Brunswick, VIC 3056 · inner north
Kitchen renovations in Brunswick
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 Brunswick
Local knowledge
What we see in Brunswick homes
The Brunswick kitchen is almost always in a lean-to at the rear of a single-fronted terrace or cottage — narrow, often with a lower ceiling than the rest of the house, and frequently added or altered more than once. The original rooms at the front have the height and the detail; the kitchen usually has neither.
The thing that catches people out here
Period Brunswick homes usually have the kitchen in a lean-to at the rear. Retaining the original ceiling height and period detailing while modernising the joinery is what buyers here pay for.
What buyers here pay for is a modern kitchen that has not been made to look like it belongs in a different house. Keeping the original ceiling height and cornice where the structure allows, and putting genuinely contemporary joinery underneath it, reads far better than reproduction detailing.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in Brunswick
1. What your house is built on
Victorian and Edwardian stock on stumps, so there is a subfloor to work in and the sink can move. The complication is the lean-to itself: these were rarely built to the standard of the main house, and it is common to find a rear section that is out of level, under-framed or sitting on stumps that have moved. Levelling a floor before new cabinetry goes on it is a line item worth having in writing.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
Internal kitchen work needs no planning permit, but much of Brunswick sits inside a Heritage Overlay. Internal works are usually exempt, though some overlay schedules apply internal alteration controls — worth a check on the council's planning property report before you plan anything. Rear additions are also where lead paint and old fibro turn up. 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
Brunswick turns over often and buyers here are discerning about period stock. The kitchen that adds most is the one that respects the house's proportions and does not pretend to be older than it is. Solid, plain joinery with good hardware beats an expensive-looking finish that dates in five years.
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 Brunswick
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 Brunswick →
Questions
Brunswick kitchen renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in Brunswick?
Yes — Brunswick is inside our regular service area, along with Coburg, Northcote, Thornbury and the surrounding inner north. Site inspections across Brunswick 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. Brunswick is mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraces and workers cottages, 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 Brunswick, where the stock is Victorian and Edwardian terraces and workers cottages, 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 Brunswick?
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 Brunswick, 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 Brunswick.
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.