Chatswood is two worlds in one postcode. There is the high-rise apartment living clustered around the station and the malls, and then the leafy streets of free-standing homes, plenty of solid double-brick and federation places, running back towards Roseville and Willoughby. We renovate kitchens in both. The apartments tend to have compact developer kitchens with flat-pack cabinetry that has had its day, where the win is a smarter layout, better storage and a quality stone benchtop without disturbing the waterproofing. The older homes often have generous footprints but kitchens stuck in a previous decade, walled off from the living spaces. We are a family-run joinery based in Liverpool and we service Sydney-wide, so Chatswood is well within our patch and we have been doing kitchens for 12 years. The big advantage we bring is one team across cabinetry, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting, so you are not coordinating five separate contractors yourself, which matters a lot in a busy strata building. We measure, then give you a fixed-price quote with no provisional sums, so the number is real from day one. As a licensed NSW contractor the trade work is properly signed off, and we buy appliances at trade cost so the budget stretches to better finishes. Most Chatswood kitchens are on site for around three weeks: out with the old, in with new services, stone benchtops, soft-close cabinetry, tiling, painting and a clean handover.
We come to your Chatswood home or apartment, measure carefully and check the plumbing and power. You get a single fixed price covering every trade, with no provisional sums. In a strata building we also confirm access, lift bookings and work hours before anything is locked in.
We settle the layout, door finishes, benchtop stone, handles and appliances, then order everything at trade cost. Once you sign off the design is fixed, so the team builds to spec. In tight apartment kitchens this planning is what makes the small footprint actually work.
Cabinetry is built while we coordinate the trades in the right order. Because it is one in-house team, the plumber, sparky, tiler and painter are all ours. You get a firm start date and a realistic finish, usually around three weeks on site.
We remove the old kitchen, run new services, fit cabinetry and stone, tile, paint and connect appliances. We protect common areas in apartment buildings, clean up thoroughly, walk you through everything and hand over your warranty paperwork.
Chatswood kitchens generally sit between $20,000 and $60,000, with most jobs in the $25,000 to $45,000 mid-range. Size drives a lot of it, along with your stone choice, laminate versus two-pac doors, and layout changes. Apartment kitchens near the station are often compact, so the spend goes into clever joinery and quality finishes rather than square metres. The larger double-brick homes towards Roseville can cost more if we open the kitchen up to the living area. We quote one fixed price with no provisional sums, so there are no surprises once we start. Trade-cost appliances also help your budget go further on stone and cabinetry.
Once cabinets are manufactured and we begin on site, a typical Chatswood kitchen takes around three weeks. We demolish first, rough in plumbing and electrical, fit cabinetry, template and install the stone, tile the splashback, paint and connect appliances. In apartment buildings the strata rules around work hours can shape the daily schedule, but the overall timeline holds. The lead time before we start depends on cabinet manufacture and your finish choices. Because we run one team across every trade, we are not waiting on outside subbies, so the build stays tight rather than stalling between contractors.
Absolutely, and we do plenty around the station and the high-rise precinct. Strata buildings have rules about approved work hours, lift access, protecting lobbies and corridors, and giving neighbours notice, so we handle the building manager and owners corporation requirements before starting. Apartment kitchens are usually galley or one-wall layouts where the goal is more bench and storage without touching the waterproofed wet areas, which you cannot legally move. We will be upfront about what can and cannot change in your unit. As a licensed NSW contractor we supply the documentation strata managers require, which keeps your approval moving and avoids delays.
We are a family-run business, so you deal with the same people throughout, not a rotating cast. Twelve years of kitchens means we are comfortable in both Chatswood high-rises and the older double-brick homes nearby. One team handles cabinetry, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting, which is a real benefit in a strata building where coordinating five separate trades is a headache. You get a fixed-price quote with no provisional sums, appliances at trade cost, a roughly three-week build and a licensed NSW contractor backing the work. We are Liverpool-based but service Sydney-wide, and Chatswood is firmly part of our regular run.
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.