Avalon Monuments and Memorials have designed and created monuments and memorials for over 25 years. We serve the Canberra, Queanbeyan and greater Southern regions of New South Wales.
Our office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m Monday to Friday, or we meet you on site if you prefer. After hours meetings are by appointment only.
Creating a memorial design
In our communications with you, you are very welcome to provide photos of your loved one, memorial styles that you like and mementos of your loved one. Essentially, any design can be immortalised in stone. Technology today means our designs are only confined by cemetery guidelines appropriate to the plot you have selected.
Once a design has be refined and a stone selected, be it a lovely Indian Black granite, Imperial Red granite or marble; we refine the memorial design until we arrive at a detailed architectural drawing for your approval.
Installing the memorial
Most memorials are ready to install within four months. Avalon Monuments and Memorials understand that family matters are not always measured in financial terms. Should timing be an imperative for your family, we are happy to organise express freight POA.
Estate planning
It is a lovely gift to your loved ones to plan your own tribute. Not only that, there are several financial reasons why it is a good decision.
Often upon retirement, we consider our financial plan and the best use of funds moving forward. Many of us find ourselves in the fortunate position of needing to spend down in order to achieve a financially fitter future.
Estate planning is a wonderful way of solidifying a lovely memorial that will assist you in achieving your financial goals at retirement. It will also ensure you are purchasing a tribute at current day pricing. Carrara marble for example can cost up to $400 per square metre in today’s market. In 1910 a square metre of Carrara marble cost between $36.67 – $63.69; an increase of nearly 800%. Solidifying the tribute of your choosing now, will save your estate money in the long term.
Further, the most important benefit of all, comes with the easing of the loss felt by family at the time of passing. This is an incredibly sensitive and difficult time for loved ones. Pre-selecting your own memorial in concert with the wishes of your family when you are bright and healthy means you can actively participate in the process.
Memorial pre-purchase reduces the potential for anxiety, both emotionally and fiscally when the time comes. There is a sense of comfort for all concerned knowing that you will be memorialised as you had always hoped to be.
Contact us on 0427 180 776 to discuss your memorial.
