Suburb · greater Sydney
Dense Victorian terrace stock with a heavy overlay of warehouse conversions and small apartment blocks — two completely different floor jobs in the same postcode.
Floor Sanding and Polishing Sydney puts Surry Hills 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.
Victorian terraces almost throughout, and terrace floors here are commonly baltic pine rather than hardwood. Many have been sanded two or three times across a century, so thickness above the tongue is the first thing to establish.
What comes up most around Surry Hills: floor sanding, baltic pine, board repairs. Terrace baltic pine stock, so that mix is typical for the area.
Surry Hills 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.
Floor sanding is quoted per square metre, so the single biggest thing you can do is have the area measured properly rather than estimated over the phone.
Indicative ranges are published here, with a firm price after the boards have been inspected.
No obligation. Takes 30 seconds.
The core job — taking a tired timber floor back to bare wood.
The softwood under most inner-Sydney terraces, and why it's treated differently.
Replacing damaged or cut boards before sanding — and the matching problem.
Shops, offices, halls and studios — where downtime costs more than the floor.