Your plans are approved. Now price the fit-out landed.
Send us the plans. Within 3 business days you get a landed price per line for the kitchen, joinery, stone, tiles and tapware, from vetted factories in Foshan, with freight, GST and delivery to site counted. Free.
A fit-out gets decided between approval and lock-up. Most of what ends up on the showroom floor passed through an importer, a distributor and a showroom first, and each one took a margin. Get the landed number while it can still change the order.
A fit-out is decided between approval and lock-up. Elje prices it landed in the first week, before a supplier is chosen.
What a landed price has in it
Every line, to your site. Here is a worked example for a $60,000 factory order: a house's worth of kitchen, joinery, stone and wet-area fit-out.
Example only, at October 2026 freight rates. Your estimate is priced on your plans.
| Worked example | AUD |
|---|---|
| Factory price, paid by you to the factory | $60,000 |
| Freight, insurance, port, biosecurity, broker and delivery to site | $6,400 |
| Pre-shipment inspection, four factories, passed through at cost | $1,580 |
| Duty, with a certificate of origin from the factory | $0 |
| GST, paid at the border and on Australian charges | $6,800 |
| Elje Project Plan | $990 |
| Elje Assured, 2 percent: inspection, held balance, defect cover | $1,200 |
| Landed to your site | about $77,000 |
From plans to site, in five steps
- 1
Send the plans
The approved set, any joinery drawings, wet-area layouts and your selections. Rough is fine.
- 2
Landed estimate, free
Within 3 business days: an indicative landed price per line, and a 20-minute call to go through it.
- 3
Samples in hand
Door fronts, stone, tiles and a tap from the shortlisted factories. $149, credited to the Project Plan.
- 4
The Project Plan, $990
Firm factory quotes, a landed price per line, the timeline to site, and the inspector, forwarder and broker booked.
- 5
You order direct
You pay the factory. With Elje Assured the balance waits with a licensed escrow partner until an independent inspection passes.
The questions everyone asks first
Will it be what I picked?
You hold the samples before you order, and you sign off a golden sample for every custom item. Production is checked against it.
Can my plumber install it?
A licensed plumber cannot install a tap, toilet or shower that the WaterMark schedule covers unless it is certified. We check every one on the ABCB register before it goes on your shortlist, with WELS where it applies. Tiles for wet areas carry an AS 4586 slip rating. Engineered stone is off the list: it has been banned since 1 July 2024.
Will it arrive right?
We book an independent inspector to check the order against your drawings at the factory. The balance is only released when it passes, and the freight is insured for the full value.
Who holds my money?
You pay the factory's deposit direct. With Elje Assured, the balance sits with a licensed escrow partner and is released when the inspection passes. Elje never holds client money, never owns the goods and never holds stock.
Will my builder fit it?
We talk to your builder before you order: what arrives, how it is labelled and packed, and what they supply locally, like the cavity frames for pocket doors. Need an installer? We introduce one.
What if direct is the wrong call?
Then the estimate says so. Some lines are better bought here, and we will tell you which.
The Project Plan
- A vetted factory shortlist for each category in your plans
- Firm quotes from those factories
- A landed price per line, to your site
- The timeline from order to delivery
- The inspector, forwarder and customs broker booked
How we are paid, in plain words
You pay $990 for the Project Plan and 2 percent for Elje Assured. The factories you choose pay Elje an introduction fee, about 5 percent of the order. Every fee is written on every quote. You pay the factory directly and a licensed escrow partner holds the balance, so we never hold your money or the goods.
Who is behind it
Elje is run by Brisbane-based builders and designers. In 2026 we ordered the cabinetry, marble, doors, windows and tapware for a five-bedroom Brisbane house and granny flat direct from factories in Foshan and Shenzhen. Elje is that process, written down and run for you.
Send your plans
A landed estimate within 3 business days, then a 20-minute call. Free, and no obligation to go further.
Questions
Is the estimate a quote?
No. It is an indicative landed price from current factory pricing and freight rates, so you can decide whether to go further. Firm factory quotes come in the Project Plan.
How long from order to site?
Stock lines take about 6 to 10 weeks door to door. Custom joinery takes about 12 to 16 weeks from drawing sign-off. Factories close for Chinese New Year from mid January to late February 2027. That is why the time to ask is just after approval, not at lock-up.
Who is the importer?
You are. The order is in your name, our forwarder and broker clear it, and GST is paid at the border (claimable if you are registered). Most fit-out goods from China come in duty free under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement when the factory supplies a certificate of origin. We make that a condition of the order.
How does Elje get paid?
From you: the $990 Project Plan and Elje Assured, 2 percent of the order (minimum $600) for the inspection, the held balance, defect resolution and a 2-year backstop. From the factories you choose: an introduction fee of about 5 percent. Every fee is written on every quote. If you want one invoice and someone running the whole order, Managed Order is factory price plus 10 percent, Assured included.
I am a builder or designer. Does this work for me?
Yes. Send any job's plans. Your client sees landed prices under your name, and the Project Plan is free on your first job.
What happens to my details?
We use them to price your job. They go to a factory or partner only as an introduction you have agreed to. We never sell a list.