Renovations / Kitchens

Kitchens that work harder than they look

Bespoke joinery, layout changes, and full kitchen builds across the Waikato. Premium finishes, fixed contracts, and a team that knows where the engineered stone goes.

  • Guaranteed completion date, or we pay you $100 a day
  • One fixed price, agreed before we start
  • Bespoke joinery and engineered stone finishes
A Finer Builds kitchen renovation with modern joinery, premium finishes, and open-plan flow.
$100a day if we run late

Who this suits

A kitchen renovation is the right move when your kitchen fights you every day, an awkward layout, dated finishes, or never enough bench and storage.

  • Anyone stuck with an awkward or dated kitchen layout
  • Families needing more bench, storage, and flow
  • Owners wanting bespoke joinery and premium finishes
  • Sellers lifting value with the room buyers care about most

What's involved

  • A measure-up and honest chat about layout and budget
  • Design input and joinery, appliance, and finish selections
  • Bespoke or made-to-measure cabinetry
  • Plumbing and electrical rework
  • Splashback, tiling, and painting
  • Appliance install, final clean, and walk-through

Our process

Three clear stages, from first measure to final detail

A kitchen touches plumbing, electrical, joinery, and structure all at once, so we plan it carefully. Three stages take you from the first measure to the day it all comes together.

Stage 1

Getting to know you

We measure your space, talk through layout options, and recommend joinery, appliances, and finishes that fit your budget. Because it's a smaller job, we work the design out here so the quote is accurate. No cost, no obligation.

  • A measure-up and honest chat about layout and budget
  • Recommendations on joinery, appliances, and finishes
  • Design worked out so the quote is accurate
  • A fixed quote, with no obligation to proceed

Stage 2

Design, selections and sign-off

We finalise the design and all your selections so the price is genuinely fixed. Where plumbing or structural work is involved, we handle the consent. You sign your contract, and we order your joinery early, it's the long-lead item at four to six weeks, so it arrives as site work begins.

  • Final design and all selections locked in
  • Consent handled where plumbing or structural work is involved
  • One genuinely fixed price presented to you
  • Sign your contract so we can order your joineryYou commit here

Stage 3

Demo, build and install

With joinery in production, we demolish, rework the plumbing and electrical, then install, tile, and commission your appliances. Around four to six weeks on site, finished with a final clean and walk-through.

  • Demolition and disposal
  • Plumbing and electrical rework
  • Joinery, benchtops, splashback, and tiling installed
  • Appliances installed and commissioned
  • Finished on the agreed date, or $100 a day if we run late
  • A final clean and a walk-through
Start your build

Why choose us

What sets us apart

A kitchen isn't furniture, it's plumbing, electrical, structural, and joinery all in one room. Here's why our clients trust us with it.

Bespoke joinery partners

We work with a small group of Waikato joinery shops we trust for premium custom kitchens. Off-the-shelf cabinetry where the budget calls for it.

Fixed contract pricing

Joinery, plumbing, electrical, finishes, all costed and locked in upfront. No mid-job surprises when the appliances arrive.

Engineered stone & quality finishes

Stone benchtops, panel-ready appliances, proper extractor venting, layered lighting. The details that make a kitchen feel finished.

Local Waikato suppliers

We source through Waikato suppliers we've worked with for years. Quality materials, faster lead times when something goes sideways.

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Our projects

Some of our recent work

Kitchen renovations we've delivered across the Waikato, bespoke joinery, premium finishes, layouts that actually work.

A Finer Builds kitchen renovation with an island and modern joinery.
An open-plan kitchen renovation with island, pendant lights, and dining area.
A Finer Builds kitchen renovation with a stone waterfall island, bar seating, and timber cabinetry.
See it all here

FAQs

Your questions, answered

Quick answers to the questions we get asked most. If yours isn't here, drop us a line, we love a curly one.

  • Kitchen renos start around $40K for a standard reno with new cabinetry and benchtop, up to $120K+ for premium bespoke joinery and full layout changes with structural work. You get a fixed contract price once scope is locked.

Get a fixed price,
on a date we guarantee

Talk us through your project and we'll scope it properly, then hand you a fixed price in writing along with a completion date in your contract. Miss that date and we pay you $100 for every day we run late. No cost to ask, no pressure.

Get in touch

Let's work together

Tell us about your project. We'll be in touch within three business days to set up a free site visit, no obligation, no pressure.