Kitchen Renovation

Whether you are planning to sell your property or just upgrade your home, a kitchen renovation should be one of the first things on your list. There’s no doubt that great kitchens and bathrooms are where the value lies and where we all spend a lot of time!

Renovating a kitchen is a big job, and it involves many different tradespeople such as joiners, cabinet makers, tilers, plumbers, builders, engineers and electricians. Getting everything organised, your trades lined up, and managing the timeline of a kitchen renovation project can all become very overwhelming. The answer to avoiding it all feeling to complicated is to have both an interior designer and a builder involved in the kitchen renovation process.

Planning

Interior designers work closely with architects, building designers, and all the different tradespeople. They are experts when it comes to floor plans and how to make your kitchen layout work for your household. Remodeling a kitchen doesn’t only involve choosing the right finishes for your cabinet doors and your paint colours. It’s about getting your kitchen layout right for optimal comfort and functionality. Is your washing up zone arranged to make these tasks easier, is your cooking area functional and does it match how you like to cook, are your fridge, pantry and storage all in the right spots and easily accessible, how will you and your family be circulating around in and moving through your kitchen area? These are just some of the things an interior designer will be thinking about when planning your kitchen.

Project Management

Project management is a major part of kitchen renovation. When you have jobs, kids, a couple of dogs and a cat, it makes it hard to keep an eye on every aspect of the renovation. For example, getting the timeline of the jobs right and then making sure that everybody knows what they need is key to a completing your kitchen renovation on time and within budget.

Quite often home renovations don’t go as smoothly as planned. There are always some unexpected issues that might come up. For example, when you move a wall to create an open plan kitchen, never know exactly what is inside the wall until you start the demolition. Another thing that will need time and attention is communication with the suppliers. It’s not like you order your kitchen stone and that’s that (if only it were!). It’s important to make certain it will be delivered on the day you designated and it will need to be installed by a professional stonemason. You’ll also want to make sure it is the same quality product that you ordered in the first place and if you haven’t received what you ordered there’ll be some chasing up to do.

As you can see, having the time to manage the process and being available to tackle renovation-related questions and unexpected surprises is what will make your renovation a success. That’s why there is so much value to be gained by having a project manager who oversees the whole kitchen renovation from start to finish.

Why Just In Place?

At Just In Place we have many years of experience installing beautiful custom-made kitchens. We have an extensive list of trustworthy tradespeople who are excellent at what they do. We also have a gorgeous showroom for kitchen, laundry, and bathroom interiors. Come for complimentary design consultation and enjoy having a browse of our beautiful range of kitchen tapware and accessories and extensive range of tiles for your kitchen splashback.

Kitchen inspiration and lots of advice

Take a look through our kitchen projects for some inspiration and lots of ideas. If you are planning to remodel your kitchen or put in a new kitchen, we would be delighted to help you get started. Give us a call and we can book an appointment for a design consultation.