Bentleigh East, VIC 3165 · bayside
Kitchen renovations in Bentleigh East
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 Bentleigh East
Local knowledge
What we see in Bentleigh East homes
The triple-front plan puts the Bentleigh East kitchen at the back with a separate dining room behind it, and usually a doorway rather than an opening between them. The rooms are a reasonable size individually and cramped as a pair, which is why almost every brief here is about joining them.
The thing that catches people out here
The triple-front plan usually puts the kitchen at the rear with a separate dining room behind it. Opening those two into one space is the most common brief we get in Bentleigh East, and it changes how the house lives more than any other single change.
A lot of owners here are deciding between renovating and subdividing. If you are staying, a kitchen is the room that changes daily life most. If the block is going to a townhouse development in two years, say so and we will spec it accordingly — there is no sense putting stone in a house that is coming down.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in Bentleigh East
1. What your house is built on
Cream brick veneer on timber subfloors, so services are movable without concrete work. What decides the price is the wall you want gone. Roofs of this era are cut and strutted rather than trussed, which means struts and underpurlins land on internal walls — and the wall dividing kitchen from dining is one of the likelier candidates. It has to be looked at from the roof space, not guessed at from the room, and where it is carrying load you are into a beam, an engineer's computation and a building permit.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
Internal kitchen work needs no planning permit. Houses of this age routinely have asbestos-cement sheet behind the splashback and sometimes under the floor covering; removal is licensed work and we price it in rather than raising it later. Electrical is the other one: an original board often cannot carry a modern kitchen's load, and the new circuits need a certificate of electrical safety either way. 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
Cream brick has come back into favour and the work we are asked for here now keeps the house and reworks the inside. In a kitchen that means the money goes into layout and storage rather than into anything decorative — a bigger opening, a longer bench run, and a pantry that actually holds a week's shopping.
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 Bentleigh East
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 Bentleigh East →
Questions
Bentleigh East kitchen renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in Bentleigh East?
Yes — Bentleigh East is inside our regular service area, along with Bentleigh, McKinnon, Ormond and the surrounding bayside. Site inspections across Bentleigh East 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. Bentleigh East is mostly 1950s–1960s cream brick veneer, 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 Bentleigh East, where the stock is 1950s–1960s cream brick veneer, 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 Bentleigh East?
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 Bentleigh East, 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 Bentleigh East.
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.