Box Hill, VIC 3128 · eastern suburbs
Kitchen renovations in Box Hill
Complete kitchen renovations from $24,999 — cabinetry, benchtop, splashback, appliance installation and GST all in. Typically 5–7 weeks on site. We're a small local team — the people who quote your job are the people who build it, so you're not paying for a showroom or a sales rep.
- Registered building practitioner
- Fixed written price before we start
- Free inspection across Box Hill
Local knowledge
What we see in Box Hill homes
Box Hill splits cleanly. The older streets have 1950s to 70s brick-veneer houses with closed-off rear kitchens. Near the centre there is a large and growing apartment stock, where the kitchen is a galley or a peninsula against a wall of fixed services. The two are entirely different jobs.
The thing that catches people out here
Box Hill apartment kitchens often can't have their plumbing or ventilation relocated. Working within the existing service positions is what keeps these projects affordable.
In an apartment the honest answer is usually to keep the services where they are. Moving a sink across a concrete floor means a new waste run with a fall you often cannot achieve, and relocating a rangehood means a duct route through common property. Working inside the existing positions is what keeps an apartment kitchen affordable.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in Box Hill
1. What your house is built on
In the houses it is brick veneer on a timber subfloor — sink and dishwasher waste move easily, and the kitchen-to-living wall may or may not be structural. In the apartments the floor is concrete with the drainage cast into it, and the ventilation duct is where the builder put it. Tell us which one you have when you call; it changes the conversation completely.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
A house kitchen needs no planning permit. An apartment almost certainly needs owners corporation approval, and the rules vary building to building — waterproofing to common areas, approved trade hours, lift bookings for deliveries. Get the by-laws before you commit to a layout, because they occasionally decide it for you. Taking out a load-bearing wall is a different matter: that needs a building permit and an engineer's computation for the beam, and both belong in the quote.
3. What a renovation is worth here
Box Hill's apartment market is competitive and buyers compare kitchens directly, so a clean, well-made galley beats an ambitious layout done cheaply. In the houses the value sits in opening the kitchen to the living space — it is the single change that most alters how the house feels to be in.
None of the above is guesswork on a quote — we look at the subfloor, whether the dividing wall carries load, the switchboard and where a rangehood can duct to during the free inspection, then put a fixed written price on it.
Pricing
Kitchen renovation cost in Box Hill
One number, everything in it. Take it to any other quote you get and compare line for line — that is the comparison worth making.
What's included at $24,999
One price for the cabinetry, the benchtop, the splashback and the trades, with GST in it. Appliances are the one thing you buy yourself.
- Removal of existing kitchen and disposal
- New cabinetry, 6–8 linear metres
- Laminate, porcelain or natural stone benchtop
- Tiled or glass splashback
- Plumbing and electrical by licensed trades
- Appliance installation (you buy the appliances, we fit them)
Appliances are not included — you buy them, which means you pick the brands and catch the sales, and we install them as part of the job. Removing a load-bearing wall, moving the sink or dishwasher to a new position, a switchboard upgrade, upgraded finishes and hidden damage found during demolition are quoted separately and always in writing before any extra work starts.
Also renovating the bathroom? See bathroom pricing for Box Hill →
Questions
Box Hill kitchen renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in Box Hill?
Yes — Box Hill is inside our regular service area, along with Doncaster, Blackburn, Surrey Hills and the surrounding eastern suburbs. Site inspections across Box Hill are free and there's no travel charge.
How long will the job take?
Around 5–7 weeks on site for a standard kitchen of this type. Box Hill is mostly mixed post-war housing and newer townhouses, and that's the kind of place we work on most — so the timeline we give you at quote stage is the one we work to.
What could push the price above $24,999?
Four things, in order of likelihood: taking out a load-bearing wall, which means an engineer's beam design and a building permit; moving the sink or dishwasher, which is cheap on a timber subfloor and expensive on a slab; a switchboard that cannot carry a modern appliance load; and finishes above our standard range. Appliances are yours to buy, so they sit outside the price either way. In Box Hill, where the stock is mixed post-war housing and newer townhouses, the third one matters — you get a written price before anyone touches it.
Can I see photos of your work?
Yes — there are real before-and-after photos and video walkthroughs of finished work on the home page. We'll bring more kitchen renovations to the inspection, along with what each job actually cost.
Do you do whole-house renovations in Box Hill?
No, and we'd rather say so plainly. We don't do extensions, second storeys, re-roofing or anything that changes the outside of the house — we do bathrooms and kitchens, for a fixed price, and that narrow focus is the reason we can quote the way we do. Taking out an internal wall to open a kitchen to the living area is part of a kitchen and we do that, with an engineer's beam design and a building permit where the wall is load-bearing. If you're planning a full home renovation in Box Hill, these are usually the two rooms that blow the budget, so it's worth getting a firm number on them early even if someone else is managing the rest. We're happy to quote just our part and work alongside your builder.
Free, no obligation
Book your free site inspection in Box Hill.
Tell us a bit about the room and we'll call you back to arrange a time. You'll get a fixed written price — and an honest answer about what your budget can realistically buy.
Thanks — we've got it.
We'll call you back to arrange a time, usually the same day.