Case Study: Cooparoo Family Completes $15,000 Modern Kitchen Renovation in 5 Weeks

Today we’re going to show you how one of our clients transformed their kitchen in just 5 weeks.

Our client is a busy family of 5 that have all the usual pressures of modern day life like school, work, sports events, social occasions etc.

Exclusiv Kitchens have a step by step process we follow, which we’ve called “the Exclusiv Makeover Machine” that enables us to deliver completed kitchen renovations in weeks rather than months.

Here is what we managed to deliver for the Bolitho’s:

• Gorgeous new modern kitchen with Lagoon Silestone 40mm stone
• Time from design appointment to final install 5 weeks
• Completed cost of kitchen $15,710

So, let’s dig into the details of how this was all achieved:

Kitchen Style:

• Contemporary handleless cabinetry
• Latest soft-closing hardware
• Modern stone benchtops with undermount sink

Cabinet Timing:

• 1 weeks from initial meeting to client’s confirmation of design, deposit paid and cabinet makers final check
• 3 weeks to manufacture the cabinets
• 1 day to install cabinetry, this was done by an install team accredited to Exclusiv

Stone Benchtop & Splashback Timing: 

• 7 days for stone installation (template, cut, polish and install)
• Splashback tiling completed by client

Costing:

• Cabinetry cost $10,400
• Stone Benchtop $4,300
• Appliance Sink Package $1,000

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Every kitchen reno starts with us visiting our client’s home, measuring their kitchen area and discussing their kitchen design ideas. On this occasion, it was our designer, Ed that visited the Bolitho’s home in Cooparoo on the 23rd of March 2015. Ed remembers the Bolitho’s having the following design ideas:

• White and Black
• Handleless Design
• Stone benchtop

Here are some before pictures of the Bolitho’s kitchen:

Having met with the Bolitho’s, measured their kitchen space and discussed their kitchen design ideas it was now time for Ed to get on with designing the kitchen:

Ed invited the Bolitho’s to our kitchen showroom in Capalaba at 2/6 Dan Street on the 26th March 2015.

This is the initial design that Ed showed them:

The first design is never final and as expected, the Bolitho’s wanted several changes. This is what the Bolitho’s decided to change:

• The island was important to the Bolitho’s to get right, for the whole family to be able to fit around it. Several changes were made to get this right.
• We also worked together to get the right balance of black and white cabinetry

The Bolitho’s were very happy with their final design and price. They were wanting to proceed to the next stage where a contract is typed up and signed by both parties.

Once the client has confirmed the design, paid the deposit and is happy to proceed with ordering their new kitchen (by signing the contract), our Cabinet Maker must come to site to complete a check measure.

The check measure ensures that we have the correct details concerning measurements, colours, materials, tradesmen, etc. The cabinet maker will then confirm his details and cross check the order. Once this is complete he will place the order.

Note this process is subject to the availability of both the client and cabinet maker.

Our kitchen design software syncs with our local manufacturer in Brisbane. So, when the Bolitho’s were happy with their final design we placed the order with our manufacturer on the 8th April 2015. Our manufacturer uses laser technology to cut and assembly the cabinetry and install the hardware (soft close) resulting in high quality cabinets.

3 weeks later their new kitchen was complete and sent onsite. We had organised to remove the existing kitchen the day prior to this to ensure our installer could install that day. As planned he completed the kitchen cabinetry within the day.

Our stone mason was notified of the kitchen progress and came onsite to do his template measure. He was able to return to the Bolitho’s in a week to install the final polished stone.

Here are some after pictures of their modern kitchen renovation:

We loved working with the Bolitho’s. They’re a lovely family and we just wanted to publicly thank them for their business.

Well there you have it, a complete modern kitchen renovation in just a couple of weeks. All thanks to the Exclusiv Makeover Machine process.

There aren’t many kitchen companies in Brisbane that can match our time to complete and our price. If you’d like to talk with one of our friendly kitchen designers, please call us on 1300 865 954.