Licensed local plumbers, on the Lower North Shore.
Blocked drains, hot water, leaks, gas and emergency repairs for Kirribilli homes, businesses and strata — with a fixed price agreed before the work starts.
No callout fee on eligible jobs · Free quotes
First granted in the 1790s, with Georgian and Gothic-revival houses built through the 1830s, ’40s and ’50s. The old estates were subdivided from the 1860s and new residential streets laid out — terraces, Victorian villas and, later, apartment blocks.
The most apartment-dominated suburb Voyager services: 86.8% of occupied dwellings were flats or apartments at the 2021 census, against 6.8% semis and terraces and only 5.6% separate houses.
Almost every job here is in a building rather than on a block. Shared stacks, risers and common drainage are the norm, and access is arranged through a building or strata manager.
These jobs come up here more than they come up elsewhere. They follow from what Kirribilli is built from, when it was built, and what it sits on.
At 86.8% apartments, Kirribilli is effectively a vertical suburb. Risers, stacks and common lines account for most work, and the owners corporation rather than a resident is usually the decision-maker.
The suburb holds nationally significant buildings including Admiralty House, parts of which date to 1842, and Kirribilli House from 1854–55. Heritage constraints shape what can be altered and how.
Terraces and Victorian villas from the 1860s subdivision are still here, often with services threaded through them long after the fact.
Most repeat blockages are a pipe problem, not a blockage problem. We look before we quote.
Every job below is handled by a licensed plumber, quoted before it starts, and covered by the lifetime labour warranty on eligible work.
Cleared properly, with a camera down the line to find out why it blocked.
Fix a cracked or root-damaged pipe without digging up the garden.
Burst pipes, sewage overflows and gas faults — 24 hours a day.
Repairs and replacements across electric, gas, solar and heat pump.
Find a hidden leak before anyone opens a wall or a slab.
Licensed gas work — appliances, new lines and suspected faults.
See what is actually in the pipe instead of guessing at it.
Isolate, repair and make good — usually the same day.
Get roof and surface water away from the house properly.
Describe what’s happening at your Kirribilli property and we’ll tell you straight — including when the simple fix is the whole job.
What a job looks like here depends on what the suburb is built from and built on. Start with how people actually live in it:
A compact half a square kilometre on the harbour, three kilometres from the CBD.
A dense harbourside pocket with limited garden planting compared with the suburbs further north.
Kirribilli sits in the North Sydney Council, postcode 2061. Work needing a compliance certificate is lodged the same way across the LGA.
Local figures sourced from: ABS 2021 Census QuickStats — Kirribilli · Kirribilli, New South Wales — Wikipedia
Nobody likes ringing for a price and being told “it depends”. These are typical ranges across the Sydney market — not Voyager’s price list, but a realistic yardstick to judge any quote against, including ours.
| Drains and pipes | |
|---|---|
| Clearing a simple blockage | $150 – $400 |
| Clearing a blocked main sewer line | $300 – $600 |
| High-pressure jetting | $250 – $600 |
| Cutting tree roots from a line | $400 – $1,200 |
| CCTV drain inspection | $250 – $550 |
| Pipe relining, per lineal metre | $450 – $800 |
| Pipe relining, typical whole job | $4,000 – $10,000 |
| Excavate and replace, per metre | $300 – $600 |
| Repairs | |
| Leaking tap — washer or cartridge | $120 – $250 |
| Burst pipe, accessible | $250 – $500 |
| Burst pipe, underground | $800 – $2,500+ |
| Hot water, leaks and emergencies | |
| Hot water repair (element, thermostat, anode) | $150 – $550 |
| Hot water replaced, supplied and installed | $1,200 – $3,500 |
| Water leak detection | $250 – $600 |
| After-hours emergency attendance | $400 – $900 |
Hot water replacement above is supplied and installed — labour-only quotes look cheaper because they are not the same thing. And relining costs more per metre than digging, but that comparison ignores excavation, spoil removal and putting your driveway back, which is where dig jobs get expensive.
Voyager prices by the job, not by the hour, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
Kirribilli is effectively a vertical suburb — 86.8% of occupied dwellings are flats or apartments and only 5.6% are separate houses. Almost every job here is a building matter rather than a backyard one.
Section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) makes the owners corporation responsible for maintaining and repairing common property, which generally covers risers, stacks and any pipe serving more than one lot. Section 153 puts the matching duty on a lot owner: not to cause a nuisance or hazard to other lots.
In practice that means the decision-maker is usually the strata manager or building manager, not the person whose bathroom the problem appeared in — and getting hold of the right one early is what stops a job stalling.
Sources: Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) · Sydney Water — maintaining your service
Some problems wait for a booking. Burst pipes, sewage backing up, a hot water unit emptying itself into the floor and any suspected gas fault do not.
Voyager runs a 24/7 line for Kirribilli and the rest of the Lower North Shore. When you call, say what’s happening, where it is, and whether water, sewage or gas is involved — that’s what decides how fast someone needs to be there.
Before we arrive: turn off the affected supply if it’s safe to do so, and move what you can away from the water. Don’t pour drain chemicals down a blocked line — it makes the pipe unsafe to inspect and rarely clears the blockage.
Effectively all building access — management booking, service lift, and very limited street parking on a compact harbourside peninsula. We plan for that rather than discover it on the day.
We assess access before quoting rather than discovering it on the day. On constrained sites it often decides which repair method is realistic, and that changes the price.
Storm season finds every drain that was never quite right. Better to know before it rains.
A short call is usually enough to tell whether it’s urgent, and what’s likely to be involved.
Where it matters, that means a camera down the line rather than a guess from the surface.
Priced by the job, not the hour. You approve it before anything starts.
You get told what caused it and whether anything else needs attention — including when the answer is nothing.
Voyager covers the whole Lower North Shore. These are the closest to Kirribilli:
24/7, including nights, weekends and public holidays — there is always someone on the line for Kirribilli. Arrival time depends on where crews are when you call, and genuine emergencies — burst pipes, sewage overflows, suspected gas — go ahead of booked work. Say what is happening when you call 0485 028 787 and you will be told honestly how long it will be.
Everything is a building matter. At 86.8% apartments, Kirribilli is effectively a vertical suburb. Risers, stacks and common lines account for most work, and the owners corporation rather than a resident is usually the decision-maker.
Almost always the owners corporation, because Kirribilli is 86.8% apartments. Under section 106 of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 the owners corporation maintains common property, which covers risers, stacks and any pipe serving more than one lot. Only plumbing that serves your lot alone is yours. We establish which before work is authorised, and deal with the strata or building manager directly.
There’s no callout fee on eligible jobs, and quotes are free. You get a fixed price for the work before anything starts — priced by the job, not by the hour, so a job that takes longer than expected doesn’t cost you more.
Usually because the blockage was cleared but the cause wasn’t found. Almost every job here is in a building rather than on a block. Shared stacks, risers and common drainage are the norm, and access is arranged through a building or strata manager. A camera inspection shows whether you’re dealing with a one-off or a damaged pipe that will keep catching.
Usually yes, but access shapes the method. Effectively all building access — management booking, service lift, and very limited street parking on a compact harbourside peninsula. We plan for that rather than discover it on the day. We work that out before quoting, because on constrained sites it decides which repair method is realistic.
Often not. In a suburb of this density, and with heritage buildings including Admiralty House and Kirribilli House, both the plumbing and the permissions are building matters rather than backyard ones. Relining repairs the pipe from the inside, which leaves driveways, paving and established gardens intact. Whether it suits your pipe depends on its condition — that’s what the camera inspection determines.
Across the Sydney market a simple blockage runs $150–$400, jetting a main line $250–$600, and pipe relining $450–$800 per lineal metre with most whole jobs landing between $4,000 and $10,000. Those are market ranges rather than Voyager’s price list. Almost everything here is building work, so access time and management coordination are a bigger cost factor than the repair itself. Heritage constraints on the older buildings can also limit method, which limits the cheap options. Voyager prices by the job, not the hour, and the price is agreed before work starts.
Yes — Voyager Plumbing holds NSW Contractor Licence 476657C, which you can check directly on the NSW Fair Trading register. All work is carried out by licensed plumbers and covered by public liability insurance.
Voyager Plumbing was founded by Mathew Veselcic, a licensed plumber, drainer and gasfitter who has held his own NSW contractor licence since December 2016. He is the nominated supervisor on the company licence that covers the work in Kirribilli, and personally accountable for it.
Free quote, a fixed price agreed before the work starts, and someone on the end of the phone at any hour.
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Page reviewed and updated 2 September 2026
