Bentleigh
Renovation builder in Bentleigh
The Kiely Group is a boutique renovation builder working in Bentleigh. We have completed a bathroom renovation in the suburb, and we build whole-home renovations and extensions across Bayside.
Bentleigh homes usually have good bones and a dated plan
Much of Bentleigh is solid post-war brick on a generous block. That is a good starting point: the structure is rarely the problem, and the block usually has room to work with. What has dated is the plan — small separate rooms, a kitchen tucked at the back facing a fence, and one bathroom doing the work of two.
So the brief here is more often about rearranging than rebuilding. Opening the rear to the garden and the light, adding a main bedroom with its own bathroom, or going up where the garden is worth more than the extra footprint. The house is usually worth keeping; it just needs a different plan inside it.
We work throughout Bentleigh and outward through Highett, Cheltenham and Hampton East, and across the rest of Bayside from Brighton down to Mordialloc.
What we tend to be asked for in Bentleigh
- Opening the back of the house to the garden and the northern light
- A main bedroom and ensuite added to a house that has never had one
- A second storey where the block is worth more as garden than as footprint
- Bathrooms rebuilt properly rather than resurfaced
- Reworking a rear addition that was never built well the first time
Starting with one room
The project we have completed in Bentleigh is a bathroom, and that is worth saying plainly rather than dressing up. A single room is often how a longer relationship starts — it is a small enough job to find out whether you like working with a builder, before you commit to the one that takes six months.
It is also where a lot of money gets wasted. A bathroom is the most serviced room in the house, and the cost of doing it twice is far more than the cost of doing it once properly. Most of what makes it last is behind the tiles, where nobody looks.
Our Bentleigh project
What we do in Bentleigh
Questions we get asked
- Do you work in Bentleigh?
- Yes. We have completed a bathroom renovation in the suburb, and Bentleigh sits well inside the area we build in. Being a short drive from a site matters more than it sounds — turning up often is how a build stays on programme.
- What kind of renovations suit Bentleigh homes?
- Much of the suburb is solid post-war brick on generous blocks, which usually means the bones are sound and the opportunity is in the plan — opening up the rear, adding a proper main bedroom, or going up where the block will not give you room to go sideways.
- Do you take on single-room work, or only whole houses?
- Both, though we take on a small number of projects each year, so we are honest early about whether we are the right builder for what you are planning. Most of our work is whole-home renovations and extensions.
- How long does a renovation in Bentleigh take?
- It depends entirely on scope, and anyone who answers that question before seeing your drawings is guessing. What we can promise is a programme you can plan your life around, and being told early if it changes.
- Which suburbs near Bentleigh do you cover?
- Bentleigh sits between the bay and the south-east, so we work outward from it through Highett, Cheltenham and Hampton East, and across the rest of Bayside from Brighton down to Mordialloc.
Renovating in Bentleigh?
James personally reviews every enquiry and will be in touch by phone or email.
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Let’s talk about your home.
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We take on a limited number of projects each year, so the more detail you can give us, the faster we can tell you whether we are the right fit.
- Phone
- (03) 9787 4880
- Where we build
- Bayside Melbourne — Brighton, Hampton, Sandringham & surrounds