New-build kitchens

A new build is the one chance to design the kitchen into the house rather than around it. The walls, the windows, the plumbing and the power can all be set to suit the kitchen — if the kitchen is decided early enough. Coming direct to us instead of taking the builder's standard allowance usually means a better kitchen for a comparable spend, and a layout built around how you actually cook.

Your own cabinetmaker vs the builder's allowance

Most new-build kitchens start life as a provisional cost sum — a placeholder budget in the building contract for a fairly standard fit-out. You're almost always free to supply the kitchen yourself instead, and it's worth doing: the same money spent direct with a cabinetmaker goes into the things a standard fit-out skimps on. Soft-close runners and hinges come as standard with us, the corners are solved properly, and the design is yours rather than off the plan. Tell your builder early that you're supplying the kitchen so the programme and payments are set up for it.

Engage us before the slab

The best time to bring us in is at plan stage, before the slab is poured. Where the sink, hob, fridge and rangehood sit decides where the plumbing, power, gas and ducting have to go — and those are far cheaper to place correctly before concrete and lining than to move afterwards. Get the kitchen designed early and every rough-in lands exactly where the finished cabinetry needs it:

• Water and waste for the sink, dishwasher and any scullery second sink.
• Power for the oven, cooktop, rangehood, and appliance garage.
• Ducting run for a rangehood vented to the outside.
• Switched outlets at bench height exactly where you'll use them.

Working alongside your builder

A new-build kitchen is a relay, and the hand-offs are where things go wrong on other people's jobs. We coordinate with your builder on the key dates — when walls are lined, when the rough-ins are signed off, when the benchtops get templated and when we install — so our cabinetry meets their programme cleanly. One team designs, manufactures and installs your kitchen, so there's no finger- pointing between a supplier and a fitter if a detail needs sorting.

Scullery, pantry and laundry in one package

New builds are where sculleries really earn their place — and the ideal time to plan one, because the wall and the plumbing can be set up for it from the start. We'll design the scullery and the laundry as part of the same package as the kitchen, so shared walls, plumbing and joinery are planned together. The result is consistent finishes throughout and one team responsible for the lot, rather than three trades meeting in the middle.

Where we build

We design, manufacture and install new-build kitchens across Rotorua and the wider Waikato, including the new subdivisions going up around both. Everything is made in our own factory in Rotorua, so your cabinetry is built to the exact dimensions of your new home — not adapted from a standard range.

Start early, build it once

The earlier you lock in the kitchen, the more the house can be built to suit it — and the fewer compromises you make later. Bring us your plans and we'll design the kitchen, scullery and laundry together, show it back in 3D, and give you a fixed written quote before anything is made.