Kitchen renovation
in Fremantle built for actual cooking
Full kitchen renovation in Fremantle: strip-out, new plumbing and electrical rough-ins, custom or flat-pack joinery, stone benchtops, appliances fitted and commissioned. From $28,000, five to eight weeks on site.
The room that sells the whole flat
Kitchens carry the most risk per square metre of any room: water, gas, power, heavy stone and a layout that punishes bad decisions twice a day. We design the workflow first, then the look — bench heights, landing zones, bin pull-outs, the unsexy stuff that decides whether you love the room in year five.
Every kitchen gets a proper rough-in stage: plumbing moved to suit the new layout, dedicated circuits for ovens and induction, extraction actually ducted outside instead of recirculating grease back at your face. Pair it with new floors and the whole flat reads new.
What's actually included
The same list goes into your contract, line for line. If it's not here, it gets quoted separately — not invoiced quietly later.
Old kitchen out, plumbing and power moved to the new layout — this is where cheap quotes skip the work that matters.
IncludedCustom WA-made cabinets or quality flat-pack systems. Soft-close everything, kickboards sealed against mop water.
Included20 mm engineered stone standard; laminate, timber or porcelain options. Templating after cabinets are level, not before.
IncludedTile, stone, porcelain or glass — sealed edges and corners that won't grow science experiments behind the sink.
IncludedOven, induction, rangehood, dishwasher and fridge plumbing fitted, levelled and commissioned. Extraction ducted outside.
IncludedUnder-cabinet task lighting plus a circuit plan that doesn't leave you chopping in your own shadow. See our electrical scope.
Included
What it costs
Guide rates for standard-spec work. Your fixed number comes after the free measure.
- New doors, tops, splashback
- Appliances swapped like-for-like
- 2–3 weeks on site
- Strip to bare walls
- Custom joinery, stone tops
- Plumbing + circuits moved
- 5–8 weeks on site
- Architectural joinery
- Porcelain/natural stone
- Integrated appliances
* Stone benchtops typically run $3,500–$7,000 of the total. Appliances quoted at trade pricing — supply your own if you've already bought, no drama.
How the job runs
Same playbook as every Apex job — measured, scheduled, reported every Friday. The about page covers the company side.
Photos of every stage land on your phone each Friday, including the hidden work before walls close.
- Measure & layout sessionWe map how you actually cook — where the knives live, whether two people collide at the fridge — before anyone draws a cabinet.
- Joinery orderCabinets take 3–4 weeks to build. We strip your old kitchen to line up with delivery, not a month before it.
- Rough-inPlumbing and power moved to the new plan. Island services go in before the floor closes — ask us how we learned that one.
- Install & stoneCabinets in and levelled, then the stone gets templated. A week later it lands, along with splashback and appliances.
- Commission & handoverEvery drawer adjusted, every appliance tested, extraction checked. You get the maintenance sheet and our number.
What we put in, and why
Joinery that survives moisture
Moisture-resistant board in all wet-adjacent cabinets, sealed kickboards, and hinges rated for 200k cycles. WA-made means replacement parts in days, not a container ship away.
Benchtops, honestly
Engineered stone is the workhorse — hard, consistent, repairable. Porcelain costs more and shrugs at hot pots. Marble is gorgeous and will stain; we'll say that out loud before you buy it.
The extraction rule
Recirculating rangehoods are a filter subscription, not ventilation. Where strata allows, we duct outside. Where it doesn't, we spec the best recirculating units and tell you their limits.
Asked before this job starts
Different scope, different worries — these are the ones clients put to us first.
Let's measure the galley.
Bring your Pinterest board, we'll bring the tape and the honest chat about what fits in 9 square metres.
- Free measure — laser, moisture readings, honest verdict
- Itemised fixed quote inside a week
- Good for 30 days, zero pressure
