Open-plan kitchen with a sage green island and stone benchtop, renovated by TIJ Australia
TIJ Australia

Registered builder · Melbourne

For Melbourne homeowners who’d rather not lose their kitchen for a season

Get Your Magazine‑Worthy Kitchen In Under 6 Weeks. All Made In Our Own Factory.

Design, cabinetry, trades and project management under one roof. Your joinery is built in our own factory from Australian‑made products, bought from Australian businesses — so it’s finished and waiting before we take a single cupboard off your wall. The people who make it are the people who install it.

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A visual of how your room could look, and a costed range in writing. Free this month.

12+Years in the trade
234Projects delivered
4.9From 33 reviews
4–6Weeks on site
VBA Registered Builder KBDI Certified HIA Member Warranty Included

Recently handed over

Real Melbourne homes. Not renders.

Kitchen with a marble waterfall island and pendant lighting
Marble waterfall island · Melbourne
Bathroom with freestanding bath and frameless shower screen
Freestanding bath ensuite
Hamptons style kitchen with stone splashback and mantle range hood
Hamptons kitchen · Melbourne
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Yours could be next. A visual and a costed range, free this month.

Why this matters to you

Nobody can point at anybody else.

Ask anyone who has renovated and they rarely start with the budget. They tell you about the eleven weeks of washing up in the bathroom sink, and the fortnight everyone spent blaming the cabinetmaker.

That usually comes down to how the joinery is bought. When cabinetry is ordered in, drawings go out, a price comes back, and your job sits in somebody else’s production queue. If a door arrives the wrong colour, your house is already in pieces and the remake is weeks away.

If we’re supplying your joinery, we’re making it — on our own machinery, in our own factory, while your existing kitchen is still standing. By the time we arrive to take the old one out, the new one is finished and stacked on our floor.

One team owns the whole thing, so there is one person to ring and one person answerable for it.

Book-matched stone splashback and freestanding cooker in a custom kitchen
Book‑matched stone, cut and set by our own team
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One team, one point of contact. Start with a photo of your room.

Made here

Australian‑made products, from Australian businesses.

The board, the hardware and the finishes in your joinery are Australian‑made, bought from Australian suppliers we have used for years. It costs a little more than a container from overseas. It also means a replacement door is days away rather than months, and that the money you spend on your home largely stays in the country.

It is the same reason we run our own factory instead of subcontracting the cabinetry out. Control over the parts of your job that go wrong most often.

Custom walk-in robe with backlit shelving made by TIJ Australia
Walk‑in robe · made in our factory
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See the finishes and hardware specified for your job, by brand and model.

How it runs

Three steps, one team.

White shaker kitchen with island opening onto a garden
01

Send a photo

Andy comes back within one business day and asks for a photo of the room. You get a visual of how it could look and a costed range — then a consultation, at your place or the showroom.

Timber and marble kitchen joinery
02

We make it

Your joinery is manufactured in our own factory while your kitchen or bathroom is still in use, and materials are on hand before anything is pulled apart.

Completed bathroom with backlit mirrors and stone vanity
03

On site & handover

Demolition through to finishing — typically four to six weeks, often less on a straightforward job. The people who built it install it.

Timings assume materials are ordered ahead of the start date and no major structural changes. Complex jobs, or variations along the way, take longer — we’ll tell you that up front rather than after.

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Step one takes about a minute.

The offer

A free design package, and something to keep.

Most free quotes are a number generated from a form by someone who has never seen your house. You’ll deal with Andy — the person who runs your job — and keep four things either way.

The design packageUsual value
  • A costed range for your project, in writingBased on your actual room and what you want in it — so you know where you stand before committing to anything. $600
  • A visual of your finished spaceAndy asks for one photo of the room as it stands. You get back an image of how it could look, built to your budget. $400
  • A consultation with AndyAt your place or in the showroom — the person who would actually run your job, not a salesperson. $300
  • Materials & finishes specifiedCabinetry, benchtop and hardware named by brand and model — not “stone benchtop”. $100
Usually$1,400
Your price this monthFree

No obligation to build with us. Andy runs these himself, so there are a limited number each month.

The visual is a concept image to help you picture the room — an impression of the finish and layout, not a construction drawing. Detailed drawings come later, once you decide to go ahead.

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A few we’ve finished

Every one of these was made by us.

Sage green island kitchen with stone benchtop
Bathroom with navy herringbone feature wall and floating timber vanity
Kitchen and dining space with navy cabinetry and shaker uppers
Family bathroom with brass tapware, twin basins and freestanding bath
Custom timber and glass wine display cabinet
Timber kitchen with marble benchtop and window splashback

More at theinsidejobs.com.au/gallery

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Tell us which room and Andy will show you what yours could look like.

You don’t have to take our word for it

Come and open the drawers.

A render won’t tell you how a drawer feels at the end of its travel, or whether the soft‑close is rated for twenty years or two. Our showroom has full working joinery in it — the same hardware and finishes that go into Melbourne homes. Bring your plans, or bring nothing at all.

Three builders sent a quote. One showed me the workshop where my kitchen would actually be made. Mandy · Melbourne

17 Malibu Cct, Carrum Downs VIC 3201

Finished kitchen and dining room in a Melbourne home
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No obligation to build with us — the design package is yours either way.

Honest answers

The things people actually ask.

Do you really make the cabinetry yourselves?
Yes — in our own factory, on our own machinery. If we’re supplying your joinery, we made it, and you’re welcome to come and see it being built before you decide anything. If you’d rather supply your own cabinetry or vanity, we’ll install that too.
How long does it take?
Four to six weeks on site is typical for a kitchen or bathroom, measured from the day we start work at your place to handover — not from your first phone call. It depends on materials being ordered ahead of the start date and no major structural changes. A simple job can be quicker; a complex one takes longer. We’d rather tell you that now than after.
What does it cost?
Bathrooms start at $25,000 and kitchens at $35,000. Where a project lands above that depends on size, stone, appliances and how much of the joinery is custom. You’ll get a costed range in writing as part of the design package.
Is everything Australian‑made?
The joinery is made here by us, from Australian‑made board, hardware and finishes bought through Australian suppliers. Some appliances and tapware are made overseas, as they are everywhere — we’ll tell you exactly what’s specified, by brand and model, before you commit.
What happens after I book?
Andy comes back to you within one business day to ask for a photo of the room and arrange a time, at your place or the showroom. No sales team, no pressure call.
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Still have a question? Ask it in the form and Andy will answer it directly.

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Tell us about your project

Takes about a minute. Andy replies within one business day.

We’ll only use your details to contact you about your renovation. We never sell or share them. Privacy policy.

Thank you — that’s booked in.

Andy reviews every enquiry personally and will be in touch within one business day to ask for a photo of your room and arrange your consultation.

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