing the works.
- Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (VIC) contract for your protection.
- Domestic building insurance (DBI) on every job over $16,000.
- AS/NZS 3500 plumbing with a Compliance Certificate on the sink, tapware and dishwasher.
- AS/NZS 3000 electrical on power, lighting and cooktop/oven circuits.
- 2024 engineered-stone silica-ban compliant benchtops only.
- Cardinia Shire building permit arranged where the renovation is structural.
Common pitfalls we avoid.
- Quoting a wall removal without an engineer’s computation - then discovering it is load-bearing mid-demolition.
- Specifying the old high-silica engineered stone that is now illegal to install.
- Re-using tired plumbing or a corroded isolation valve and leaving you a leak six months later.
- Ignoring the wasted corner - we design in a corner carousel or a deep drawer instead.
Pair it with
A full renovation starts with kitchen design, is built around custom cabinetry, and is finished with compliant stone benchtops. On a tighter budget, a budget makeover may be the smarter spend.
Where we work.
Free full-renovation consultation.
On-site measure, honest level-of-build advice, fixed quote in 7 days.