the Bowen Basin kitchens,
cut to your room.
A kitchen cut to your measurements rather than picked from catalogue widths, packed flat for the run to the Bowen Basin or delivered with the doors already hung and adjusted.
The short answer
Every cabinet is cut to your wall lengths rather than picked from catalogue widths, then freighted to the Bowen Basin north along the Bruce Highway. 18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging and Blum hardware as standard. Installation in the Bowen Basin is by your builder or kitchen installer, working from the dimensioned service drawings that ship with the order.
What a kitchen is up against in the Bowen Basin
Turnover is the enemy. Every tenancy is a fresh set of hands on the same drawers, and cheap runners announce it within a year. What we ship is specified to be boring and repairable, which in a rental is the highest compliment. Half the kitchens quoted here are holiday lets, and a let kitchen is judged on how it photographs and how it survives a turnover every three days.
How it reaches the Bowen Basin
Your kitchen is cut in Rockhampton and freighted north along the Bruce 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 the Bowen Basin
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 Queensland that is QBCC. 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.
Second-dwelling and rental kitchens
A good share of what we ship to the Bowen Basin goes into secondary dwellings, granny flats and rentals. Those kitchens fail in a predictable order - edging near the sink, then drawer runners, then hinge adjustment - and all three are specification, not bad luck. The board, edging and hardware we ship as standard are chosen so the rental kitchen and the owner kitchen are the same kitchen.
Appliances: yours or ours
Most the Bowen Basin orders come with the appliances already chosen, and that is the easier way round. Send us the model numbers, or the cut-out dimensions from the spec sheet, and the cabinets are cut to take them. If you would rather we supplied them, they are quoted as their own lines. What does not work is guessing: a 900mm cooktop in a cabinet cut for 600mm is a new cabinet, not an adjustment.
Second-dwelling and rental kitchens
A good share of what we ship to the Bowen Basin goes into secondary dwellings, granny flats and rentals. Those kitchens fail in a predictable order - edging near the sink, then drawer runners, then hinge adjustment - and all three are specification, not bad luck. The board, edging and hardware we ship as standard are chosen so the rental kitchen and the owner kitchen are the same kitchen.
Around Mackay and the Whitsundays
We ship to Airlie Beach, Proserpine, Sarina, Cannonvale on the same route. The Mackay and the Whitsundays page covers the region, and Queensland 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 the Bowen Basin
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 Queensland.
The specification
Built for this
climate, not a catalogue.
Ask any local cabinetmaker what fails first in this climate and you will get the same answer: the edge nearest the sink, then the panel behind it. Moisture-resistant board and a fused edge are the whole defence, and they are standard on every cabinet we cut rather than a line you have to ask for.
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
the Bowen Basin — 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 the Bowen Basin?
Yes. the Bowen Basin is served north along the Bruce 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 the Bowen Basin?
No. Our own installation team works Central Queensland only. In the Bowen Basin 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 the Bowen Basin?
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 Mackay and the Whitsundays orders go flat.
Who can do the plumbing and electrical in the Bowen Basin?
A licensed plumber and a licensed electrician, and you should check both licences yourself before they start. In Queensland, QBCC 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.
Is there a deposit to get a the Bowen Basin quote?
No. The drawing and the itemised quote cost nothing and carry no obligation. Payment terms for the order itself are stated on that quote.
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.
Blum runners fitted before it leaves
Service drawings for your trades
Handleless rail on an assembled run
the Bowen Basin, QLD
Send us the dimensions.
We will send back a number.
A fixed, itemised quote for your the Bowen Basin kitchen, flat packed and delivered assembled, with freight to your postcode on each. Nothing to pay to see it.