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NATHFRA GROUP (M) SDN. BHD.

Kitchen and bathroom upgrades in Kuching

Kitchen cabinetry, cast-concrete worktops and islands, bathroom tiling and waterproofing, plumbing and sanitary fittings: the two rooms that decide whether a renovation feels finished.

  • Kitchen cabinetry
  • Concrete worktops & islands
  • Bathroom tiling & waterproofing
  • Plumbing & sanitary fittings
  • Built-in joinery
Kitchen with a cast concrete island, sink counter and worktop in cement finish, pendant lights and a window onto the garden.

Kitchens and bathrooms are where a renovation is judged. A drawer gets pulled ten times a day for fifteen years and either still runs true or it does not. A bathroom either stays dry behind the tiles or it does not.

We build kitchens to the room as measured rather than to a catalogue module: fitted cabinetry with stone or laminate worktops, or, as in a recent house in Kuching, an island, sink counter and worktop cast in concrete and left in cement finish. Carcasses are moisture-resistant board, because a humid Kuching kitchen will find the weakness in anything less.

Bathrooms are tiling plus waterproofing, and the waterproofing is the part that matters: membrane, flood test, then tile, in that order, every time. Plumbing and sanitary fittings are part of the same contract.

Questions

Kitchen and bathroom upgrades — questions

Do you make the cabinetry or buy it in?

Built to the measured opening, not assembled from fixed-width modules with filler strips. In renovated houses the walls are rarely parallel, and made-to-measure is the only way to avoid a visible taper at the end of a run.

How long does a kitchen take?

Typically three to five weeks from strip-out to handover, most of which is the lead time on the carcasses and the worktop. Demolition and installation are the fast parts.

Plywood or particle board for kitchen cabinets in Malaysia?

Moisture-resistant plywood for anything in a wet zone — under the sink, either side of the hob, and the whole of a bathroom vanity. Particle board swells once and never recovers, and in Kuching humidity it does not need a leak to do it, only a few years of a kitchen being a kitchen. We build carcasses in moisture-resistant board as standard and say so on the quote, because it is the single easiest place for a cheaper quotation to save money invisibly.

Which worktop lasts best — solid surface, quartz or granite?

Quartz, for most kitchens. It takes heat and stains better than solid surface and, unlike granite, it has no open pores to seal every year. Solid surface is the one to pick when you want a seamless run with an integrated sink and no visible joint; granite is still the cheapest hard-wearing option per foot if the pattern suits the room. All three outlast laminate by a decade or more.

Get in touch

Tell us about your renovation.

Send a few photographs and the address on WhatsApp and we will arrange a site visit. Quotes are free and itemised.