How to Renovate Your Kitchen
Step by Step, Under $10K

Most people either overspend on a full new kitchen they didn't need, or waste money refreshing cabinets that were already stuffed. This chapter shows you exactly how to tell — in 30 seconds — which path saves you the most money.

The layout is everything. Get it wrong and your kitchen will annoy you every single day. This chapter gives you the exact measurements and a dead-simple test you can do with painter's tape before you spend a cent.

Real Australian prices for every single item — no American nonsense, no outdated numbers. Plus the two sneaky costs that blow every kitchen budget (and exactly how to dodge them).

A printable shopping list grouped by category so you can knock it out in one trip. Every tool listed — including which ones to hire for a day instead of buying.

Demolition → Prep → Wall cabinets → Base cabinets → Plumbing → Benchtop → Sink & appliances → Splashback → Finishing → The reveal. Every day, every step, every tool, every technique.

Tiles, panels, pressed tin, glass — every option compared with real costs and real photos. Plus the one grout colour trick that makes a $200 splashback look like it cost $2,000.

8 tricks that designers charge $5K to tell you. Total cost in materials: under $300. The difference between a kitchen that looks like a rental and one that looks like a magazine.

Word-for-word scripts for getting quotes, negotiating, and calling out bad work. What every trade should cost. The red flags that mean walk away. Included free as The Tradie Playbook.