Home renovations
Home renovations in Bayside Melbourne, planned properly before we build
The Kiely Group renovates established homes across Bayside Melbourne — Brighton, Hampton, Sandringham, Black Rock and the coast down to Mount Martha. We take on a small number of architecturally designed renovations each year, and we plan the whole job before we start building.
Renovating a Bayside house is its own discipline
The homes here are not new. Interwar brick, Californian bungalows, weatherboard cottages that have been added to twice already — each one hides something. Wall framing that is not where the drawings say it is. Floor levels that step where nobody expected. Services routed by whoever was cheapest decades ago.
That is why we do not price a renovation from a set of drawings and a hopeful assumption. We work out what is actually there first. A renovation that is properly investigated before it starts is a renovation that can hold a programme and a budget.
It is also why we stay boutique. Work like this needs the builder in the room, not on a spreadsheet.
What a whole-home renovation covers
- Reworking the plan so the house suits how you actually live
- Kitchens and bathrooms detailed as part of the whole, not bolted on
- Structural changes — removing walls, opening the house to the garden
- Services brought up to standard: electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling
- Joinery, finishes and the detail that decides whether it reads as considered
Recent work
The Hampton whole-home renovation
A whole-home renovation in Hampton — the clearest example of how we work, from the first conversation through to handover.
Kitchen, laundry, three bathrooms and a new pool house — with before-and-after photography of every room.
See the projectQuestions we get asked
- What does a whole-home renovation cost in Bayside?
- It depends entirely on scope, the condition of the existing house and the level of finish, so any number quoted before we have seen the drawings is a guess. What we will do is give you an honest range early, and test it properly before anything is locked in — rather than a figure that quietly changes later.
- How long does a renovation take?
- A multi-room renovation is usually measured in months, not weeks. The planning stage before we start on site is a meaningful part of that, and it is the part that keeps the construction stage predictable.
- Can we live in the house during the renovation?
- Sometimes, depending on the scope and which rooms are affected. It is one of the first practical questions we work through with you, because it changes the programme and the cost.
- Do you work with our architect?
- Yes — most of our clients come to us with an architect already engaged, or about to be. We are at our most useful when we join the conversation early.
Before you get quotes
If your drawings are not finished yet, the most useful thing we can do is look at them before they are. That is what our pre-construction planning is for.
Planning a renovation in Bayside?
James personally reviews every enquiry and will be in touch by phone or email.
Enquire
Let’s talk about your home.
The more you can tell us, the more useful our first conversation will be. James personally reads every enquiry.
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