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FUNERAL COSTS

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Andrew Kennedy Funerals Directors has built its reputation on showing respect to everyone, displaying strong values and nurturing relationships centred on trust.

When it comes to pricing, we strongly believe in honesty and transparency, so you are fully aware of your options and can make the right decisions for yourself and your family.    

But our promise extends beyond one of honest pricing – we are also bound by our Charter that extends beyond regulations and industry codes to ensure the families we support are fully satisfied.

 

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Pricing structure for individual funerals

To honour the life of your loved one, we work closely with you to design a truly unique experience that is representative of their personality and the life they lived. This includes any cultural or religious considerations such as Italian funeral planning or arrangement of a Greek Orthodox funeral.

Funeral prices will of course differ depending on the choices you make, but as part of our commitment to transparency, we have listed an in-depth breakdown of prices so you can understand your options and feel secure in making the appropriate decisions.

Prices quoted include GST.

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Transfer to Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors

To transfer your loved one into our care and begin the process of preparing for the appropriate disposition of their body, the following costs apply.

Transport

  • From the place of death or other location in Greater Sydney
  • Use of purpose-built, accredited vehicles with fully-trained personnel
  • 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year
$604.00

Care of your loved one

  • Refrigerated storage of body for seven days from transport into our care (additional charges may apply thereafter)
  • Use of accredited mortuary facilities and fully-trained personnel to sanitise, cleanse and dress the body
$553.00

Items required for every funeral

Certain items are required for every funeral arrangement, and the following costs apply. The cost of some of these items is fixed, while others will vary according to the choices made.

Legal documents

Collect and process information, including:
  • Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
  • Burial or cremation referee certificates
  • Registration with NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
(additional changes may apply in circumstances of repatriation to or from Australia)
$1,332.00

Service planning

Making all arrangements for the service, including:Face-to-face meeting (anywhere in Greater Sydney) to decide on the elements comprising the service
  • Liaising with clergy or celebrant
  • Advising on coffin/casket choice
  • Playing AV tribute presentation
  • Compiling and playing music
  • Providing memorial book
  • Creating and organising other service elements (such as flowers, keepsakes, memorial stationery, catering and more)
$930.00

Venue

Using Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors' Bexley North facility for up to two hours, including: Setting up and presenting the service and reception rooms, Coordinating the running of the service, Providing any required personnel, Cleaning (additional charges apply in 15-minute increments where facilities in use for more than two hours)
$632.00
Using third-party facilities, including churches, chapels, and other venues
As charged by supplier

Coffin or casket

Purchasing a coffin or casket from the Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors range(range includes coffins and caskets constructed from a variety of materials, including fibreboard, veneered timbers, and solid wood with different finishes; environmentally friendly options and custom printed options are available; metal caskets areprice on application)
$1,625.00 – $56,800.00

Doctor’s fee

Providing services for identification purposes (where necessary) and required documentation, including:
  • Attending Practitioner’s Cremation Certificate
  • Medical Referee’s Cremation Permit
from $413.00

Death certificate

Providing registered death certificate, including a reasonable number of certified copies.
$68.00

Transport and disposition

Costs will vary according to the number of locations attended by guests and the location chosen for cremation or burial.

  • Logistics for service attendance
Funeral arrangement at 1 location, including:(where the service and the burial/cremation are at the same location)
  • Coordinating logistics
  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse from Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors to service venue
  • Providing fully-trained personnel
$1,001.00 OR
Funeral arrangement at 2 locations, including:(where the service and the burial/cremation are at different locations and guests attend both locations)
  • Coordinating logistics
  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse from Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors to service venue
  • Providing fully-trained personnel
  • Guests attending both locations
$2,018.00

Cremation

Essential Cremation Package This can be arranged over the phone, in person or via email for your loved one in the Sydney area. We will transfer into our care, prepare and cremate but with no attendance by family or friends. If flowers, press notices or viewing is required, these will cost extra. We will deliver the ashes to you along with the registered Death Certificate within 50km of our Sutherland base during the weekday office hours. T & Cs
  • Paid in advance
  • Arrangements may be made over the phone or by email.
  • Cremation at day and time convenient to us.
  • Transfer to our care from within 50km from Sutherland.
  • No attendees, No view, flowers, or notices. If these are required then the price will be extra.
  • We will deliver (or you can pick up) ashes in a plastic urn between 8-4 pm weekdays to informant in one lot with DC.
  • CCNSW levy Included.
$4,055.10
Cremation at Bayside Crematorium (owned and operated by Sydney Farewells Pty Ltd) or government-operated crematorium, including:
  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse (or other accredited vehicle) from our mortuary to crematorium
  • Cremation services
  • Returning ashes to the Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors office (in a plastic urn with nameplate)
$675.10 – $977.10
Cremation at crematorium of your choosing, including:
  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse (or other accredited vehicle) from our mortuary to crematorium chapel, including up to 45 minutes for the funeral service
  • Cremation and service time (30-45 minutes, depending on the location)
$1,275.10 – $2,805.10

Burial

Burial at the cemetery of your choosing, including:
  • Transporting coffin/casket in hearse (or other accredited vehicle) from our mortuary to cemetery
  • Burial services
As charged by cemetery

Optional items

To personalise your loved one’s farewell, a range of options are available. Costs will vary according to the choices made.

Viewing and embalming

Preparing the body for viewing:

  • Trimming the coffin or casket (with draping and pillow)
  • Dressing and presenting the body (including make-up and hair styling)
  • Embalming (as required)
Viewing up to 1½ hours (between 9.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday)
$653.00
Viewing after hours or on weekends
$390.00 per hour
Embalming services
$1,124.00

Vehicles

For 4½ hours, including driver
$569.00

Flowers

Provided by our in-house florist
From $482.00

AV tribute presentation

Provided by Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors:
  • Up to 20 photos included in presentation
  • Up to 40 photos included in presentation
$322.00 OR $389.00

Clergy or celebrant

Funeral arrangement at 1 location, including:(where the service and the burial/cremation are at the same location)
$495.00
Funeral arrangement at 2 locations, including:(where the service and the burial/cremation are at different locations andguests attend both locations)
$550.00

Funeral and/or death notice

Preparing and lodging newspaper notice
$450.00 (estimate)

Order of service

4 pages, colour on cover
$4.00 per copy (subject to min. order of $100.00)

Cemeteries and crematoriums

Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors has strong relationships with all cemeteries and crematoriums in the Greater Sydney area

We most regularly attend:

Woronora Memorial Park
Administered by Metropolitan Memorial Parks
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park
Administered by Metropolitan Memorial Parks
Rookwood General Cemetery
Administered by Metropolitan Memorial Parks
Rookwood Catholic Cemetery
Administered by the Catholic Cemeteries & Crematoria Trust
Rookwood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium
Owned and operated by InvoCare Australia
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
Administered by Metropolitan Memorial Parks
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium
Owned and operated by InvoCare Australia
Northern Suburbs Crematorium
Owned and operated by InvoCare Australia
Bayside Crematorium
Owned and operated by Sydney Farewells Pty Ltd

All pricing on this website is inclusive of GST.

Terms and Conditions

Commitment to service and quality

Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors not only adheres to all Government regulations but also the codes of the leading industry associations – Australian Funeral Directors Association.

We aim to not only set the benchmark in the Australian funeral industry but to exceed it.

Our team pride itself on providing compassion, understanding, respect and support to all the families we serve in an inclusive, transparent and professional environment. For this reason, we’ve established the Andrew Kennedy Funeral Directors Charter, as a continued promise to our community to maintain the level of service which you have come to expect from us. For more than 80 years, we’ve continued to evolve to meet our community’s ever-changing needs, and this Charter is our promise to continue to provide this level of service for many more years to come

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