Our Story · Ormeau, Gold Coast
My Kind of Vet is a purpose-built vet clinic on the Gold Coast — and this is the story of how a blank shell in Ormeau became a calm, low-stress home for the animals we look after.
Why we did it
Most vet clinics are inherited: a practice moves into whatever building it can find, and works around cold rooms, echoing corridors, and layouts designed for people, not pets. We'd spent a decade caring for Gold Coast animals in spaces like that — and we knew exactly what we'd change if we ever got the chance to build one ourselves.
In 2026 we did. Rather than renovate an existing clinic, we took an empty shell at 3/31 Zupp Drive, Ormeau and designed the whole thing from a blank floor plan — asking, for every single choice, one question: how does this feel for the animal? This is how that came together, from bare concrete to opening day.
Where it started — a floor plan, and a blank shell.
Chapter 01 · Before
This is where it began: a floor plan on paper, then bare concrete and steel — and no fixed idea of where anything had to go. That blank slate was the whole point. It meant we could put the cat spaces where cats would never have to pass a barking dog, put the treatment area where our team could keep an eye on patients, and shape the flow of a visit around the animal instead of the plumbing.
Every "we wish we could…" from ten years of practice went onto the plan.
Taking shape, room by room.
Chapter 02 · During the build
Then came the slow, satisfying part: walls going up, timber going in, the curved reception desk taking shape, the cat wing becoming its own quiet corner. We worked closely with our builder through every stage, tweaking details on site — a softer light here, a rounded edge there — because the small things are what a nervous animal actually notices.
It took patience, and more than a few late nights poring over finishes. But watching a floor plan turn into real rooms, knowing exactly why each one was shaped the way it was, made every decision worth it.
The details we wouldn't compromise on.
Chapter 03 · The details we insisted on
Soft lighting instead of fluorescent glare. Ambient music instead of echoes. Warm timber and non-slip surfaces instead of cold steel tables. Separate cat spaces so cats never have to share a room with dogs. A TV and a kids' play area right in the consult room, so a whole visit can happen behind one door — a quiet gift for dogs who'd rather not meet other dogs.
None of it is decoration. Every choice traces back to that one question — how does this feel for the animal? You can take the full tour of the finished space here.
Almost there — the Coming Soon sign, and the equipment arriving.
Chapter 04 · Opening
Then came the part we'd waited a decade for. The Coming Soon sign went up in the window, the crates of equipment we'd carefully chosen rolled in the door, and every room we'd only ever seen on paper started filling with the real things that make a clinic work.
And then the best moment of all: the doors opened, and the first patients walked in. The space finally did what it was built to do — and watching a nervous animal settle in it made every late night worth it.
“We didn't build a nicer waiting room. We built a place where a frightened animal has the best possible chance of feeling safe — and where their people feel it too.” — Dr Anna, Founder & Principal Vet
Photos only go so far. You're welcome to drop in and look around — with or without your pet — and see why it feels more like a calm home than a hospital.
Find us
3/31 Zupp Drive, Ormeau QLD 4209 · Get directions →
Open Mon–Fri, 7:45am–5:30pm · (07) 5546 6756