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These are rough guide bands for 2026, in a market where the price of a kitchen is set by metres of cabinetry, material choices, how much the services have to move and the condition of what is already there. They are published so you can tell which of three conversations you are in. They are not a quote, and no two kitchens in Camden have cost the same.
Band one — the targeted upgrade
As a rough guide, around $12,000 to $25,000.
This is the corridor job. The existing carcases stay, the layout stays, and the services stay where they are. New doors, drawer fronts and end panels, new hinges and runners, better internals, a new benchtop and a properly set out splashback. Sometimes a reworked island and a tapware change.
It suits homes built from roughly 2010 onward where the kitchen was never faulty, only basic. It is the shortest job on site and the least disruptive.
Band two — a new kitchen in the same place
As a rough guide, around $25,000 to $50,000.
Everything comes out and new joinery goes in, but the kitchen stays broadly where it was. Plumbing and electrical are refreshed and added to rather than relocated wholesale. New benchtop, new splashback, new sink and tapware, new appliances in most cases, lighting improved, and the room made good.
This is the usual answer in Narellan, Narellan Vale, Mount Annan, Currans Hill and Harrington Park, where the original kitchen has simply reached the end of its life.
Band three — a full renovation with changes
As a rough guide, from around $50,000, and higher where the work is substantial.
The layout moves, a wall comes out, the kitchen opens into living or alfresco space, or a scullery is added behind it. Services are re-run, floors are levelled, structural work is engineered where a beam is required, and premium materials are often part of the brief.
This is where old Camden, Elderslie and Camden South cottages usually land, and where larger Harrington Park and Harrington Grove homes end up when the whole ground floor is being reconsidered.
What moves a price, in rough order
Linear metres of cabinetry. More kitchen costs more. It is the single largest line.
Benchtop material and edge. Laminate to porcelain or natural stone is a large step. A mitred thick edge or a waterfall end adds material and labour. Engineered stone is not an option — it has been banned nationally since 1 July 2024.
Whether the services move. Keeping the sink, waste, gas and circuits roughly where they are saves real money. Relocating them does the opposite, and in a slab-on-ground home the waste fall is the constraint that decides what is possible.
Structural change. Removing a wall brings in engineering, a beam, possible approval and substantial making good.
Appliances. Entirely your choice, and the easiest line to flex up or down without touching the rest of the job.
Internals and hardware. Pot drawers, corner pull-outs, bin drawers and soft-close gear throughout cost more than cupboards with shelves, and are the part of the kitchen people notice daily.
Condition of what is there. Unlevel floors, a dropped bulkhead, swollen carcases, old vinyl needing testing, or a switchboard that cannot carry a modern kitchen all add scope.
Site access. Narrow-lot homes in Oran Park, Gregory Hills and Spring Farm need slabs carried through the house and deliveries timed. Acreage toward Cobbitty means longer service runs.
Heritage and flood controls. Relevant in parts of Camden and Elderslie, and better identified before planning than after.
Why the figure has to come from a site visit
Every kitchen is different. The bands above cannot account for the state of your carcases, the route available for a rangehood duct, the fall on your waste line, the squareness of your walls, or the fridge you intend to keep. A customised price comes from an on-site measure, a measured drawing set and an itemised written quote — cabinetry, benchtop, splashback, sink and tapware, plumbing, electrical, ventilation, appliances and making good, each named and priced.
That way you can see what each decision is actually costing you, and change one without re-pricing the whole job.
Two protections worth knowing about
The maximum deposit for residential building work in NSW is 10 per cent of the contract price. For work over $20,000, home building compensation cover must be in place before a deposit is requested. Both exist for your benefit, and both are confirmed in writing before any money changes hands.
Next step
Book an on-site measure. There is no charge for it and no obligation after it.
Call 02 4601 3179 or send through your kitchen details. The sequence from there is set out on how the job runs.
Questions people ask before they commit
Why can you not quote over the phone?
Because the three things that move a kitchen price the most cannot be seen from a phone call: the condition of what is already there, where the services run, and whether anything structural has to change. A figure given without those is a guess, and guesses get revised upward.
What is the biggest single driver of cost?
Linear metres of cabinetry, followed by the benchtop material and whether the layout moves. A kitchen that keeps its plumbing and electrical positions costs meaningfully less than an identical kitchen that moves them.
What deposit is allowed in NSW?
The maximum deposit for residential building work in NSW is 10 per cent of the contract price. For work over $20,000, home building compensation cover must be in place before a deposit is requested.
Are the bands on this page a quote?
No. They are planning bands, published so you can work out roughly which conversation you are having. Every kitchen is different and a customised price comes from an on-site measure and an itemised written quote.
Does a scullery or an outdoor kitchen sit inside these bands?
They are additional scope. A scullery adds cabinetry, usually plumbing and sometimes a structural opening. An alfresco kitchen is effectively a second, smaller kitchen in weather-rated materials. Both are priced as their own line items.