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Kitchen renovation services in Malvern
Every kitchen decision eventually lands on a surface you have to live with — a benchtop edge, a door finish, a tile at eye height. The thirteen services below are grouped by how much of the room changes, so you can point at the work you actually need rather than guess at a category.
Renovate · Refresh · Detail — design and build across Malvern, Armadale, Toorak and the surrounding inner south-east.
Reference photograph · pale grey cabinetry, a full-length island, integrated appliances and pendant lighting
THE OFFER
Thirteen services, grouped by how much changes
Renovate covers work that takes the room back to its bones. Refresh keeps the plan and replaces what you touch and see. Detail is the surface-by-surface work — splashbacks, tiling, lighting, storage, joinery and the design that sets them all out. Each entry below carries a category, a name and an attribute line, so adjacent services can be told apart at a glance.
01
RENOVATE
Complete Kitchen Renovations
Full strip-out · all twelve stages · one point of contact
The whole room taken back and rebuilt — layout, services, cabinetry, benchtops, splashback and finishing run as a single coordinated sequence. Complete kitchen renovations
03
RENOVATE
Small Kitchen Renovations
Galley and compact plans · bench depth · tall storage
Period apartments and semi-detached homes across Prahran and South Yarra, where circulation and drawer depth decide whether the room works. Small kitchen renovations
04
RENOVATE
Luxury Kitchen Renovations
Premium stone · integrated appliances · butler’s pantry
High-specification joinery and slab selection, with book-matching, mitred edges and appliance integration documented before anything is ordered. Luxury kitchen renovations
05
RENOVATE
Kitchen Remodelling
Layout change · wall lines · island position · traffic flow
For kitchens where the finishes are not the problem — the plan is. Benches move, openings change, the working triangle is reset. Kitchen remodelling
06
REFRESH
Kitchen Cabinets
Door profiles · finishes · carcass construction · hardware
Shaker, slab and handleless fronts in matt, satin and timber-look finishes, with hinge and runner choices specified rather than assumed. Kitchen cabinets
08
REFRESH
Kitchen Benchtops
Stone, engineered, porcelain, timber, laminate · templated · edge profiles
Selection, templating and installation, with the trade-offs in wear and maintenance set out in the benchtop materials guide. Kitchen benchtops
13
REFRESH
Kitchen Makeovers
Doors, tops, splashback and hardware · sound carcasses retained
The lower-disruption option: keep the layout and the existing boxes, change everything you see and touch. Best when the plan already suits the way you cook. Kitchen makeovers
02
DETAIL
Kitchen Design
Measure · concept layout · material palette · documentation
The stage every other service hangs off. Start with layout ideas, then kitchen design.
07
DETAIL
Custom Cabinetry
Made to measure · out-of-square walls · islands · appliance housings
Joinery cut to the room rather than the room trimmed to the module. Custom cabinetry
09
DETAIL
Kitchen Splashbacks
Tile, glass or full-height slab · measured after benchtop fit-off
Height, pattern and continuation decided against the benchtop, not in isolation. Kitchen splashbacks
10
DETAIL
Kitchen Tiling
Floors and walls · substrate preparation · setting out · grout finish
Where the first full tile lands decides how the wall reads for the next decade. Kitchen tiling
11
DETAIL
Kitchen Lighting
Task, ambient and under-cabinet layers · set at services preparation
Placement and colour temperature agreed while walls are open. Kitchen lighting
12
DETAIL
Kitchen Storage Solutions
Drawer systems · corner access · pantry fit-out · bin integration
Internals planned by zone — prep, cooking, cleaning, pantry. Kitchen storage solutions
Reference photograph · pale timber fronts, marble-look tops, pendant task lighting over an island
DECISION AID
Which service am I actually asking for?
Most enquiries arrive naming one service and describing another. These four pairs are the ones that overlap most often. If it is still unclear, describe the room and we will place it at the design stage.
Makeover or complete renovation?
If the carcasses are sound and the layout suits you, a makeover changes doors, benchtop, splashback and hardware with far less disruption. Once plumbing, electrical or wall positions move, it becomes a complete renovation.
Remodelling or renovation?
Remodelling changes the plan itself — island position, wall lines, where you walk. A renovation can replace every element while leaving that plan alone. Many projects need both, which the measure and design stages settle.
Cabinets or custom cabinetry?
Kitchen cabinets covers door style, finish and hardware on standard module sizes. Custom cabinetry is for period walls that are out of square, awkward returns, tall pantries and integrated appliance housings.
Splashback or tiling?
A splashback is the surface between bench and overheads, often stone or glass and fitted after templating. Kitchen tiling covers floors and wider wall areas, including substrate preparation and setting out.
SEQUENCE
Twelve stages, in order
Every service sits somewhere in this sequence — a makeover uses fewer stages, a complete renovation uses all of them. The full version, with what happens at each step, is on the renovation process page.
01 Consultation
02 Measure
03 Design
04 Quote
05 Material selection
06 Removal / demolition
02 Measure
03 Design
04 Quote
05 Material selection
06 Removal / demolition
07 Services preparation
08 Cabinetry
09 Benchtops
10 Splashback
11 Appliances & finishing
12 Handover
08 Cabinetry
09 Benchtops
10 Splashback
11 Appliances & finishing
12 Handover
NEXT STEP
Tell us the room, we'll name the service
Send the kitchen you have and the one you want. We will confirm which of the thirteen services fits, what the design stage needs to resolve first, and how the sequence would run for your home.
Or contact us with a question first.
COVERAGE
We renovate kitchens in Malvern and the neighbouring inner south-east — Malvern East, Armadale, Toorak, Glen Iris, Kooyong, Prahran, South Yarra and Caulfield North. See the full service areas.
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