Epping has changed a lot in recent years and the kitchens we do reflect both sides of it. There is still a strong base of established family homes, plenty of solid brick and full-brick builds from the 50s through to the 90s on generous blocks, alongside a major cluster of newer apartment towers that have gone up around the upgraded station and town centre. The established homes usually have decent-sized kitchens that have dated and are often closed off from the living and meals areas, where the job is modernising and opening up for a busy household. The newer apartments tend to have compact developer kitchens with flat-pack cabinetry where the win is a smarter layout, better storage and a quality stone benchtop. We are a family-run joinery and this is the kind of work our showcase kitchens are built around, with 12 years behind us, based in Liverpool and servicing Sydney-wide including Epping. The advantage we bring is one team across cabinetry, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting, so you are not coordinating five separate contractors on either a house or a strata apartment. We measure, then give you a fixed-price quote with no provisional sums, so the number is real from the start. As a licensed NSW contractor the trade work is signed off properly, and because we buy appliances at trade cost, more of the budget goes into stone benchtops, soft-close cabinetry and the finishes you use every day. Most Epping kitchens are on site for around three weeks, start to finish.
We come to your Epping home or apartment, measure up and check the plumbing and power behind the cabinets. You get one fixed price covering every trade with no provisional sums. In a strata building we also confirm lift access, work hours and common-area protection before locking anything in.
We settle the layout, island where there is room, door finishes, benchtop stone, handles and appliances, then order at trade cost. Once you sign off the design is fixed, so the team builds to an exact spec and you are not making decisions under pressure mid-job.
Cabinetry is built while we coordinate the trades in order. One in-house team means the plumber, electrician, tiler and painter are all ours and coordinated by us. You get a firm start date and a realistic finish, usually around three weeks on the tools.
We strip the old kitchen, run new services, fit cabinetry and stone, tile the splashback, paint and connect appliances. We clean up properly, protect common areas in apartment buildings, walk you through everything and hand over your warranty paperwork and a finished kitchen.
Most Epping kitchens run from $20,000 to $60,000, with the bulk of jobs in the $25,000 to $45,000 mid-range. The price depends on whether it is an established family home or a newer apartment, your stone choice, laminate versus two-pac doors, and how much the layout changes. Opening up a closed kitchen in an older brick home costs more than a like-for-like apartment update. We give you one fixed-price quote with no provisional sums, so there are no surprise costs once we start. Buying appliances at trade cost also helps the budget go further on stone and cabinetry, whatever the home.
Once the cabinets are manufactured and we start on site, a typical Epping kitchen takes around three weeks. We begin with demolition, rough in the plumbing and electrical, fit cabinetry, template and install the stone, tile the splashback, paint and finish by connecting appliances. In apartment buildings the strata work-hour rules can shape the daily schedule, but the overall timeline holds. The lead time before we begin depends on cabinet manufacture and how fast you settle your finishes. Running one in-house team across every trade keeps the job moving rather than stalling while we wait on outside subcontractors.
Yes, we do both regularly in Epping. The established family homes usually want a bigger layout with an island and more storage, and often we open the kitchen up to the living and meals areas, checking the wall and services before we quote. The newer apartments around the station are tighter, so the focus is squeezing maximum bench and storage out of a compact footprint without disturbing the waterproofed wet areas, plus dealing with strata work hours and lift bookings. As a licensed NSW contractor we provide the paperwork strata managers need and handle any structural work in a house properly, so either job is done right.
We are a family-run business and you deal with the same people from quote to handover. The open-plan kitchen work we are known for is exactly the kind of job Epping calls for, and twelve years in we are comfortable across both established homes and newer apartments. One team covers cabinetry, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting, so you are not coordinating five contractors on either a house or a unit with strata rules. 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, including Epping.
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.