Polyurethane Doors:

• Unlimited colour selection, easy to match your home style.
• A classy surface with rich gloss, matt or smooth satin finish.
• Made of 18mm MDF board and sprayed with two-pack (colour+ hardener) polyurethane.
• Option to have grooves and patterns
• Easy to clean and will last a long time if care is taken.

Laminate Doors:

• Come in a range of colours and patterns with edges either PVC or ABS (slightly more environmentally friendly than PVC).
• Can have matching laminate edges or in other materials such as aluminium and timer.
• Decorative board with the colour applied to both sides.
• Economical & durable. The most popular surfaces that customers chose.
• Easy cleaning finish
• Cost-effective way to create a quality kitchen.

Timber Doors:

• Produced by natural solid timber and finished in satin clear polyurethane.
• A timeless classic finish that has been around for years.
• Create a warm and cosy feeling in a kitchen and can suit both modern or country kitchen designs.
• Can be hand painted to create a unique kitchen.
• Perfect for traditional design kitchen with country style.

Other Choices

Timber Veneer

Timber veneer is a thin layer of real wood stuck to a particleboard or medium density board to create a very smooth flat timber surface. Although you cannot create profiles in timber veneered doors, however, create patterns in timber veneered doors just by laying the timber grains in different directions.

Glass

Glass doors are often used together with other doors in a kitchen to break up the cabinet boxes”. However there is no rule saying that you can’t have your kitchen fitted entirely with glass doors. Glass doors are usually framed in either material that matches other doors in a kitchen or contrasting material and frameless glass doors are also available. Clear glass doors are perfect for displaying your favourite items while frosted glass doors and solid coloured glass doors provide privacy.

1. Quality of the products

Make sure the cabinets and doors are made from high density, water resistant board.

2. Comparison

Take time to get at least three quotations, compare who gives you better offer, not only the price but also better quality of the products and services.

3. Qualification

Ensure all tradesmen have the required license; even the person handling the installation needs a license. A lot of home owners try to save money by installing themselves or reducing cost by hiring unqualified trades people. This not only wastes your time, but it could also cost you much more if something goes wrong.

4.  Future Needs

Go beyond aesthetics. The kitchen should make the house more liveable and future upgrade should be considered. For example when you want to sell your house, consider the potential buyers needs.

5. Investment Return

The new kitchen from Kitchen Net can increase your property’s rental income, and also could higher your property’s resale value.

6. Old Kitchen

Remove your old kitchen once you confirmed the tradesmen (plumber, electrician, and kitchen installer.) start the work the next day.

7. Check List

Get a fixed price contract. Check what services are included, such as delivery, installation, materials of the bench top made etc.

8. Tax Invoice

Always keep your tax invoice for tax purposes; you can deduct this purchase against the capital gain tax.

9. Green our environments

Make sure the products are meeting the International Environment Standard.

10. Products Warranty

Don’t forget to ask your kitchen company how many years warranty they provide.

Steps to your kitchen renovation:

Firstly measurement, draft designing, choosing kitchen facilities, get quotations and timeline for the kitchen renovation (Normally signing of contract to delivery takes aprox. 4 weeks) You cannot use your kitchen for around 2 weeks. Works involved in this period are as follows:

1. Remove old kitchen (app.1 day)

2. Electricians and plumbers shut off the power and water, replace electrical and dated kitchen plumbing (replacement according to the design, generally 1-2 days)

3. Kitchen flooring (app.2-3days for tiles, timber floor takes app. 1 week)

4. Install kitchen cabinets and door panels (app. 1 day)

5. Bench top man comes to measure for the template, order kitchen bench top and install (Once the measurements are taken, you might have to wait from 5 days to 12 working days for the bench tops to be fabricated and installation only needs 1 day.)

6. Get back the electricians and plumbers to reconnect the power and water (1 day) *you can use kitchen at this point now*

7. Install the splashback: • Tile splash back can be done in 1 day. • Stone splash back can be done on same day with bench top. • For the glass splash back, you might have to wait from 7 days to 15 working days for the processing and painting and installation only needs 1 day.

Finally enjoy the fabulous meal and happy memories in the kitchen

Splash Back

Glass

• Extremely hygienic and easy to keep clean
• 2 options:  Plain or Textured
• Plain splashback is easy to clean. Wide range of colours to choose, custom made to suit your size, theme and décor.
• Textured splashbacks has new and modern look, wide variety of standard textures or custom design to choose
• Costly to install since it needs to be cut exactly size

Tiles

• Choose different shapes, colours and patterns.
• Difficult to keep the grout clean and free of dirt of stains.
• Highly economical

Stainless Steel

• Modern, easy to keep clean
• Show smudge, fingerprints, watermarks and other things if you are not careful. 

Mirror

• Open up the kitchen.
• Cannot stand up to moisture, food debris and the other rigours of the kitchen.

Paint

• Cost effective way
• Practically unlimited in design choices.

Laminate

• Hard wearing property with cost effective price.
• Wide range of colours and patterns available.
• Fast installation
• Practical and scratch resistant. 

Natural Stone

•  Durable and functional choice
• Available in many colours and edge profiles.
• They are hard so you are more likely to break crockery on them.

Engineered Stone

• Made of 95% stone powder and 5%binding agent such as polyester resin and acrylic.
• Extremely durable
• Able to withstand high temperatures
• Low maintenance is required to maintain its sheen.
• A wide range of colours.
• Highly resistant to stains and porous.

Solid Timber

• Warm to touch and will age beautiful with time.
• Sealed with polyurethane or wood oil. Polyurethane usually gives a higher gloss finish, is more durable and requires less maintenance than oiled timber bench top.
• Wood oil finish gives a natural matt timber finish, requires recoating regularly to protect the timber.
• Easy repair.

Stainless Steel

• More often using in commercial kitchens.
• Easy to keep clean and can withstand high temperatures
• Prone to scratch

Tile

•  Unique design, durable and affordable.
• Design to suit contemporary design
• Very economical
• Needs a good amount of sun light to avoid bacterial build up

Acrylic

• Allow you greater creative freedom
• Near invisible joints
• Easy to clean and stain resistant
• Not heat or burn resistant
• Not highly resistant to cracking

When taking on a kitchen remodeling project, choosing the right kitchen cabinets is one of the most significant decisions a homeowner will make. The cabinets are often front and center in a kitchen space, so homeowners need to think carefully about their choices to ensure that they make a selection they will be happy with for the next several years.

To make the decision making process a little easier, there are five main steps homeowners should think through when choosing kitchen cabinets.

1.    Determine Budget: Calculate the budget for the whole kitchen remodeling project. It is typically advised to allocate 30-50% of the budget to the kitchen cabinets.

2.    Select Cabinet Construction: There are three main types of cabinet construction available – stock, semi-custom and custom. The selection made here is usually determined by the budget that is available. Stock cabinets are pre-made in certain styles, sizes and finishes and are the cheapest option. Semi-custom cabinets will allow homeowners to change certain aspects of the cabinets, and custom cabinets are entirely unique to the space. The more custom the kitchen cabinets, the higher the price tag.

3.    Choose Cabinet Style: The design chosen for cabinet doors has a large impact on the overall style of the space. Clean lines work best for a modern space, while ornate and decorate details will create more of a traditional feel.

4.    Select Cabinet Material: The material of the cabinet will also impact the style of the kitchen. The three main material options are wood, metal and laminate. Wood is the most popular option for the majority of kitchens. Metal is becoming increasingly popular in modern and contemporary spaces.

5.    Choose Cabinet Finish: Wood cabinets can be stained or painted a variety of colors. Wood cabinets can also be left as is to highlight the natural wood color. Metal and laminate cabinets can be made in different colors as well.

By following these five steps, choosing the perfect kitchen cabinets becomes a breeze.