One crew, one contract, start to finish. Newport grew as a railway workshop town from the 1880s, and its housing spans that whole era through to postwar. We know what we're walking into before we quote.
Flat-pack, semi-custom or fully custom, built to fit the narrower kitchens typical of Newport's 1880s workshop-era cottages, not a stock size.
Laminate, reconstituted stone or engineered stone, templated to your cottage's actual dimensions, whatever its era.
Tile, glass or stone, installed to AS 3958 and fitted around a workshop-era cottage's original wall lines. Our tiler, not a sub.
Rough-in and final connections to AS/NZS 3500 and AS/NZS 3000, licensed and insured, so nobody's guessing what's behind your walls.
Ovens, cooktops, rangehoods, dishwashers, connected and tested before handover. No half-finished punch list.
The number we agree on after inspecting your cottage's actual construction is the number you pay. No unlicensed guesswork.
An uninsured operator guessing at an old cottage's construction is how a Newport job goes wrong. We're BPC registered and insured, and we quote after actually inspecting your home, in writing.
1880s workshop-era cottages near the heritage-protected Newport Railway Workshops through to postwar housing further out. We identify your home's era before we quote, not after.
Tradies who know the difference between an 1880s workshop cottage and postwar Newport stock, not a call centre reading a script. We say the thing, then stop.
Yes, in a good way to know about. Newport grew up around its railway workshops, one of the best-preserved 19th century railway workshop complexes in the world, heritage protected since 1994, and the cottages built in the 1880s subdivisions nearest the workshops tend to be the suburb's oldest and most character-filled stock. Homes further from the historic core were often built later, into the postwar years. We identify which era your home belongs to at the site visit, since it changes what we're likely to find once we open a wall.
Most standard, internal kitchen renovations in Newport do not require a planning permit. If your property is close to the historic Newport Railway Workshops precinct or in one of Hobsons Bay's heritage overlay areas, a permit may be required for structural or external changes. We identify this during the site visit and advise you before you commit to anything.
Yes, and it's a large part of what we do in Hobsons Bay. Cottages built in the 1880s subdivisions around the original Newport Railway Workshops have their own character and quirks, different again from the postwar housing further from the historic centre. We know what's typical for each era before we quote, not after we've started demolition.
A kitchen renovation in Newport typically runs $28,000 to $60,000. Standard scope (flat-pack cabinetry, laminate benchtop, ceramic tile) starts at $28,000 to $38,000. Mid-spec (semi-custom cabinetry, 20mm stone benchtop, porcelain tile) runs $38,000 to $50,000. Older workshop-era cottages can add to cost depending on condition. We give you a written fixed-price quote after a site visit, not an estimate from photos.
Yes. gutted. is a BPC registered building practitioner (Building and Plumbing Commission) and fully insured for domestic building work in Victoria. We provide our registration details before you sign anything.
A rough scope is all we need. We come to you, look at the job, and give you a written fixed-price quote. We do not price from photos.
