One crew, one contract, start to finish. Yarraville's Victorian and Edwardian cottages are narrow and deep, standing on timber stumps a century old. We know what we're walking into before we quote.
Flat-pack, semi-custom or fully custom, built to fit a narrow, deep Victorian cottage's actual kitchen footprint, not a stock size.
Laminate, reconstituted stone or engineered stone, templated once the subfloor is confirmed sound, not before.
Tile, glass or stone, installed to AS 3958 and fitted to your cottage's actual proportions. Our tiler, not a sub.
Rough-in and final connections to AS/NZS 3500 and AS/NZS 3000, checked against a century of ground movement under timber stumps.
Ovens, cooktops, rangehoods, dishwashers, connected and tested before handover. No half-finished punch list.
The number we agree on after inspecting your stumps and subfloor is the number you pay. No mid-job discovery that the cabinets can't go in yet.
An unregistered operator skipping the stump check is how a Yarraville extension stalls halfway through. We're BPC registered, and we inspect the subfloor and quote in writing before we start.
Narrow, deep Victorian and Edwardian cottages, corrugated iron roofing, century-old timber stumps. Maribyrnong Heritage Overlay on many Village streets. We check all of this before we quote, not after.
Tradies who check the stumps on Yarraville's Village cottages as standard, not a call centre reading a script. We say the thing, then stop.
It limits the front, not the back. Much of Yarraville Village sits inside a Maribyrnong Heritage Overlay, which protects the street-facing character of the home, its facade, verandah, roofline and setback. It does not generally stop you extending or reconfiguring the kitchen at the rear. The typical approach is to keep the heritage front untouched and open up the back into a kitchen-living-dining extension. We check your specific overlay before we quote.
Yes, always. Yarraville's Victorian and Edwardian cottages are timber-stumped, and a century of ground movement means restumping or spot-repairs are common before a rear kitchen extension can safely go ahead. We inspect the subfloor at the site visit so restumping, if needed, is priced into your fixed-price quote from the start, not found halfway through the job.
A kitchen renovation in Yarraville 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. Rear extensions, restumping and heritage-correct front detailing can add to cost. We give you a written fixed-price quote after a site visit, not an estimate from photos.
A standard kitchen renovation runs 4 to 6 weeks from demolition to handover. If a rear extension, restumping or Maribyrnong Council permit work is involved, allow additional lead time before work begins. We give you a specific start date and handover date in writing before anything starts.
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.
