Sunshine, VIC 3020 · western suburbs
Kitchen renovations in Sunshine
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 Sunshine
Local knowledge
What we see in Sunshine homes
Sunshine kitchens are frequently large by the standards of their era, often with a separate walk-in pantry off the back — post-war housing from the late 1940s through the 1970s, a mix of weatherboard on stumps and brick veneer on early slabs.
The thing that catches people out here
Sunshine kitchens are frequently large by the standards of the era, often with a separate walk-in pantry. Keeping that pantry and modernising around it usually beats opening it all up.
It is storage you already own, and the open-plan version of the same room often ends up with less usable space than it started with.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in Sunshine
1. What your house is built on
Two different cases in the same suburb. On stumps, the sink and dishwasher waste can be re-routed under the floor without cutting anything. On one of the early slabs, moving them means cutting concrete, and that is a materially different number. Which one you have is the first thing we check, and it is the main reason two Sunshine quotes for apparently similar kitchens can be thousands apart.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
No planning permit for internal kitchen work. Houses of this age regularly contain asbestos-cement sheet behind the splashback, as pantry lining and under vinyl flooring — licensed removal work, checked and priced before you sign. Switchboard upgrades are common. 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
Sunshine is changing quickly and the housing stock is good. A kitchen that keeps the generous footprint and the pantry, and spends the budget on joinery and bench, gets further here than one that removes walls to chase a look.
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 Sunshine
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 Sunshine →
Questions
Sunshine kitchen renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in Sunshine?
Yes — Sunshine is inside our regular service area, along with Footscray, Braybrook, St Albans and the surrounding western suburbs. Site inspections across Sunshine 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. Sunshine is mostly post-war solid brick and weatherboard, 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 Sunshine, where the stock is post-war solid brick and weatherboard, 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 Sunshine?
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 Sunshine, 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 Sunshine.
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.