Your Local Kitchen Renovation Specialists
A kitchen renovation touches plumbing, gasfitting, drainage, electrical, joinery, flooring, painting and ventilation. Most homeowners end up project-managing five trades. Southern brings them all under one roof — you deal with one team, one fixed-price quote, one timeline.
40+ years of Wellington kitchens — from inner-city apartments to Karori villas to Wairarapa lifestyle blocks. Call 0800 484 353.
Professional Kitchen Renovations — What’s Included
We handle the full scope of a kitchen renovation — nothing outsourced to a third-party project manager:
- Kitchen design and layout planning
- Cabinet and joinery installation (we partner with Master Craft)
- Countertop installation — quartz, stone, laminate, engineered timber
- Sink and tapware replacement
- Appliance installation — ovens, gas hobs, induction, dishwashers
- Gas hob and oven connection (we’re certified gasfitters)
- Rangehood and ventilation installation
- Flooring — tile, SPC, timber, vinyl
- Splashback tiling and glass
- Lighting upgrades — pendant, under-cabinet, recessed
- Island or breakfast bar installation
- Pantry and custom storage solutions
- Painting and trim installation
- Smart kitchen integration
Trusted Wellington Kitchen Renovators & Designers
Good kitchen design is about workflow, not just looks. We sit down with you, measure the space, and plan the zones — prep, cook, wash, store — so the finished kitchen actually works the way you cook. CAD elevations, 3D visualisations, and sample boards for materials.
Once you sign off on design, we project-manage every trade against a written schedule. You get weekly progress walk-throughs and a single point of contact from start to finish. Fixed-price, guaranteed on time.
Kitchen Design Trends Wellington Clients Are Asking For
- Drawers instead of cupboards — soft-close, see everything at once
- Dishwasher next to the sink — plumbing common, easier unload workflow
- Induction over gas — safer with kids, faster boil, easier to clean. We also install gas hobs (9kg LPG or piped reticulated)
- Quartz benchtops — harder than granite, more colour options
- Large kitchen island with waterfall ends
- Two-toned cabinetry — dark lowers, light uppers
- Open shelving and feature lighting
- Smart kitchen integration — app-controlled ovens, connected fridges
- Eco-friendly materials — FSC-certified timber, recycled quartz
Kitchen Features Worth Specifying
Small details that make a big difference once you actually use the kitchen every day:
- Soft-close drawers on every cabinet — no slamming, longer life
- Drawers instead of base cupboards — pull the whole contents out, no bending to reach the back
- 900mm-wide drawers for utensil storage — fits a full drawer organiser plus spares
- Off-white cabinet finish — hides fingermarks in a way pure white doesn’t
- Large single sink bowl (over double) — fits roasting trays and big pots
- Hot points above the bench for kettles, toasters and slow-cookers
- Under-cabinet LED strip — lights the benchtop where you actually work
Why Choose Southern for Your Kitchen?
- Complete service — design, plumbing, gasfitting, drainage, electrical, joinery, flooring, painting. One team.
- 40+ years of Wellington kitchen experience — we’ve seen every layout and every surprise
- Multi-trade management — we coordinate every sub-trade so you don’t have to
- Quality craftsmanship — backed by the Master Plumbers Guarantee
- Personalised approach — every design is built around how your household actually cooks
- “Your Job On Time, or It’s Free”.
Kitchen Flooring, Splashbacks & Tiling
Our in-house tilers handle splashbacks, floor tiling and feature walls. For floors we also install Aspen SPC — waterproof, underfloor-heating compatible, kid and pet friendly, 10-year warranty. Faster to lay than tile and softer underfoot.
Pattern options: brick bond, horizontal stack, vertical offset, herringbone. Grout colour matched to tone.
Kitchen Renovations Across the Wellington Region
We renovate kitchens across Wellington city, the Hutt Valley, Porirua, the Kapiti Coast and the Wairarapa — including Featherston, Greytown, Martinborough, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Brooklyn, and Upper Hutt.
Same fixed-price approach everywhere. Same Master Plumbers Guarantee. Same “Your Job On Time, or It’s Free” promise.
Call 0800 484 353 for a kitchen quote, or request one online.