Budget Breakdown
Renovation Education: Cost of a Pretty White Narrow Bathroom Reno
Two inadequate bathrooms become one, equipped with everything a family needs, all for $31,000
If you’re confused about the cost of renovating a medium-size bathroom, you’re not alone. Here, Ciara Tapia of Ciara Tapia Design provides a price breakdown, in Australian dollars, for a pretty bathroom designed and renovated in Kingsford, Sydney, so you can see the extent of works and be better informed about the costs involved.
One of the bathrooms before works
What was the bathroom like originally?
It was two tiny and dysfunctional bathrooms. Both were lacking acceptable spatial requirements and the main bathroom had no natural light.
What was the bathroom like originally?
It was two tiny and dysfunctional bathrooms. Both were lacking acceptable spatial requirements and the main bathroom had no natural light.
Scope of work
To combine both bathrooms and create one functional bathroom.
To combine both bathrooms and create one functional bathroom.
What was the creative brief from the client?
The bathroom had to be light and airy with a palette of soft colours that could easily stand the test of time.
The bathroom had to be light and airy with a palette of soft colours that could easily stand the test of time.
The floor plan after works
Challenges
- The narrow space.
- We had a peculiar step in the wall that housed a column. We could not extend the bathroom back so we integrated the custom mirrors to be deep storage cabinets.
One of the bathrooms before works
Trade services included the below
Total amount: $17,830
Total amount: $17,830
- Demolition: $2,100
- Waterproofing: $1,400
- Tiling: $4,800
- Plumbing: $4,200
- Electrical: $2,000
- Carpentry: $2,680
- Plastering: $650.
Materials: Total $13,485
- Tiling: $2,000
- Tapware: $1,900
- Bath: $1,700
- Basin: $1,000
- Vanity: $2,645
- Toilet: $1,700
- Frameless shower screen: $980
- Custom mirror cabinets: $1,500
- Light fittings: purchased by clients from Space Furniture.
- Hooks: client’s own
- Toilet roll holder: $60.
What did you invest in?
The custom vanity unit and mirror cabinets.
What did you save on?
The wall tiles. We had some left over from a previous project. We ended up scattering them across the layout so they integrated easily between the batches.
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The custom vanity unit and mirror cabinets.
What did you save on?
The wall tiles. We had some left over from a previous project. We ended up scattering them across the layout so they integrated easily between the batches.
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The basin area before works
One of the bathrooms before works
Your turn
Is this the kind of cost you expected for the bathroom in the photos? Tell us in the Comments below. And don’t forget to save your favourite images, like this story and join the conversation.
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Your turn
Is this the kind of cost you expected for the bathroom in the photos? Tell us in the Comments below. And don’t forget to save your favourite images, like this story and join the conversation.
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Want to know the price of renovating an ensuite? Find out here with Renovation Education: The Real Cost of Redesigning an Ensuite
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Year built: 2020
Interior design: Ciara Tapia Design
Bathroom size: 1.4 x 3.7 metres
Total price of bathroom: Approximately $31,000
Builder: Ryan Jones Building Co