What goes inside — drawers, pull-outs, corner solutions and wardrobe accessories.
Each decision below is shown three ways — what it changes in use, which way it moves the cost, and how it looks. Price direction only. The responsible supplier confirms the quotation after measurement and specification.
Garage plus integrated power / charging drawerBespokeHigher$$$
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Open counter (no garage)
In use
The kettle, rice cooker, blender and air fryer sit out on the worktop with nothing to hide them. The run of counter you want to keep clear is the run that gets lost to daily clutter — in a compact Sibu terrace or apartment kitchen, the corner behind the small appliances is the first surface to crowd.
Cost impact
Included — No added storage part — the standard worktop as built.
How it looks
Appliances stay visible on the counter; the kitchen reads as busy and lived-in rather than resolved.
Roller-shutter appliance garage
In use
A tambour (roller) shutter closes off a dedicated worktop bay, so the kettle and air fryer stay plugged in and ready but disappear behind the shutter when idle. It turns the dead volume between worktop and wall cabinet into a reachable, one-pull appliance zone — lift the shutter, use, drop it, instead of hauling appliances in and out. It also keeps steam and grease off the wall-cabinet fronts, which matters in a humid Sarawak kitchen.
Cost impact
Moderate — The tambour unit and its bay are priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Fronts and worktop match the rest of the run; closed, the shutter sits flush and the counter looks clear — the value is the hidden bay behind it.
Garage plus integrated power / charging drawer
In use
Everything the shutter bay does, plus a drawer wired with sockets and USB so devices and small appliances charge and run inside the cabinet — phone, tablet, cordless vac and handheld blender all dock out of sight. Cords stay in the drawer instead of trailing across the worktop, so the charging clutter leaves the counter for good. In a small apartment kitchen that doubles as a drop-spot, it reclaims the counter as working space.
Cost impact
Higher — The powered drawer and its wiring are priced by ALUMAX; a licensed electrical connection is required.
How it looks
From outside, identical to the shutter garage — same flush fronts, same clear counter; opened, the drawer reveals built-in sockets and USB, so the added value stays entirely inside.
A fixed L-shaped shelf turns part of the blind corner into storage, but the deep back stays a stretch to reach — best for rarely-used pots and appliances. It claims the dead volume with no moving parts to fail in Sarawak's heat and humidity.
Cost impact
Included — The simplest corner fitting; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
The cabinet front reads identical to its neighbours — the whole change sits inside the corner.
Corner carousel (lazy Susan)
In use
Twin rotating trays spin the whole corner out to your hand, so the deep back comes to you instead of you reaching in — everyday pots, oils and dry goods stay in daily reach. It recovers most of the dead volume, which matters most in a small terrace or apartment kitchen.
Cost impact
Moderate — A rotating mechanism inside the corner; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Fronts stay in line with the run; open the door and the shelves turn — the mechanism stays hidden until used.
Magic-corner swing-out
In use
The full articulated system: pull the door and the front baskets swing out while the rear baskets glide forward from the blind corner on soft-close runners, delivering every item to the front. Nothing is left unreachable — it turns the hardest corner into the most usable cabinet in the kitchen.
Cost impact
Higher — A premium articulated pull-out; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
From outside, still an ordinary corner door in the run; the value is the full swing-out revealed only when it opens.
Custom timber or adjustable insertBespokeModerate$$
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Loose drop-in cutlery tray
In use
A single moulded tray that simply sits in the drawer, sorting spoons, forks and chopsticks into set lanes so the everyday drawer stops turning into a jumbled heap — lift it straight out to wipe the drawer clean of Sarawak's kitchen grime. It leaves gaps around the edges, so some drawer width goes unused, and it can slide as the drawer opens and shuts.
Cost impact
Included — The value baseline for drawer organisation; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
The drawer fronts look identical to any other — the tidiness only shows once you pull the drawer open. A practical, unfussy interior.
Fitted cut-to-drawer insert
In use
An insert cut to the exact internal width of the drawer, so every centimetre is divided into purpose-made compartments — long lanes for chopsticks and ladles, shallow bays for teaspoons — with nothing sliding about and no dead strip down the side. In a compact terrace or apartment kitchen it turns one drawer into noticeably more usable, reach-in storage.
Cost impact
Low — A made-to-fit insert over the loose tray; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Fronts read the same as before; open the drawer and it reads deliberate — a fitted, edge-to-edge grid instead of a tray floating in space.
Custom timber or adjustable insert
In use
Either solid timber dividers made to your own utensils, or a system of movable dividers you reposition as your cooking changes — a knife slot, a deep pocket for the wok ladle, a row for chopsticks, all reachable at a glance. Adjustable rails keep the drawer earning its space as needs shift; specify a sealed or treated timber so Sarawak humidity cannot swell or mark it.
Cost impact
Moderate — A bespoke timber or adjustable system; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Still no change to the fronts — but open it and the drawer reads like fitted joinery: warm timber compartments, or a crafted, adjustable interior that looks custom-made, because it is.
You open a door and reach in — the simplest build and the lowest cost per cabinet, but the back of a deep shelf is hard to see and reach, so it quietly turns into dead storage. Best kept for low-use, dry-zone cupboards and high cabinets you rarely open.
Cost impact
Included — The standard build — no drawer hardware added.
How it looks
Plain door fronts; from the outside nothing signals how the storage inside works.
Full-extension soft-close drawers
In use
The whole drawer rolls out so the very back is as usable as the front — deep base cabinets stop swallowing pots and stacks you never see again. Soft-close runners take the slam out of daily use, and in a small terrace or apartment kitchen this is what turns dead depth into storage you actually reach.
Cost impact
Moderate — Runners and drawer boxes are supplied and priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
The fronts read the same as the baseline — the difference is only felt when you pull, and every drawer glides shut flush.
Inner drawers and dividers
In use
An inner drawer hides a second tier inside one opening, and dividers give cutlery, spices and utensils fixed lanes so nothing slides into a heap when you pull. One motion shows both levels at a glance — the highest storage-per-cabinet you can get, and in a humid kitchen it keeps dry goods sorted and visible instead of lost and spoiling at the back.
Cost impact
Higher — The most hardware per cabinet; inner drawers and dividers are supplied and priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Still the same calm fronts outside; open one drawer and a second, organised tier lifts into view.
Full-height tandem pantry + hob-side bottle pull-outBespokeHigher$$$
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Fixed internal shelves
In use
You reach in and lift things over one another; anything pushed to the back of a deep cabinet sits dark and forgotten, so the rear third of the volume rarely earns its keep. The simplest, most dependable fit-out, with no moving parts to wear.
Cost impact
Included — Built into the carcass — no added mechanism to price.
How it looks
The door fronts read exactly as the rest of the run; behind them sit plain adjustable shelves — honest and unremarkable.
Pull-out larder unit
In use
The whole shelf tower rolls out on runners so the back becomes the front — one pull and you see and reach every jar and packet from both sides, no crouching or digging. It turns the dark rear third of a deep cabinet into fully usable storage, and the open sides let air move so dry goods do not sit and sweat in the humidity.
Cost impact
Moderate — A larder pull-out on soft-close runners; supplied and fitted by ALUMAX, priced to the cabinet width.
How it looks
The door front is unchanged — same handle line, same panel as its neighbours; the value is entirely inside, revealed only when you pull.
Full-height tandem pantry + hob-side bottle pull-out
In use
A full-height tandem pantry nests two shelf sets — the front glides out, then the rear slides forward — so one narrow column holds a whole household's dry goods with everything within reach. Beside it, a slim pull-out reclaims the dead gap next to the hob, standing oils, sauces and trays upright right where you cook. In a compact terrace or apartment it roughly doubles pantry capacity without claiming more floor, and keeps bottles off the worktop and clear of the steam.
Cost impact
Higher — A tandem pantry mechanism plus a made-to-fit bottle pull-out; supplied and fitted by ALUMAX, confirmed after measuring the run.
How it looks
From the front it is still one calm run of matching doors — even the slim bottle unit reads as a narrow filler panel until it slides out. All the capacity is concealed; the elevation stays clean.
The dependable baseline — pin-adjustable shelves in a full-height cabinet. Front items are easy to reach, but tins and packets pushed to the back go unseen, so the deepest third quietly becomes dead space — a real loss in a compact terrace or apartment kitchen where you paid for that depth.
Cost impact
Included — The standard tall-unit build — no added mechanism; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
From the outside, a clean full-height door like any other; open it and you see conventional shelves. The plainest, most familiar interior.
Pull-out tall larder
In use
The whole rack glides out on full-extension runners, so you see and reach the very back at a glance — the dead volume behind becomes fully usable, reachable storage. It wrings the most pantry out of a narrow terrace or apartment footprint, and because nothing hides at the back, dry goods stay visible and get used before Sarawak humidity spoils them.
Cost impact
Moderate — A heavy-duty, full-extension soft-close pull-out system; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
The door reads exactly like the fixed-shelf version — the same full-height front. The difference is felt on opening, when the pantry comes to you instead of you reaching in.
Motorised servo-lift tall unit
In use
At a touch, a servo mechanism brings the upper baskets down to bench height — the full height of the cabinet, right up to the ceiling, becomes usable without a stool or a stretch. It reclaims the highest zone that fixed shelves waste as out-of-reach, suiting tall cabinets in high-ceiling homes, shared kitchens, or anyone who would rather not climb; it needs a planned power point and the most coordination.
Cost impact
Higher — A powered servo-lift mechanism with its own supply; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Still the same calm full-height door from the outside — nothing signals the mechanism. Open it and the storage descends to meet you: the most effortless, most considered interior of the three.
A top shelf for folded clothes and stored boxes plus a full-width rail for hanging — practical and enough to start with. But a tall carcass leaves dead volume below the rail and above the shelf that never really gets used.
Cost impact
Included — Comes as the standard interior of the ALUMAX carcass.
How it looks
The fronts read exactly like the other options; open it and it's one open shelf with a single aluminium rail.
Fitted internals
In use
Drawers, a pull-out trouser rack and tie/belt/valet trays turn that dead lower volume into organised, reachable storage. The drawers keep small items dust- and damp-free — useful in our humidity — and the pull-outs let you see everything at once, which matters in a tight terrace-house or apartment bedroom.
Cost impact
Moderate — Each insert is priced by ALUMAX — specify only the ones you will actually use.
How it looks
Doors and fronts are unchanged — the value is inside, where a plain cavity becomes a fully compartmented interior of drawers and pull-outs.
Walk-in dressing system
In use
A full walk-in dressing system — open modular columns, adjustable hanging heights, drawer banks and shoe racks, with an optional island — converts a spare room or corner into a dressing room that uses every wall floor to ceiling. Full aluminium or Honeycomb aluminium framing can be specified so the internals shrug off Sarawak's damp.
Cost impact
Higher — Configured and priced by ALUMAX to the exact room.
How it looks
No doors, an open boutique-style layout; it reads as a room rather than a cabinet.
A bin or two stands on the floor beside the cabinet — nothing is built in. It is the cheapest option and moves anywhere, but it eats floor space in a tight terrace or apartment kitchen, gets in the way of a door swing, and sits out in the open where wet-kitchen heat and humidity let smell and flies build. Without a sealed lid you bend to an exposed bin, and the volume under the sink stays dead space.
Cost impact
Included — Nothing is added inside the cabinet — you supply the bin.
How it looks
The cabinet fronts are unaffected, but a bin stands in the open on the floor — usually the one part of the kitchen that never quite looks tidy.
Integrated pull-out bin
In use
A single bin rides on a runner behind an ordinary door or drawer front — pull it open, drop the waste, push it shut, and the lid and the smell stay sealed inside the cabinet. It clears the floor of a narrow wet kitchen and turns the dead space under or beside the sink into working storage; the closed carcase keeps Sarawak heat, odour and flies off the rubbish between empties.
Cost impact
Low — A single bin carrier on a runner; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
The front looks identical to the cabinets either side — no bin in sight; the whole value sits inside.
Segregated recycling & pull-out laundry hamper
In use
Two or more bins share one pull-out so general waste, recycling and wet food scraps are separated at the moment you throw them, while a separate ventilated pull-out hamper takes laundry off the floor — often along a run shared between the wet kitchen and an adjoining utility or bathroom wall. Every bin is reachable without bending into a cupboard, and several jobs that used to sprawl across a small terrace floor now live inside one cabinet run; the ventilated hamper lets damp Sarawak laundry breathe instead of souring in a closed basket.
Cost impact
Moderate — A multi-compartment sorting pull-out plus a separate hamper unit; priced by ALUMAX.
How it looks
Still an ordinary run of doors and drawers from the front — behind them, a sorting station and a hamper that keep the whole utility corner off the floor and out of sight.
Each decision's badge shows who supplies it. A real figure belongs only to what ALUMAX supplies; appointed-trade works — electrical, air-conditioning, ceiling, flooring, painting, data and security — are quoted by the trade, and loose items are the owner's own purchase. ELS specifies and coordinates throughout. Cost is a relative direction only, never a price; maintenance is described in each option's “In use”.
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