Chatswood is a tower-and-house suburb, and the joinery jobs split right down that line. The high-rise apartments around the train station and Victoria Avenue tend to have big open living rooms with one long blank wall begging for a proper media unit, plus a study corner that needs to work hard now that more people are running an office from home. Then up the hill towards the federation homes off the Pacific Highway you get high ceilings, long hallways and living rooms that could carry full-height shelving without feeling crowded. We build to both. A floor-to-ceiling entertainment unit that swallows the TV, the speakers and every cable. A study nook with a desk top, drawers and shelving above it. Built-in shelving down a hallway or framing a fireplace. We are a family-run joinery based in Liverpool, working right across Sydney, and Chatswood is a regular run for us. Twelve years of building this gear means we know how to make a unit sit flush against a wall that is never quite straight, especially in the older homes. Everything is made to the room, measured on site, and quoted at one fixed price with no provisional sums. Because one team handles the cabinetry, painting and any electrical for downlights or power, you are not lining up three different trades. As a licensed NSW contractor, number 383725C, we stand behind it. Most jobs run around three weeks, faster for a single unit, and we hand it over clean.
We come to your Chatswood home or apartment, measure the wall, nook or hallway, and check any power and data you want built in. You get one fixed-price quote covering cabinetry, finishes and electrical. No provisional sums, no surprise extras appearing partway through the job once we have started.
We settle the layout, shelf spacing, door and drawer finishes, handles and how the unit meets your floor and ceiling. In the federation homes we account for the higher ceilings and the walls that are rarely dead straight. Once you sign off, the design is locked and the team builds to that exact spec.
Your unit is built in our workshop while we book any painting or electrical in the right order. Because it is one team, nothing slips between trades. You get a clear start date and a realistic finish, usually around three weeks for a full media wall and quicker for a single nook or TV unit.
We fit the joinery, scribe it to the walls, hang doors, fit drawers and tune the soft-close, then paint and connect any power. Before we leave we clean up and walk you through it. You get your warranty paperwork and a unit ready to load with books, gear or files that day.
Most custom joinery in Chatswood lands between $2,000 and $8,000 for a TV unit, shelving run or media wall. A simple set of floating shelves or a single cabinet sits at the lower end, while a full-height entertainment wall with doors, drawers and built-in lighting sits up near the top. Study nooks and storage walls vary with the size of the space and how many drawers and pull-outs you want. We give you one fixed-price quote up front with no provisional sums, so the figure you sign is the figure you pay. Two-pac paint finishes cost more than laminate, and we will price both so you can decide where your budget goes.
Yes, we do a lot of media walls and study nooks in the high-rise apartments around the station and Victoria Avenue. Strata buildings have rules about work hours, lift bookings, protecting common areas and giving neighbours notice, so we sort out the building manager and any owners corporation requirements before we start. Most apartment jobs are dry work, so no plumbing or waterproofing is touched, which keeps approvals simple. We will tell you straight what can be fixed to the walls and what needs to free-stand. As a licensed NSW contractor we provide the paperwork strata managers ask for, which keeps the approval moving.
It suits them well, and the high ceilings off the Pacific Highway are made for it. Full-height shelving, a built-in unit framing a fireplace or a run of cabinetry down a long hallway all sit comfortably in those rooms without crowding them. The trick in an older Chatswood home is that the walls and floors are rarely dead straight, so we measure carefully and scribe the unit to the actual surfaces rather than assuming a clean ninety degrees. We can match the look to existing skirtings and architraves so the joinery reads as part of the house. Built to the room, it looks like it has always been there.
We are a family-run business, not a franchise, so you deal with the same people from the first measure through to handover. We work right across Sydney from our Liverpool base, and Chatswood is a regular run for us. Twelve years in, we have built everything from media walls in high-rise apartments to full-height shelving in federation homes up the hill. One team covers cabinetry, painting and electrical, so there is no chasing separate contractors and no finger-pointing when something needs coordinating. You get a fixed-price quote, a roughly three-week turnaround, and a licensed NSW contractor, number 383725C, standing behind every job.
InsideOut Joinery & Renos is a family-run custom joinery and renovation business based in Liverpool, Sydney NSW 2170, serving homeowners Sydney-wide. Call 02 5000 0402 or email info@insideoutjoinery.au. One team covers every trade, with a typical 3-week turnaround, trade-cost appliances and 12 years of experience. Licensed contractor — licence 383725C, ABN 62 912 909 739.