Footscray, VIC 3011 · inner west
Kitchen renovations in Footscray
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 Footscray
Local knowledge
What we see in Footscray homes
Footscray kitchens are usually in a rear addition on a Victorian cottage, with a lower ceiling than the front rooms and a floor that has often been patched more than once. Newer post-war infill through the suburb has the more familiar closed-off rear kitchen instead.
The thing that catches people out here
Footscray kitchens in period cottages are usually in a rear addition with low ceilings. Raising the ceiling in that section, where the roof allows, changes the whole feel of the house.
Where the roofline allows it, raising the ceiling in that rear section changes the whole house, and it changes it more than the joinery does. It is worth pricing both ways before you decide — sometimes it is affordable and sometimes the roof structure makes it silly, and you can only tell by looking up there.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in Footscray
1. What your house is built on
Timber stumps over a subfloor through most of the older stock, so the sink and dishwasher waste can be re-routed without cutting anything structural. What we regularly find in Footscray additions is stumps that have dropped, leaving a floor out of level by enough to matter once a straight run of cabinetry and a stone benchtop go on top of it. Levelling comes first and belongs in the written price.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
No planning permit for an internal kitchen. Rear additions from the 1950s to 80s frequently use asbestos-cement sheet as lining and under the floor covering, and that is licensed removal work. Older cottages also turn up undersized original wiring once the splashback comes off. 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
Footscray has changed fast and the buyers changed with it. A kitchen that works — good light, real storage, room for two people in it — carries more weight here than an expensive finish, because most of the competing stock has a rear addition that nobody has touched.
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 Footscray
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 Footscray →
Questions
Footscray kitchen renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in Footscray?
Yes — Footscray is inside our regular service area, along with Yarraville, Sunshine, Seddon and the surrounding inner west. Site inspections across Footscray 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. Footscray is mostly Victorian cottages and post-war infill, 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 Footscray, where the stock is Victorian cottages and post-war infill, 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 Footscray?
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 Footscray, 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 Footscray.
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.