Box Hill South, VIC 3128 · eastern suburbs
Kitchen renovations in Box Hill South
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 South
Local knowledge
What we see in Box Hill South homes
Box Hill South kitchens are small, closed off and at the back — the standard post-war arrangement, and in the former Housing Commission sections they are smaller again. A single run of cabinetry, a separate dining room through a doorway, and no room for a table.
The thing that catches people out here
Kitchens of this era in Box Hill South are small, closed off and at the back of the house. The change that does the most is taking out the wall between the kitchen and the living space — but whether that wall is load-bearing is the first thing to establish, and it is not something to guess at.
Whether that wall carries load is the first thing to establish and the one thing nobody should guess at, because the answer is the difference between a day's work and a structural job.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in Box Hill South
1. What your house is built on
Mostly brick veneer on timber subfloors, with a concrete slab under parts of the former Housing Commission sections. On timber the sink and dishwasher move easily; on slab they do not move at all without cutting concrete, and in a kitchen with continuous flooring that is rarely worth it. The Commission houses were also framed economically, so the ceiling joists and wall framing are worth a look before anyone commits to a wide opening.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
No planning permit for an internal kitchen. Pre-1990 homes here commonly contain asbestos-cement sheet behind the splashback and sometimes as the lining of a rear addition — licensed removal, checked at the inspection. Original switchboards generally need upgrading for a modern appliance load. 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
Families buy here for the Box Hill schools and transport without the towers, and they buy to stay. A kitchen that opens to the living area is worth more to the way the house lives than anything you could spend the same money on in finishes.
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 South
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 South →
Questions
Box Hill South kitchen renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in Box Hill South?
Yes — Box Hill South is inside our regular service area, along with Box Hill, Burwood, Blackburn South and the surrounding eastern suburbs. Site inspections across Box Hill South 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 South is mostly post-war 1950s–1960s 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 Box Hill South, where the stock is post-war 1950s–1960s 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 Box Hill South?
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 South, 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 South.
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.