Narrabeen sits right on the lagoon and the beach, and the housing reflects it. There are older fibro and brick beach cottages back from the water, plenty of 1970s and 80s brick homes up the hill, and a good number of units along Pittwater Road. Salt air is hard on a kitchen. We see swollen flat-pack carcasses, rusted hinges and laminate lifting at the edges, especially in homes that have not been touched since they were built. The old kitchens here are usually closed off too, walled away from the lounge when the rest of the house is begging to open up to the water and the light. We are a family-run joinery based in Liverpool, and we have been running kitchens across Sydney for 12 years, including a steady run up on the Northern Beaches. Because we put one team across cabinetry, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting, you are not juggling five trades and chasing dates. We measure, we quote one fixed price with no provisional sums, and we get on with it. As a licensed NSW contractor we handle the trade side properly, and we buy appliances at trade cost so more of your budget goes into the stone, the doors and the hardware you actually use. We pick moisture-tolerant materials and quality soft-close gear that holds up near the coast. Most Narrabeen kitchens are on site for around three weeks start to finish.
We come to your Narrabeen home, measure every wall and check the plumbing and power before we quote. You get one fixed price covering cabinetry, stone, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting. No provisional sums, no surprise extras turning up halfway through the job.
We settle the layout, door finishes, benchtop stone, handles and appliances together. Near the coast we steer you toward materials that handle salt air. We order everything at trade cost, and once you sign off the design is locked so nothing drifts.
Your cabinets are built while we book the trades in the right order. Because it is one team, the plumber, sparky, tiler and painter are all coordinated by us. You get a clear start date and a realistic finish, usually around three weeks on site.
We strip the old kitchen, run new services, fit cabinetry and stone, tile the splashback, paint and connect appliances. Before we leave we clean up and walk you through everything. You get your warranty paperwork and a kitchen ready to use that night.
Most Narrabeen kitchens land between $20,000 and $60,000, with the bulk of our jobs sitting in the $25,000 to $45,000 mid-range. Size is the big driver, then the stone you choose, whether doors are laminate or two-pac, and how much we change the layout. Opening up a closed-off beach cottage to face the water costs more than a like-for-like swap. We give you one fixed-price quote up front with no provisional sums, so the figure you sign is the figure you pay. We also buy appliances at trade cost, which usually claws back a fair chunk of the budget for a coastal home.
Once your cabinets are made and we start on site, a typical Narrabeen kitchen takes around three weeks. The first few days are demolition and getting the plumbing and electrical roughed in. Then cabinets go in, the stone gets templated and fitted, tiling and painting follow, and we finish by connecting appliances and cleaning up. Lead time before that depends on cabinet manufacture and your finish choices, which is why we lock the design in early. Because we run one team across every trade, we are not waiting on outside subbies, so the three weeks stays tight rather than dragging out.
Yes, and it is one of the most common jobs we do up here. A lot of the older beach cottages and brick homes have the kitchen walled off from the living area, which makes no sense when you have a lagoon or beach outlook to face. We check whether the wall is load-bearing and sort the beam if it is, then plan the new layout around an island or a longer run of bench so the cooking zone opens to the living space. We handle the structural side, the services and the finishing as one team. As a licensed NSW contractor we do the work properly and stand behind it.
We are a family-run business, not a franchise, and you deal with the same people from quote to handover. We are based in Liverpool but the Northern Beaches is a regular run for us, so Narrabeen is well covered. Twelve years in, we know what salt air does to a kitchen and we spec materials and hardware that last near the coast. One team covers cabinetry, tiling, plumbing, electrical and painting, so there is no chasing five contractors and no finger-pointing. You get a fixed-price quote, trade-cost appliances, a roughly three-week build, and a licensed NSW contractor standing behind the work.
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.