Helping Adelaide homeowners find recommended carpenters
Carpenter Adelaide is a free referral service. We don’t do building work: we pass your enquiry to a local carpenter, who contacts you and quotes you directly.
Who we are
Carpenter Adelaide is a free referral service for Adelaide homeowners who need a carpenter: for a new deck or pergola, feature walls and cladding, framing for an extension, finishing work inside the home or repairs. When you send us your project details, we pass your enquiry to a recommended local carpenter who works in your area, and they contact you directly to discuss the job and quote.
We only refer you to carpenters who hold a current South Australian building work contractor licence and public liability insurance. Our service is free for homeowners. Any quote, contract, warranty and building work is between you and the carpenter you choose. Carpenter Adelaide is run by Searchology Pty Ltd; our disclaimer explains how referrals work.
We also publish free, plain-English guides to decking, pergolas, wall panelling and hiring a carpenter in South Australia on the carpentry blog.
Contact
Email hello@carpenteradelaide.com.au
Enquiries Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm
A quote from a local carpenter, without ringing around
Tell us about your project
Fill in the short form with your suburb and what you need: a new deck, a pergola, a feature wall, framing for an extension or a repair.
We refer a local carpenter
We pass your enquiry to a recommended carpenter who does that kind of work in your part of Adelaide. Every carpenter we refer holds a current South Australian building work contractor licence and public liability insurance.
The carpenter contacts you
They get in touch to talk through the job, arrange a site visit if it’s needed and give you a quote.
You decide
There’s no obligation. Compare the quote, check the carpenter’s licence and only go ahead if you’re happy with the price, design and timing.
How to choose a carpenter in Adelaide
Choose a carpenter who holds a current South Australian building work contractor licence and public liability insurance, gives you a written, itemised quote, and tells you who will lodge any council approval.
Every carpenter we refer meets our criteria (a current South Australian building work contractor licence and public liability insurance) when we add them to our list, but it’s still worth checking for yourself. The statutory warranties under the Building Work Contractors Act 1995 (SA) come from the carpenter who does the work, not from us.
Get a free quoteChecks before you sign
- Check the carpenter’s building work contractor licence on the Consumer and Business Services (CBS) website.
- Ask for a current certificate of currency for their public liability insurance.
- Get a written quote listing the materials, sizes, inclusions, exclusions and GST.
- For decks, pergolas and structural work, ask whether you need development approval and who will lodge it through PlanSA.
- Ask whether site preparation, engineering, rubbish removal and making good are included.
- For domestic building work of $20,000 or more that needs development approval, the builder must take out building indemnity insurance and give you the certificate before work starts.
Ready to find a carpenter?
Tell us about your project and we’ll connect you with a recommended local carpenter for a free, no-obligation quote.