What we do
Building services shaped around your project.Renovations, extensions and knockdown-rebuilds across Sydney
Just one room? Bathrooms, kitchens, laundries and decks from $19,800 +
Whole-home renovations in Sydney, done properly.
Rework the home you already love.
R&Q Interiors turns tired, dated or awkward Sydney homes into spaces that work for how you actually live — better light, better flow, and a finish built to last. One builder coordinates every trade, the programme and the budget, so the whole job holds together.
- Kitchens, bathrooms, living and full-home reconfiguration
- Structural changes, new layouts and improved natural light
- All trades, programme and finishes under one contract
- Fixed-scope pricing with weekly progress updates
Extensions & alterations across Sydney.
Add the space, keep the home.
Extensions and alterations are the work R&Q Interiors does best. Whether it is a rear extension that opens the house to the garden, a second storey, or reworking the plan to suit a growing family, we make the new part feel like it was always there — matched and integrated, not bolted on.
- Ground-floor and rear extensions
- Second-storey and upper-level additions
- Structural alterations and open-plan reconfiguration
- A seamless join between existing and new
- DA / CDC approvals coordinated for you
Knockdown-rebuild & custom new homes.
A brand-new home, on the land you love.
When a renovation no longer stacks up, a knockdown-rebuild gives you a home designed exactly around how you live — without moving suburb, school or neighbourhood. We manage the whole path so you deal with one team, start to finish.
- Demolition, approvals and construction managed end to end
- Custom new homes and dual occupancies
- Fixed-scope contract, set programme, weekly updates
- One team from first sketch to handover
Before you enquire
Renovate, extend, or start again?
R&Q Interiors builds all three, so the honest answer is whichever your house actually wants. The table below is the same set of questions we work through at a first site visit. Read down the row that matches your house, not across the column you have already decided on.
| The question | Renovate | Extend | Knockdown-rebuild |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do you need more floor area? | No — the space exists, it is just laid out badly | Yes — and the block has room to take it | Yes — and more than the current footprint allows |
| Are the footings and frame sound? | Yes | Yes, and an engineer confirms they can carry the new work | No, or the cost of correcting them approaches rebuilding |
| How much of the house would you touch? | Rooms, surfaces and services — the shell stays | The shell is opened at one point and extended | More than half would be rebuilt anyway |
| Does it need rewiring and replumbing regardless? | If yes, do it while walls are open | Usually partial — new work plus tie-ins | Moot; everything is new |
| Pre-1990 materials such as asbestos present? | Manageable if the affected areas stay untouched | Manageable; removal is scoped to the work area | Removed under a single licensed demolition scope |
| What do the planning controls allow? | Rarely an issue | Height, setbacks, landscaped area and FSR decide how much | The block’s full allowance is available to you |
| Do you want to keep the character of the house? | Yes — this is the option that keeps it | Yes — matching old to new is the craft in the job | No, or the existing house has little worth keeping |
| Can you stay living there? | Often, in phases | Often for a rear or ground-floor addition; less so for a second storey | No |
| Approval pathway | Often exempt or CDC for non-structural work | CDC when it meets the Codes SEPP criteria, otherwise a council DA | DA or CDC depending on the design and the block |
Two rows carry more weight than the rest. If the footings and frame are not sound, extending on top of them buys a problem. And when more than half the house would be rebuilt anyway, a knockdown-rebuild usually becomes the simpler path — while a house with good bones is worth keeping.
Or call 0431 837 378 — R&Q Interiors, NSW Builder Licence 378767C, HIA member, building in Sydney since 2017. Every residential project over $20,000 (including GST) is covered under the NSW Home Building Compensation Fund and carries the statutory warranty — 6 years for major defects, 2 years for other work.