Heart & Soul Funerals

2026 Fees & Packages

Thank you for trusting your loved one with me.

I assure you they will be treated with respect, dignity and empathy – as if they are a member of my own family.

Unlike large corporate providers, I am a small family operator who will give you choices and never pressure you at such a vulnerable time.

I will support your choices and help keep costs down where possible without compromising care.

Cost Estimates

After our initial meeting, I will provide a draft estimate including a 15% service fee.

  • 50% deposit required
  • Balance due after final supplier invoices (usually within a week)

Mortuary, crematorium, notices, and flowers vary depending on provider and choices.

Guide Pricing

  • Direct Cremation: Under $2,365
  • Service + Cremation: From $8,080
  • Service + Burial: From $14,200

Direct Cremation

(No service, no attendance, ashes returned within ~2 weeks)

  • Arranger Fee: $750
  • Transfer to mortuary: $350
  • Coffin (standard): $350
  • Medical referee: $110
  • Cremation fee: $600
  • Funeral levy: $45.10
  • Death certificate: $68

Subtotal: $2,053.10

Service Fee (15%): $307.96

Total: $2,361.06

Optional Additions

  • Extra storage: ~$25/night
  • Viewing: ~$300
  • Embalming: ~$770
  • Cardboard coffin: ~$200
  • Standard MDF coffin: ~$700
  • Home vigil (cooling bed hire): $1000 for up to 5 days hire
  • Flowers: from ~$450
  • Celebrant service: $900

Service with Coffin & Cremation

  • Arranger Fee: $1,750
  • Celebrant: $900
  • Transfer: $350
  • Hearse: $770
  • Mortuary & preparation: ~$610
  • Chapel (90 mins): ~$1,300
  • Cremation: $675.10
  • Death certificate: $68

Subtotal: $7,023.10

Service Fee (15%): $1,053.46

Total: $8,076.56

Service with Coffin & Burial

  • Arranger Fee: $1,750
  • Transport & mortuary: ~$2,060
  • Coffin: from $660+
  • Celebrant: $900 (+$200 graveside)
  • Chapel: ~$1,200
  • Death certificate: $68
  • Burial fees: ~$3,756.60

Gravesite (right of interment) is additional and can exceed $15,000.

Subtotal: $10,594.60

Service Fee (15%): $1,589.20

Total: $14,183.79

Ways to Reduce Costs

  • Create your own order of service
  • Use flowers from family/friends
  • DIY visual tributes
  • Choose a cardboard coffin

Disclosures

  • We use our trusted mortuary partner Dignified Funerals at Canterbury (and Blacktown) and our crematorium partners include Mountain View Crematorium (MCV), Unanderra, Australian Cremation Services (ACS), St Marys, or your choice of cemetery/crematoria in NSW.
  • Transportation of the body prior to burial or cremation will be in a suitable vehicle owned by Dignified Transport. The body will be kept in Dignified Mortuary Services’ mortuary/holding room and will only be transported for the purposes of the funeral service as per the final agreement.
  • A Costs Estimate agreement will be signed by both parties once you agree to the goods and services to be supplied, the cost and the estimated amount payable (final amount advised once third party invoices supplied usually the week of the cremation/burial).
  • Current application will be made by your funeral director for a standard death certificate from NSW Birth’s Deaths and Marriages directly after the cremation/burial. Cost approx $70. Processing times vary but expect delays of 1-4 weeks.
  • Coffins vary from approximately $200 for cardboard (less than 180 kg weight) to over $5000 for mahogany. You can also have artwork of your choice to cover a coffin.
  • End of life doula services to support families and those at end of life are $88 p/hr or $75 p/hr for a 10 hour package $750.