One crew, one contract, start to finish. Seddon is one of Melbourne's most intact heritage villages, with nearly every street inside the HO9 precinct. We know what we're walking into before we quote.
Flat-pack, semi-custom or fully custom, built to fit a Seddon workers' cottage's actual kitchen footprint, not a stock size.
Laminate, reconstituted stone or engineered stone, templated to your cottage's real dimensions, not a project-home layout.
Tile, glass or stone, installed to AS 3958 and fitted to your Edwardian-era kitchen's actual proportions. Our tiler, not a sub.
Rough-in and final connections to AS/NZS 3500 and AS/NZS 3000, checked against the HO9 heritage precinct before any structural work starts.
Ovens, cooktops, rangehoods, dishwashers, connected and tested before handover. No half-finished punch list.
The number we agree on after checking your address against the HO9 precinct is the number you pay. No assumed exemptions.
A builder who never checks the HO9 precinct is how a Seddon job gets stopped mid-way. We check it and quote in writing before we start, so the number and the timeline both hold.
One of Melbourne's most intact heritage precincts (HO9), grown fast around the 1906 railway station and barely diluted since. We check your property's status before we quote, not after.
Tradies who check Seddon's HO9 heritage precinct before touching a wall, not a call centre reading a script. We say the thing, then stop.
In Seddon, more likely the whole street than not. Seddon is one of Melbourne's most intact heritage precincts, protected as the Seddon Residential and Commercial Heritage Area (HO9). Some streets, like Seddon Street itself, have close to 100% of properties identified as heritage-significant, a far higher rate than most other suburbs where heritage overlays cover scattered pockets. We check your specific address against the HO9 precinct at the site visit, since assuming your home is exempt is a genuine risk here.
It grew fast, in one go, and has barely changed since. Seddon's residential development happened rapidly after its railway station opened in 1906, with entire streets subdivided and built out within a couple of decades in the Edwardian style. Because the suburb is under one square kilometre with no room for new land, later infill never diluted the original character the way it did in larger, sprawling suburbs. That's what gives Seddon its distinctive 'village feel', and it's also why heritage compliance is so consistently strict here.
Most standard, internal kitchen renovations in Seddon do not require a planning permit. Given how much of the suburb sits inside the HO9 heritage precinct, any structural or external changes are likely to need one. We identify your property's specific status during the site visit and advise you before you commit to anything.
A kitchen renovation in Seddon typically runs $25,000 to $55,000. Standard scope (flat-pack cabinetry, laminate benchtop, ceramic tile) starts at $25,000 to $35,000. Mid-spec (semi-custom cabinetry, 20mm stone benchtop, porcelain tile) runs $35,000 to $45,000. Heritage-sensitive detailing required in the HO9 precinct can add to cost. 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.
