Can Custom Cabinets in Seri Kembangan Fit Around a Kitchen You’re Keeping?

Draw the keep, move and replace line first

Mark each item on a room sketch: existing base boxes, countertop, sink, backsplash tiles, hob and fridge. Then show the exact transition—perhaps at the end of a 1.8 m cabinet run, below a retained countertop or on the other side of a doorway. Measuring only the empty stretch misses the depth and clearance occupied by the old units.

Bring a full-room photo and close-ups with cabinet doors open. A picture beneath the sink can show the trap and shut-off valves; a side view of the countertop shows its overhang and end treatment. Future Kitch specialises in melamine kitchen cabinets, wardrobes and customised cabinets, with layout planning, material selection consultation, budgeting and 3D drawings as part of its design process.

• Mark every existing item as keep, remove or replace.
• Measure the gap from the last old cabinet to the first new one, including any wall return or skirting.
• Photograph the inside of the sink cabinet and the side edge of the countertop.

Measure from the old countertop, not the wall

The countertop is a physical edge with a height, depth and overhang. Record its height from the finished floor, its depth from the wall, and how far its front edge projects beyond the old cabinet doors. If the top projects 25 mm past those fronts, for example, the new doors need a deliberate alignment; treating the countertop edge as the cabinet face can leave the new run looking inset.

If new base cabinets are going under a retained top, check the old cabinet height including its plinth and note how the countertop is supported. The new units must meet the underside and carry the edge as intended. A heavy stone top can crack if it is lifted or left unsupported, so have the fitter assess the support before anything underneath it is removed.

Keep service access in the plan

A neat cabinet can still create trouble if it hides something you need to reach. For a retained sink, mark the waste trap and each shut-off valve; leave room to turn the valves and get a hand or container beneath the trap. A fixed back panel across that space makes a small leak or routine check harder to deal with.

Mark sockets, switches and air-conditioning trunking before deciding where an end panel or wall cabinet will go. Note each point’s distance from the nearest wall or tile joint. A panel added over a socket can make it inaccessible, while cutting an opening later may leave an exposed edge or an awkward cable route.

Keep old cabinet boxes only if they pass a blunt check

Open the doors and inspect the cabinet, especially the base below the sink and the panel edges near the floor. Swelling, a softened bottom or a loose hinge plate can indicate that the box is no longer a sound starting point. If a door gap narrows from about 3 mm at the top to 8 mm at the bottom, check the hinges and the cabinet’s squareness before planning new fronts beside it.

A long straightedge across the cabinet top and diagonal measurements between opposite corners can reveal a box that is bowed or out of square. Adjacent new doors are difficult to align cleanly against a twisted old run. Decide whether the old unit is genuinely suitable to retain before its condition disappears behind a new panel.

Make the old-to-new join look deliberate

At the exposed end, decide whether the new run needs a finished side panel, a narrow filler against an uneven wall or a clean stop beside the old unit. These parts affect the visible edge and the usable opening; they shouldn’t be left as an unexplained gap on the drawing. Check that a filler won’t stop a nearby door or drawer from opening fully.

When the old and new surfaces are close but not identical, a deliberate contrast can look more considered than a near-match. Compare a sample beside the existing finish in daylight and under the kitchen lights, then note the chosen finish and the exposed end panel in the plan. Make sure the written scope also says which units stay, what is removed, and who handles any plumbing reconnection.

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