Costs are calculated by starting with the professional services fee then adding everything else required to it.
Professional Service Fee:
Our Professional Services fee is essential to enable us to provide services to you. This includes meeting with your family or representative to discuss detailed funeral options, dressing, attending to all necessary paperwork, attending the service, use of all necessary equipment and all office administrative and management costs.
At the bottom of this page we have an example of our estimate page to help get an idea of what your requirements are likely to cost. These costs include GST.
Baby or Child:
Professional services fee is $500 for up to 12 months or $1,000 for 1-10 years. See below for indication of additional costs. If a funeral service is not required, we may charge our time out at $80 per hour instead.Direct Cremation (no service)
Professional Services fee is $2,132. The total estimated cost for a no service cremation including the professional services fee is $4,472. This includes everything required to have someone cremated, ashes returned and an official death certificate. (See Direct Cremation page for details)Possible extras are: The Doctor’s fee (if there is one, which can vary from nothing or up to or over $300), viewings, mileage over 25kms from State of Grace branch, after hours, public holidays, Sundays and any additional nights in our cool room.
Direct Burial (no service)
Professional Services fee is $2,132.00. The total estimated cost for a no service burial, including transferring the deceased person into our care, attending to all the necessary paperwork, one night in our cool room, a basic casket, transferring them to the cemetery for burial, the digging fee and the death certificate is $$5,399.00. Added to this is the Doctor’s fee (which can vary from nothing to over $300). There are extra charges for viewings, mileage over 25kms from a State of Grace branch, after hours, public holidays, Sundays, any additional nights in our cool room and casket upgrade if desired.Please note, it is the responsibility of the client to purchase the burial plot prior to the burial taking place.
Memorial Service (after deceased has already been cremated or buried)
Professional Services fee is $1,200. See below for indication of additional costs.Funeral Service
Professional Services fee is $3,100. See below for indication of additional costs.