1 ENQUIRY · 6 THINGS TO HAVE READY · 13 STAGES
Request a kitchen renovation quote in Oakleigh
A quote is a drawing with a number attached to it. Before anyone can write one honestly, the room has to be measured, the appliances confirmed and the scope agreed — whether you are replacing doors and a benchtop or stripping the space back to studs. This page starts that sequence.
Strip-out, cabinetry, benchtops, splashback, services coordination and fit-off, from first measure to handover.
Layout planning, custom joinery, pantry and storage work, or laundry cabinetry run off the same drawings.
Door and benchtop replacement, splashback updates, or installation and fit-off of cabinetry already ordered.
4 WALLS · 1 CEILING HEIGHT · 6 NOTES
What to have ready before you write
None of this has to be precise, and nothing has to be attached. Rough wall lengths written into the message are enough to tell whether a layout can move, whether a wall is carrying something, and which of the thirteen services the job sits under. Photos are for the reply and the site measure — we will ask for them once we have read what you have sent.
Rough dimensions. Wall lengths, ceiling height, and where windows and doorways fall.02
Photos on your phone. Each wall, the sink run and anything that cannot move — keep them ready for the reply; we will ask for them once we have read your message.03
Appliances. What you are keeping, and what you intend to buy.
The problem. Storage, bench space, traffic, light — what fails daily.05
Scope. Full rebuild, or doors and a benchtop.06
Timing. Any date the room has to be usable by.
STAGES 01–04
From enquiry to quote
The quote is the fourth of thirteen stages. Everything after it — materials, demolition, cabinetry, services, benchtops, splashback, installation, finishing, handover — is built on the drawing the quote describes.
A conversation about the room, how it is used and what the renovation has to achieve. This is where scope is set and where a full rebuild separates from a makeover.02 Measure
The room is measured on site — wall lengths, squareness, floor level, service positions and appliance sizes. Cabinetry is cut from these figures, not from a sketch.03 Design
Layout, zoning and clearances are resolved, then cabinet modules, bench heights and door profiles are drawn against the measured plan.04 Quote
A written scope priced against that drawing: cabinetry schedule, benchtop material, splashback, hardware, services coordination and what sits outside the works.
1 SCHEDULE · 20MM EDGE · 0 ASSUMPTIONS
What a kitchen quote should actually set out
Two quotes for the same kitchen can differ by a long way and both be reasonable — the gap is usually in what each one assumes. A useful quote names the carcass material and the door finish, the benchtop material and its edge detail, the splashback, the hardware brand, the appliance list it has been drawn around, and the plumbing and electrical work included rather than left to you.
It should also be explicit about exclusions: flooring beyond the cabinetry line, plastering after a wall is opened, and anything found behind the old kitchen once it comes out. Read those lines first, then compare.
600 · 900 · 2340 — SEND THE ROOM
Start the consultation
Tell us the suburb, the kind of kitchen you have in mind and roughly what the room is doing now. The more of the six notes above you can describe in the message, the more specific the first conversation can be. Photographs are not needed yet — we will ask for them when we reply.