Yes, we do laundries too.
When homeowners plan a kitchen renovation, the laundry is rarely part of the conversation. It's the room next door that gets forgotten — yet it's one of the easiest, most cost-effective spaces to renovate at the same time, and one of the additions our clients are happiest they asked about.
If you're already renovating your kitchen, here's why your laundry deserves a seat at the table, and how simple it is to add.
Why Your Laundry Deserves the Same Thought as Your Kitchen
The laundry works as hard as any room in the house, but it's usually the last to get any design attention. Mismatched cabinetry, awkward benchtop heights and a lack of storage are common — mostly because the laundry was fitted out as an afterthought when the home was built.
A kitchen renovation is the natural moment to fix that. Your designer, your tradespeople and your material choices are already on site. Extending the same joinery quality and finish into the laundry means the two spaces feel like they belong to the same home, rather than two different decades.
What a Laundry Renovation Add-On Actually Involves
A laundry doesn't need the scale
of a full kitchen renovation to make a real difference. Most of our laundry add-ons focus on a handful of practical upgrades:
- Custom cabinetry built to match your kitchen's colour, handles and finish
- A durable, easy-clean benchtop over the washer and dryer
- Proper storage for detergents, ironing gear, cleaning supplies and linen
- Soft-close drawers and doors using the same Blum, Häfele or Hettich hardware fitted in your kitchen
- Smart use of awkward space, including tall cabinets and pull-out hampers
Why Bundle It With Your Kitchen Project
Adding the laundry to an existing kitchen renovation is almost always more efficient than treating it as a separate job later. A few reasons this makes sense for most homeowners:
- One design visit, one measure-up, one installation crew — less disruption to your home overall
- Cabinetry and benchtops can often be manufactured in the same production run as your kitchen
- A single point of contact for both spaces, rather than coordinating two separate trades and two separate timelines
- A consistent finish throughout the home, which matters when it comes time to sell
Because the laundry is smaller in scale, adding it to a kitchen project is typically a modest increase on the overall renovation, not a second full project. Every home is different, so the best way to know what it would look like for yours is a quote based on your actual space and cabinetry choices.
Already Getting a Kitchen Quote?
It costs nothing to ask what a matching laundry would add — in many cases it's a smaller step than homeowners expect.
Not Renovating Your Kitchen Yet? We Do Laundry-Only Projects Too
Your laundry doesn't have to wait for a kitchen renovation. If it's the room in your home that's overdue for proper storage, a better benchtop or cabinetry that actually fits, we take on laundry-only projects regularly — built to the same standard as our kitchens.
Quick Questions Homeowners Ask
Does adding a laundry blow out my kitchen renovation budget?
Usually not by much. Because it shares your kitchen's design visit, measure-up and installation, a laundry add-on is typically a modest increase rather than a second full project. We'll give you an exact figure alongside your kitchen quote.
Will it delay my kitchen renovation?
Generally no — laundry cabinetry can often be built and installed alongside your kitchen joinery, so there's no separate timeline to manage.
What if I only want my laundry done, not my kitchen?
That's fine too — laundry-only projects are something we take on regularly, matched to your existing kitchen or styled fresh.
Get a Free Quote for Your Kitchen and Laundry
Talk to Elite Kitchens & Cabinets about adding a matching laundry renovation to your kitchen project. Serving Auckland, Waikato and Coromandel from our Papakura workshop since 1958 — more than 17,000 kitchens and counting.
Written by Hamish Ross, Director, Elite Kitchens by Mastercraft. Hamish has been involved in the kitchen industry for 13 years and is currently a member of the Executive Board of the National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA).
