People often enquire as to the cost of a funeral. It is difficult to answer this question in one sentence, because there are so many variations to a funeral, and it depends on the type of funeral service you wish to provide your loved one.
At Simply Beautiful Funerals, we offer all types of funerals to Melbourne and Country Victoria, from a no attendance cremation or burial service, right through to a church or chapel service with all the optional extras that you could think of. Of course, the price depends on the funeral service that you choose. If you are looking for a cheap funeral, then you are certainly in the right place. Our funeral home proudly offers cheap funeral packages, whilst still providing a respectful and dignified service to your loved one and those that are left behind.
Burials are often more expensive than a cremation service, and this is because you need to purchase the burial plot and then the cemetery will also charge a fee to prepare the grave for your loved one to be buried there. This is called an interment fee.
Burial plots range anywhere from $700 right through to $20,000 and beyond. There are various types of graves available, these range from lawn graves that you could place a bronze plaque on, a grave where you could erect a headstone, or a monumental grave where a large stone/marble monument would be erected. Large cemeteries also offer burial vaults which are concrete lined graves, or mausoleum crypts where your loved one would be interred into a burial chamber, which can either be in a public or private mausoleum, and these prices vary from one cemetery to the next.
You can now see why simply asking “how much is a funeral” requires more thought and information, for us to be able to provide you with a funeral quote.