HOME RENOVATIONS SOUTH MELBOURNE
At Cornerstone Property Group, our qualified team provides a fully project-managed home renovation service from start to finish. Whether it’s upgrading your bathroom, kitchen, or laundry, renewing your balcony, or refreshing flooring, carpet, painting, and window furnishings, we handle every aspect of your renovation.
We work closely with you to optimise your space, creating the perfect layout by adding or removing walls and maximising storage with custom cabinetry. Our goal is to transform your property into a personalised home that suits your lifestyle and needs.
With our experienced team by your side, we are committed to delivering seamless renovations, ensuring an expertly executed transformation at every step.
Optimise Your Budget for Home Renovations In South Melbourne
Cornerstone Property Group specialises in home renovations in South Melbourne, working to your budget to maximise its full potential and deliver you outstanding results that you may not have thought possible! Our dedicated Project Manager and Interior Designer collaborate closely with you, ensuring a smooth and successful renovation process from start to finish for your home renovations in South Melbourne.
We prioritise the smart and efficient use of your budget to create a home makeover that truly reflects your vision. By focusing on the key elements of your renovation, we design and plan solutions that suit your needs, ensuring that your home renovation cost is spent wisely to achieve your desired outcome.
Why Choose Cornerstone?
Choosing Cornerstone as your home renovation company gives you a lot of benefits.
Registered Builders. Giving you peace of mind that you are protected, providing easy to read HIA contracts and Domestic Building Insurance.
Fully project-managed solution. From the start of the renovation, our Project Manager takes charge, keeping you informed at every step of the renovation process until project handover, providing you with a single point of contact for any questions or queries.
Fast project turnaround times. With a crew of professional tradesman, you can expect the project to be completed to the highest standard and finished as scheduled!
Interior Designer. At Cornerstone, we provide an Interior Designer to work closely with you in bringing your home renovation style and vision to life, along with the added advantage of our trade discounts on fittings and fixtures.
Experienced Tradesmen. We work exclusively with the most trusted and skilled tradesmen, ensuring your renovation project is completed to the highest standards, on time, covering all aspects of the work.
How Much Does a Full Renovation Cost?
The biggest cost in your renovation will be the kitchen and bathroom. Refer to the kitchen renovation and bathroom renovation FAQs for our detailed price guides on these areas.
A complete home renovation can be a costly and is a long-term project. Consider if you were to renovate your kitchen and bathroom together, it’s a minimum of $50,000. Prioritisation may need to take place to fit your budget such as focusing on a particular room or element at a time.
Common elements for a full home renovation include: (Price indications are based on an average of 3 bedrooms and 1 living room.)
Flooring. Carpet, sanding and polishing existing and Hybrid (floating). Prices vary with carpet being the cheapest and Hybrid being the most expensive. Carpet will be around $2,500 – $4,000 depending on quality. Sanding and polishing will be approximately $2,700 – $4,000 depending on the condition of the floor and finish. Hybrids and floating floors will be approx. $4,500 – $7,000.
Painting (internal). Depending on the finish required, the number of colours, and the condition of the existing property, painting costs can vary a lot. Most of the labour with painting is not in the actual painting it is in the preparation of the surfaces! The actual painting is very quick, however sanding, filling, gapping and making rough surfaces look nice takes time. Expect to pay between $10,000 -$15,000 for a professional job.
Window furnishings/Blinds. There are many options to choose, this all depends on budget and style. For standard block out roller blinds (most common) you would be paying approximately $2,500 – $3,500.
Heating & Cooling. Most commonly are split systems or heat pumps (language varies). These are refrigerated systems that both heat and cool and are a very popular economical choice. There is a control unit that mounts inside the house and a condenser that mounts on the exterior (usually a wall or roof out of the way). For the most economical price, the inside and outside units are mounted back-to-back and prices start from approximately $2,900 for an LG 3.5kw or approx. $3,300 for a Daikin 3.5kw. For more complex installs that can’t be achieved back-to-back costs vary.
Laundry. Very similar to a kitchen, the layout (size of cabinetry) and finishes can vary the price a lot. A very common and economical renovation is to have a tall cabinet for storage, a bench with a sink, and cabinets with a washer and dryer under the bench, finished with overhead cupboards and a tiled splashback. Expect to pay a starting price of $10,000 (no changes to flooring or painting) anywhere up to $25,000 for a bigger or more complex space.
How Long Does a Renovation Take?
Once all materials are selected and confirmed as being in stock, from start to finish we can have the work completed in 6 to 8 weeks. This time frame is based on a full internal renovation with all our offered elements. From acceptance of our proposal to commencement of works, there is approximately 2 to 3 weeks’ worth of work to be done with our Interior Designer, selecting and procuring all of the materials and items. From acceptance to commencement of works a minimum of 3 weeks would be required (depending on our lead times as well).
Which Part of the House Do I Remodel First?
Assess your home for any design issues by inspecting which parts of your home need to be renovated. Start with the basics—a sound foundation, durable roofing, stable windows, reliable plumbing, heating, and air conditioning, and so on. For the best return on investment and property value appraisal, bathrooms and kitchens top the list for renovations, especially if they’re already outdated.
Can I Live In The House While Work Is Being Done?
Unfortunately for a full renovation you cannot. We will need full, unrestricted access to the property. Alternatively, if you break it down and complete one stage at a time it may be possible. Refer to our above Kitchen & Bathroom FAQs for more information.
