Castlemaine kitchens,
cut to your room.
Every cabinet cut to your wall lengths and ceiling height, pre-drilled, labelled and freighted to Castlemaine with the hardware bagged against the cabinet it belongs to.
The short answer
A Castlemaine kitchen is quoted from your measurements and photographs, not from a site visit, and the quote is fixed and itemised with freight shown as its own line. It is cut in Rockhampton and ships south along the Hume Highway. You choose flat packed or delivered assembled on the same drawing. Fitting is done by your own trades — our installation team works Central Queensland only.
What should a Castlemaine kitchen be built to survive?
A holiday house has two audiences: the one scrolling listings and the one actually cooking in it at Easter. The first is won on the benchtop and the splashback, the second on drawers that still run properly in year five. Victorian-era cottages with small, awkward kitchens where a cut-to-size run beats a catalogue every time.
What does delivery to Castlemaine involve?
Your kitchen is cut in Rockhampton and freighted south along the Hume 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 Castlemaine?
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 Victoria that is the Victorian Building Authority. 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.
How do I compare this with a Castlemaine cabinetmaker?
Take our itemised quote to any Castlemaine 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 goes wrong with cheap cabinetry first?
In a predictable order: the edging lifts near the sink and the dishwasher, then water gets into the exposed core and the panel swells, then the drawer runners start to drag, then the doors stop lining up because the hinges have no adjustment left. None of that is bad luck. It is what 16mm standard-core board with glued edging and unbranded hardware does, and it is the reason we do not sell it.
What happens if something arrives damaged?
Check the delivery against the numbered drawing on the day it lands in Castlemaine, 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.
Where else do you ship in Ballarat and the Goldfields?
We ship to Ballarat, Bendigo, Maryborough, Daylesford, Kyneton, Creswick, Clunes, Maldon and the rest of the region on the same route. The Ballarat and the Goldfields page covers the region, and Victoria covers the state.
- Drawn to your measurements, not catalogue widths
- 18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging
- 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 Castlemaine
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 Victoria.
The specification
Built for this
climate, not a catalogue.
Kitchens here are warm and steamy for a few hours and cold for the rest. That cycling is what lifts glued edging off a panel, and it is the single best argument for the specification we ship as standard.
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
- Soft-close hinges and full-extension runners
- Cut to your drawing, not catalogue widths
- Pre-drilled and labelled per cabinet
- Fixed itemised quote, freight its own line
What goes inside it
Anyone can sell you boxes.
This is the part that takes knowing.
Carcasses and doors decide how long it lasts. The fittings decide whether you like using it — and most suppliers charge for them at the end. These are included in your Castlemaine kitchen, not quoted as extras once the number is agreed. That is the difference, and it is the one most suppliers will not match.
Tall larder pull-out
Full-height tiers on runners, so nothing lives at the back where you forget you bought it.
See how it works →
Under-sink storage
Organisers shaped around the trap and the waste, which is the reason that cupboard is usually wasted.
See how it works →
Magic corner pull-out
The blind corner stops being the cupboard you empty twice a year. The front tray swings out and the back tray follows it.
See how it works →There are seven in all — see the full range.
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 (07) 4863 5788 — you get the person who designs it.
Frequently asked
Castlemaine — 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 Castlemaine?
Yes. Castlemaine is served south along the Hume 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 Castlemaine?
No. Our own installation team works Central Queensland only. In Castlemaine 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 Castlemaine?
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 Ballarat and the Goldfields orders go flat.
Who can do the plumbing and electrical in Castlemaine?
A licensed plumber and a licensed electrician, and you should check both licences yourself before they start. In Victoria, the Victorian Building Authority is the register to check against.
What board and hardware do you use?
18mm moisture-resistant board, laser-bonded edging and soft-close hinges and full-extension runners on every cabinet, in every state, with the hardware brand named on your quote. The specification is printed on your quote so you can hold it against anything else you are offered.
Can I see a sample before ordering in Castlemaine?
Yes. Door, board and edging samples are posted out, and for most people that settles the colour question better than a screen does. Ask when you send the dimensions through.
Can I add pull-downs and organisers to a Castlemaine kitchen?
Yes, and they are quoted per item rather than bundled into a package you did not ask for. Pull-down wall baskets, magic corners, tall larder pull-outs and drawer organisers can all go into a Castlemaine order. If you order delivered assembled they are fitted before it ships; flat packed, they arrive with the cabinet they belong to.
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.
Drawer fronts aligned on the bench, not on site
Stone on a compact run
Full-height joinery, fitted in days
Castlemaine, VIC
Send us the dimensions.
We will send back a number.
A fixed, itemised quote for your Castlemaine kitchen, flat packed and delivered assembled, with freight to your postcode on each. Nothing to pay to see it.