Suburb · greater Sydney
One of the densest interwar apartment precincts in Sydney, with Federation houses behind.
Floor Sanding and Polishing Sydney puts Neutral Bay property owners in touch with licensed floor sanders working across greater Sydney. Tell us the rough area and whether it's a house or an apartment and we'll match it to someone who covers your suburb — free call, no obligation.
The heartland of Sydney block parquetry — interwar walk-ups here have it under carpet very frequently. Older blocks may need a thicker acoustic build-up to comply.
What comes up most around Neutral Bay: floor sanding, strata approval, acoustic underlay. Interwar apartments stock, so that mix is typical for the area.
Neutral Bay is inside the City of Sydney area, so those rules apply.
Licensing is state-level and identical here: a Building Commission NSW contractor licence for work over $5,000, and HBCF cover at $20,000 and above. Strata by-laws, by contrast, are set building by building.
The cheapest good outcome is often a recoat rather than a full sand — $20 to $35 a metre, it spends none of the floor's remaining thickness, and in an apartment it sidesteps the approval process entirely.
Indicative pricing by job type, then a firm quote on site.
No obligation. Takes 30 seconds.
The core job — taking a tired timber floor back to bare wood.
Getting owners corporation approval before the floor goes in — in the right order.
Meeting the noise rating your by-law sets — and proving it.
Block and mosaic parquetry — slower, more skilled, and easy to ruin.