Browse 12 kitchen makeover looks for an older landed house, from a kept concrete worktop to a fully refitted kitchen, then see what each involves.
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An old house kitchen usually has a concrete worktop on brick supports, tiled fronts, a gas cylinder corner, no hood duct and a back door to the yard, and often old pipes and wiring behind the tiles. A good makeover fixes the hidden services first, then decides what to keep: a sound concrete top or terrazzo floor can stay, while termite-hit timber cabinets are best replaced with aluminium or new carcasses. Opening the half-wall to the dining area, enlarging the window over the sink and ducting the hood out make the biggest difference. These 12 concept designs show keep-and-refresh, modern and retro kitchens. Use the filters below to narrow them by style or home type.
Each design below is an illustrative concept render of a kitchen in an older Malaysian landed house after a makeover, grouped by style and by the home it usually suits. Tap any image to enlarge it. Every card links to the ClickBina guide that covers the cabinets, worktop, hood, floor or window work behind that look.
12 designs shown
Illustrative concept design · Keep & refresh · Terrace · Semi-D
A concrete-look worktop over a run of white framed cabinet doors with round knobs, a white tiled splashback and exposed brick piers at each end.
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concrete countertops →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace · Semi-D · Bungalow
An L-shaped run of oak-look base and wall cabinets with a slim hood, white subway tiles, a grey worktop and a stainless sink under a window.
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kitchen cabinet door styles →Illustrative concept design · Retro · Terrace
Small square bottle-green wall tiles above white drawers with brass cup handles, a white sink with a brass tap and plain glass jars.
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kitchen cabinet colours →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace · Semi-D
An open kitchen seen from the dining side: a timber-faced counter, tall white cabinets with a built-in oven stack and a polished terrazzo floor.
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hacking walls →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace
A galley kitchen with white cabinets and lit open shelves leading to black-framed glass doors that open onto a green back yard.
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sliding door designs →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace · Semi-D
A stainless chimney hood with its duct rising up the wall, above a flush black hob on a white worktop against long white tiles.
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kitchen hoods and hobs →Illustrative concept design · Keep & refresh · Terrace · Bungalow
A low view across a polished white terrazzo floor from the dining chairs to a white kitchen with handleless cabinets.
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terrazzo restoration →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace · Semi-D
Light grey flat-door aluminium-look cabinets with a stainless worktop and sink under a white-framed window, and a slim hood.
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aluminium vs stainless cabinets →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace
A covered back yard under a metal-deck roof with a translucent strip: a white tiled wall, a concrete counter, a steel rack and a white cabinet with a sink.
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back-yard roof covers →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace · Semi-D · Bungalow
A wide black-framed sliding window over a stainless sink and black tap, set in white subway tiles, with dense greenery outside.
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window replacement →Illustrative concept design · Modern refit · Terrace · Semi-D
Tall white floor-to-ceiling cabinets with plain doors line a bright kitchen corner, with a white counter by the window and grey floor tiles.
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small kitchen cabinet designs →Illustrative concept design · Retro · Terrace · Bungalow
Two timber shelves on black brackets hold plain white bowls and plates against a wall of cream square tiles above a pale worktop.
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shelves and bookcases →These are illustrative concept designs created to show kitchen makeover options for an older house. They are not completed ClickBina projects. Your kitchen is assessed and quoted after a check of its pipes, wiring, walls and floor.
More galleries: browse all design ideas by area of the house, from cabinets and kitchens to porches and grilles.
An old kitchen is two jobs: the services behind the walls and the kitchen you see. ClickBina's old house renovation guide sets the order for the whole house: make it safe and dry, treat termites, replace wiring and pipes while the walls are open, waterproof, re-tile, then carpentry and paint. In a kitchen that means the pipes, gas, wiring and hood route are decided before the cabinets are ordered.
The kitchen in a landed house usually has a yard and a back lane behind it, which gives options a flat or condo kitchen does not have: a wet kitchen outside, a glass back door, and a hood that vents straight out.
| Part | Keep when | Replace when |
|---|---|---|
| Concrete worktop on brick | Solid, level and not cracked | Cracked, too low, or pipes behind need replacing |
| Timber cabinets | Rarely | Termite damage, swelling or rot |
| Old wall tiles | Sound, and you like the colour | Hollow, cracked or hiding a leak |
| Terrazzo floor | Sound, only dull or stained | Badly cracked or lifting |
| Galvanised water pipes | Rarely in a refit | Old enough to rust; replace while walls are open |
| Home | Usually works | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Old intermediate terrace | Open half-wall, glass back door, covered yard as wet kitchen | Back-yard roof approval |
| Old corner terrace | Enlarged side window, longer cabinet run | Lintel over the wider window |
| Old semi-D | Full refit with aluminium cabinets, ducted hood | Gas route and old wiring |
| Old bungalow | Terrazzo kept, retro tiles kept, open shelves | Larger floor area to polish |
ClickBina's guides quote (indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026): laminate cabinet doors at RM280 – RM420 per ft run, aluminium cabinets at RM400 – RM700 per foot run, a concrete worktop at RM80 – RM180 per foot run, a floor-to-ceiling laminate pantry at roughly RM448 – RM924 per foot, fitting a replacement chimney hood at RM350 – RM600 plus RM200 – RM600 for new ductwork, removing a non-structural kitchen wall at RM3,000 – RM8,000 including make-good, an aluminium sliding window at RM200 – RM500 per panel, terrazzo polishing at RM8 – RM15 per sq ft, and a polycarbonate back-yard awning at RM2,000 – RM4,000.
Ask for the services, the hacking, the cabinets and the finishes to be listed separately, so you can see what the hidden work costs.
We renovate kitchens in older houses, including hacking, re-piping, cabinets, worktops, tiling and hoods, in the right order. WhatsApp us your job details for a quote: the house type and age, what is in the kitchen now, and the looks from this page you like. ClickBina is an experienced KL & Selangor contractor, we reply within the hour, and the price we agree is a flat price with no hidden charges. For the rest of the house, see the old house makeover gallery.
About the images: every image on this page is an illustrative concept design generated to show a kitchen option for an older house. Captions describe what each render shows. RM figures are quoted unchanged from the ClickBina guides named above, indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026.
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