Sydney price guide.
Published ballpark ranges for Sydney, each read from the sources listed below and checked. Typical figures to sanity-check a quote — not the full Canberra-style estimator yet. Every number here traces to a source; nothing is scaled from another city. A ✓ means an independent source confirms it.
Typical Sydney prices
- Colorbond✓
- $130–$200/m
- Timber paling (treated pine)✓
- $105–$160/m
- Hardwood paling✓
- $130–$220/m
- Aluminium slat✓
- $220–$450/m
- Pool (glass / frameless)✓
- $400–$700/m
- Pool (aluminium)✓
- $150–$300/m
- Chain-link✓
- $35–$90/m
- Single / pedestrian gate✓
- $450–$900 each
- Double / driveway gate✓
- $1,200–$2,800 each
- Old-fence removal✓
- $15–$40/m
- 2.5 kW split✓
- $1,500–$2,300
- 3.5 kW split✓
- $1,900–$2,900
- 5 kW split✓
- $2,300–$3,300
- 7 kW split✓
- $3,000–$4,200
- Basic ducted
- $8,400–$14,700
- Service per unit✓
- $105–$335 each · typ $210 each
- Electric storage✓
- $760–$2,850 · typ $1,700
- Gas storage✓
- $1,150–$3,325 · typ $2,100
- Heat pump✓
- $2,850–$5,700 · typ $4,000
- Continuous / instantaneous gas✓
- $1,425–$3,325 · typ $2,100
- 6.6 kW standard✓
- $5,107–$7,407
- 6.6 kW premium✓
- $7,450–$12,050 · typ $9,200
- 10 kW✓
- $7,750–$11,150
- 5 kWh battery✓
- $5,750–$10,350 · typ $8,050
- 10–13 kWh battery✓
- $9,200–$17,250 · typ $12,650
- Plain (broom)✓
- $90–$130/m²
- Coloured✓
- $90–$135/m²
- Exposed aggregate✓
- $125–$175/m²
- Stamped / stencilled✓
- $120–$180/m²
- Old-concrete removal✓
- $35–$70/m²
- Ready-mix supply
- $345–$550/m³ · typ $435/m³
- Treated pine✓
- $300–$500/m²
- Merbau✓
- $450–$700/m²
- Spotted gum✓
- $500–$800/m²
- Composite✓
- $500–$850/m²
- 15 m² hardwood worked total✓
- $5,750–$11,500 · typ $8,600
- 25 m² hardwood worked total✓
- $9,200–$18,400 · typ $13,800
- Hourly✓
- $100–$160/hr
- Call-out✓
- $90–$160
- New power point✓
- $150–$300 each
- Switchboard upgrade✓
- $1,500–$4,000
- EV charger (7 kW + install)✓
- $1,800–$3,500
- Full rewire (3-bed)✓
- $8,000–$18,000
- Minor leak repair✓
- $290–$920
- Colorbond re-roof✓
- $95–$175/m²
- Tile re-roof (incl. strip)✓
- $115–$255/m²
- Full single-storey replacement✓
- $16,100–$34,500
Site access, scope, materials and urgency move every job — get 2–3 written quotes. Electrical, plumbing and gas work must be done by a licensed professional in every state; always ask for and check their licence.
Who's allowed to do it
Building & trade work
Residential building or trade work valued over $5,000 (labour + materials, incl. GST) needs a Building Commission NSW contractor licence. Specialist work has no dollar threshold.
Official page →Electrical
Any electrical wiring work needs an electrical licence or certificate — regardless of cost or whether residential or commercial.
Official page →Plumbing & gasfitting
Any plumbing, draining or gasfitting work needs a licence or certificate regardless of cost; a certificate of compliance is required for network gas.
Official page →Money back
NSW Home Energy Saver — zero-interest loan
Up to $15,000, repayable over up to 10 years, for solar, batteries, insulation, reverse-cycle AC and more.
Households with combined taxable income up to $210,000.
Official page →NSW Peak Demand Reduction Scheme — battery / VPP
An incentive for connecting an eligible battery to a Virtual Power Plant. Stacks with the federal battery discount; solar no longer required.
NSW households adding an eligible battery.
Official page →Federal small-scale solar (STCs)
An upfront discount on eligible solar — Sydney 6.6 kW ≈ $1,800 off at current certificate prices.
Anyone installing an eligible system before the scheme closes.
Official page →Federal Cheaper Home Batteries
An upfront discount on eligible home batteries (5–50 kWh usable). Stacks with NSW schemes.
Households installing an eligible battery.
Official page →Where these come from
- What's The Damage? (Sydney) · checked Oct 2026
- Yakka Labour · checked 1 Oct 2026
- Solar Choice / solarpowersavings.com.au · checked 10 Oct 2026
- The Quote Yard · checked 2026
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