Kitchens
The room your house is actually organised around. Cabinetry, stone, appliances and the services behind them, replaced as one piece of work.
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Kitchen · Bryanston
The house you already own.
High-end residential renovation across Bryanston, Sandton and Hyde Park.
142 m²
14 weeks
Oak · terrazzo · brass
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Fixed price
Quoted, then held
One manager
First visit to handover
14 days
Every snag closed
10 years
Workmanship guaranteed
Why Ashworth01 / 06
Most renovations do not go wrong because someone cannot tile. They go wrong because nobody is clearly in charge, the price moves, and the person you originally spoke to disappears somewhere around week three.
One name, one number
The site manager who walks your house on the first visit is the same person who hands it back at the end. Not a salesperson, then a stranger. You have their mobile number from day one, and you use it.
The price we quote is the price you pay
Every quote is a line-by-line specification, not a lump sum with room to move. Nothing is added, changed or charged without your written approval and a revised figure first.
You will always know what is happening
A written update every Friday with photographs: what was done, what happens next week, and anything needing a decision from you. You should never have to phone and ask.
What we doSix disciplines
Bathrooms
Waterproofing done properly, then everything you can see. Most of ours run four to six weeks from strip-out to handover.
Full home renovation
Whole-house projects where layout, services and finishes all change. Typically eight to ten months, phased so you know what is happening when.
Extensions and additions
Adding floor area — a room, a level, a wing — detailed so the join is invisible from inside and out.
Outdoor and entertainment
Patios, pool surrounds, braai areas and kitchens built to the same standard as the inside of the house.
Heritage and character homes
Older Johannesburg houses where the detail matters. Matching what is there rather than covering it.
Selected work2023 — 2026
Kitchen, Bryanston
142 m² · 14 weeks · Oak, terrazzo, brass
Full home, Hyde Park
410 m² · 38 weeks · Marble, walnut, steel
Bathroom, Sandhurst
28 m² · 6 weeks · Travertine, brushed nickel
Extension, Morningside
96 m² · 22 weeks · Face brick, glass, oak
Kitchen and living, Parkhurst
180 m² · 18 weeks · Concrete, ash, black steel
Full home, Atholl
320 m² · 30 weeks · Limestone, teak, bronze
How it works01 — 06
01
Consultation
We come to the house, look at what you have, and talk through what you want. No charge, and no obligation after it.
02
Design and fixed quote
Drawings, specification and a fixed price broken down line by line. The number you sign is the number you pay.
03
Approvals
Plans, council submission and body corporate sign-off where needed. We handle the paperwork.
04
First fix
Strip-out, structural work, plumbing and electrical rough-in. The loud, dusty part. We seal off the areas you are still living in.
05
Second fix
Joinery, tiling, fittings and finishes. This is where the house starts looking like the drawings.
06
Snagging and handover
We walk the house with you, write the defect list, fix everything on it, and clean up. Then the guarantee starts.
What we put in writing.
A guarantee is only worth something if it is specific. These are in the contract, not on a poster.
01 / Fixed price
The number you sign is the number you pay.
Your quote is a fixed price against a written specification. If you ask for something extra we price it and you approve it in writing before any work happens.
02 / Completion date
We commit to a handover date.
The date is in your contract. If we hand over late for reasons that are ours, you are credited for every week we run over.
03 / Snag list
Every defect closed within 14 days.
We walk the house with you at handover and write the list together. Everything on it is fixed within fourteen days, at our cost, without you having to chase us for it.
04 / Workmanship
Ten years on everything we build.
Structure, waterproofing, joinery and installation carry a ten-year written workmanship guarantee. Manufacturer warranties on appliances and fittings are registered in your name and handed over in the file.
Who builds itBryanston yard
Daniel Ashworth
Founder, site manager
Nomsa Khumalo
Project manager
Sipho Dlamini
Foreman, first fix
Reneé Botha
Quantity surveyor
ClientsNorthern suburbs
“We were quoted three times and Ashworth was not the cheapest. They were the only ones who gave us a specification we could actually read. The final invoice matched the quote to the rand.”
“We lived in the house for the whole eight months with two toddlers. Every Friday there was an email with photographs. I never once had to phone and ask what was happening.”
“The snag list had fourteen items on it. All fourteen were done in nine days. That is not normal in this industry.”
QuestionsAnswered plainly
What does a renovation cost in the northern suburbs?
As a working range in 2026: a kitchen from R450 000 to R1.4 million, a main bathroom from R220 000 to R650 000, and a full-home renovation from R14 000 to R28 000 per square metre depending on specification. We will give you a realistic band at the first visit, before you spend anything on drawings.
How long does it take?
Bathrooms four to six weeks. Kitchens ten to sixteen weeks. Extensions sixteen to twenty-four weeks plus approvals. Full homes eight to ten months. Approvals run in parallel with design wherever the council allows it.
Can we stay in the house?
Usually yes. We build temporary dust walls with their own extraction, keep one bathroom and a working kitchen live wherever the layout allows, and phase the work so that you always have somewhere to sleep, wash and cook.
Do you handle council plans and body corporate approval?
Yes. Our architect prepares the drawings, we submit to the local council, and we handle body corporate and estate design-review submissions. You sign; we queue.
How do payments work?
A deposit on signature, then progress payments against completed stages that you inspect and sign off. Nothing is paid in advance of work done, and the final payment is only released after handover and the snag list.
Are you insured?
Contract works, public liability and COIDA cover are in place on every project, and copies go into your project file before we start on site.
Which areas do you work in?
Bryanston, Sandton, Hyde Park, Sandhurst, Morningside, Parkhurst, Atholl, Illovo, Craighall and Dunkeld. We deliberately keep the geography tight so a manager can be at your house within twenty minutes.
JournalAll writing
12 August 2026 · 7 min
What a kitchen renovation really costs in Johannesburg
A line-by-line breakdown of where the money goes on a R900 000 kitchen — cabinetry, stone, appliances, services and the things nobody quotes for.
29 July 2026 · 6 min
How to read a fixed-price quote, and what to look for
Provisional sums, prime cost allowances and the four words that let a builder move your price after you have signed.
8 July 2026 · 5 min
Living in the house while it is being renovated
Dust walls, temporary kitchens and the honest answer about noise, security and how families actually cope.
Start here
A consultation costs nothing.
We come to the house, look at what you have, and tell you honestly what it will cost and how long it will take. No obligation afterwards.
Book a consultation
+27 11 468 2210