Flat pack or assembled,
delivered to Ballina.
Ballina is one freight run from our door in Rockhampton. What arrives is a kitchen drawn for your room, in 18mm moisture-resistant board with Blum hardware throughout.
The short answer
We design and cut every kitchen in Rockhampton, Queensland, and freight it to Ballina south along the Pacific Highway — flat packed, or delivered assembled with the doors already hung and adjusted. We do not install in Ballina; your own builder or installer fits it from our drawings. Send the room dimensions and the quote comes back both ways, fixed and itemised, with freight to your postcode on its own line.
What Ballina housing does to a kitchen
Salt air is relentless on hardware. It gets into unbranded runners and hinges and they stiffen, then sag, and the doors stop lining up. Every cabinet runs Blum soft-close hinges and full-extension runners as standard. Subtropical humidity and a flood history that has made people specific about board grade in a way most regions are not.
Getting it to Ballina
Your kitchen is cut in Rockhampton and freighted south along the Pacific Highway. Flat cartons are labelled to a numbered drawing, one per cabinet where possible, with doors and fronts wrapped separately and the Blum hardware bagged against the cabinet it belongs to. Assembled orders arrive as finished boxes, doors hung and adjusted, which takes more truck space and shows as a higher freight line. Both are on the same quote so the choice is a number rather than a guess.
Who fits it in Ballina
Your builder, carpenter or kitchen installer, plus a licensed plumber and a licensed electrician for their parts. Ask each for a licence number and check it yourself — in New South Wales that is NSW Fair Trading. Every order ships with dimensioned service drawings showing each waste, water point and outlet, so the trades rough in to the plan rather than to a guess. Our install guide sets out the three trades and the fixed order they work in.
Comparing our quote with a local one
Take our itemised quote to any Ballina cabinetmaker and compare it line for line, which is exactly what it is formatted for. Ask them three things: board thickness and moisture rating, edging method, hardware brand. If the answers match ours and the number is better, take theirs - a local supplier with the same specification and no freight line is a genuinely good outcome. If the answers are vague, you have learned something either way.
What happens if something arrives damaged
Check the delivery against the numbered drawing on the day it lands in Ballina, before the truck leaves if you can. Count the cartons, look at the door and drawer fronts. If a panel is damaged or a carton is missing, photograph it and ring the studio the same day. A replacement is cut from the drawing we hold on file, so it matches the rest of the kitchen rather than being re-measured from scratch.
Why there is no design software
Plenty of suppliers hand you a portal and let the software approve your own mistakes. We do not. A designer in Rockhampton draws your Ballina kitchen from your measurements and photographs, and catches the things software does not: the window reveal that stops an overhead, the door swing that fouls the fridge, the floor that falls 30mm across the run. You see the drawing before you pay anything.
Around the Northern Rivers
We ship to Lismore, Byron Bay, Tweed Heads, Casino, Grafton, Yamba, Murwillumbah on the same route. The the Northern Rivers page covers the region, and New South Wales covers the state.
- Drawn to your measurements, not catalogue widths
- 18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging
- Blum soft-close hinges and full-extension runners
- Pre-drilled and labelled per cabinet
- Service drawings for your plumber and electrician
- Fixed itemised quote, freight its own line
- Installation not offered in Ballina
Kitchenettes for a granny flat, studio or short-stay unit start at $4,500 — see flat pack kitchenettes.
Building a second dwelling? Granny flat rules in New South Wales.
The specification
Built for this
climate, not a catalogue.
The humid months do the damage quietly: water tracks along a glued edge, lifts it, and the board underneath drinks it. A laser-bonded edge has no seam for that to start in, which is why every panel we send is finished that way.
The same three questions decide any kitchen anywhere: board thickness and moisture rating, edging method, hardware brand. Ours are 18mm moisture-resistant, laser-bonded and Blum, and they are printed on every quote. How to judge a flat pack.
- 18mm moisture-resistant board
- Laser-bonded edging, no glue line
- Blum soft-close hinges and runners
- Cut to your drawing, not catalogue widths
- Pre-drilled and labelled per cabinet
- Fixed itemised quote, freight its own line
No showroom. No account.
A person draws it.
Send the wall lengths, the ceiling height and a photo of each corner. A designer draws your kitchen to the room and sends the drawing back with a fixed, itemised quote — flat packed and delivered assembled, freight to your postcode on each.
- Nothing to pay to see the drawing or the quote
- Changes redrawn until the plan is right
- Cut only after you sign the drawing off
- Freight quoted as its own line, never folded in
Or call 0401 821 848 — you get the person who designs it.
Frequently asked
Ballina — questions
If your question is not here, call the studio. We would rather talk it through than have you guess.
Ask us directly →Do you deliver flat pack kitchens to Ballina?
Yes. Ballina is served south along the Pacific Highway, and freight is quoted to your postcode as its own line on the quote rather than folded into the cabinetry price.
Do you install kitchens in Ballina?
No. Our own installation team works Central Queensland only. In Ballina your builder, carpenter or kitchen installer fits it, working from the dimensioned service drawings that ship with every order. Our install guide covers the three trades and the order they work in.
Should I order flat pack or assembled to Ballina?
Both are quoted on the same drawing. Flat cartons ship for less and get through tight doorways; assembled arrives with carcasses built and doors adjusted so your installer is fitting rather than building. Over this distance most the Northern Rivers orders go flat.
Who can do the plumbing and electrical in Ballina?
A licensed plumber and a licensed electrician, and you should check both licences yourself before they start. In New South Wales, NSW Fair Trading is the register to check against.
What board and hardware do you use?
18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging and Blum soft-close hinges and runners on every cabinet, in every state. The specification is printed on your quote so you can hold it against anything else you are offered.
How long will a Ballina order take?
It depends on the kitchen and the freight route, so it is stated on your quote for your job rather than guessed here. What you can plan around is the sequence: drawing, your sign-off, cutting, then freight.
Delivered assembled
The assembly is done
before it arrives.
Carcasses built square on a bench, Blum hardware fitted, doors hung and adjusted to even gaps. On site you are fixing finished cabinets to a wall, not building them on the floor. Your builder or installer levels it, fixes it and fits the benchtop, working from our drawings. Prefer to build it yourself? The same kitchen ships flat pack.
Laser-bonded edging, no glue line
Tall units arrive as built boxes
New build, kitchen fitted at fit-off
Ballina, NSW
Send us the dimensions.
We will send back a number.
A fixed, itemised quote for your Ballina kitchen, flat packed and delivered assembled, with freight to your postcode on each. Nothing to pay to see it.