Flat-pack vs custom kitchen: what is the real difference?
From the Goldenwood workshop in Wetherill Park, family-owned and family-run, making custom timber pieces since 1988.
A flat-pack kitchen is picked from the set sizes of a range and put together from boxed parts; a custom kitchen is drawn and built for your room.
Renovating the kitchen you have
Goldenwood's consult can happen in your kitchen: it walks the room with you and brings timber samples and finishes.
Goldenwood measures the kitchen on site before a cabinet is drawn.
After sign-off, shop drawings and a production schedule keep the workshop in step with the other trades on site.
In the Sydney metropolitan area, the crew unwraps and checks the work in the room and takes the packaging away.
Fitting out a new home
You see the kitchen in 3D before the first cut, with two design rounds to change it.
For a kitchen, the lead time depends on its scope, the workshop's load and the timber it needs, and it is confirmed in the quote.
Every Goldenwood kitchen is customised to its owner's brief. See how Goldenwood's custom kitchens are made.
Living with it for years
Goldenwood's craftsmanship warranty runs for 10 years and covers defects in the joinery, structure or finish that come from how the kitchen was built.
Day to day, wipe it with a soft, slightly damp cloth, and put a trivet under anything warm.
What drives the cost of each kind of kitchen, and what you get
| What drives the cost | Flat-pack kitchen | Goldenwood custom kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Sizing | The cabinets come in the sizes the range is made in | Made to measure: each cabinet is drawn to your room |
| Materials and finish | Chosen from the boards, tops and finishes the range offers | Engineered board in sprayed two-pack, with a stone top where the design calls for one |
| Assembly and installation | Arrives as boxed parts that you or an installer put together | Built in the Sydney workshop by a single maker and installed by Goldenwood's own crew |
Questions, answered
- Can a custom kitchen have a stone benchtop?
- Yes. Goldenwood's stone tops can be honed or polished, templated and fitted to the cabinets.
- Can a custom kitchen be planned with the rest of the joinery in the house?
- Yes. A Goldenwood kitchen can be drawn together with the wardrobes, vanities and furniture for the rest of the home.
- Are the hinges and drawer runners in a custom kitchen guaranteed?
- At Goldenwood, yes. Hinges, drawer runners and the other installed moving hardware are guaranteed for the working life of the kitchen.
Goldenwood has made custom timber pieces and fitted joinery in its Wetherill Park workshop since 1988. To see what your kitchen would cost, tell us about the room and ask for a quote.