We also did ours late last year and I think all up it came in at about $11K, but we had some unique challenges (it was on the third floor of our townhouse)... But I did find initially when I called 'bathroom companies' they had much higher prices.
In the end I put an ad on the service central website and got a response from a tiler who then brought along his mate who was a builder. Between the two of them they organised everything (including custom making a vanity to match our other one) and at a much lower cost than the 'bathroom companies'.
If I was you I would try service central or call around to local tradies and get quotes. This sounds awful, but we are in a recession at the moment and I wouldn't be suprised if some tradies are suffering a little and willing to do the job at a lower cost to get the work.
we just gutted ours put in under floor heating, tiled from floor to ceiling new showerhead from teh roof and new small square bath with shower over teh tope, glas shower screen new toilet new vanity new mirror all up 6grand and that included a second toilet into the laundry.
we did it all ourself and got alot of things on sales and from ebay..
ebay is your friend
Thanks for all the replies - even $11K is better than $15K!
Unfortunately my DH (and both our families) are not very "handy" so can't do the work ourselves - but def like the auctionhouse idea. The big tile idea is good too - will def use it! Great tips - keep em coming!
I have guy coming at 5pm to give our first quote so fingers crossed!
new bath,vanity, shower and shower screen and vanity mirror/cupboard
new floor and tiled (DIAMOND SET, LITTLE MORE EXXY THAN SQUARE TILES BEING LAYED AS SQUARE TILES)
walls tiled ALL WAY UP TO CEILING
heater/light/fan
powerpoints (MY DAD ELECTRICIAN....SO DIDNT PAY A CENT FOR ELECTRICAL WORK)
all tapware including a hand held shower head
Separate toilet done too - wall tiles up to ceiling, heater (dont ask, why you need a
heater in the toilet, but DH insisted), and diamond set tiles. Toilet was relatively new, so didnt bother with that....
We had 3 x quotes, and they ranged from $7K - $12K. So do shop around. Also dont go to exxy bathroom and tiles renno places (harvey norman etc). They charge the earth. We went to a wholesaler whom sold tiles and tap fitting to public too.
Hey CF, just thought I would drop in with my 2 cents.
Last year DH and I renoed our bathroom and toilet. We demolished the existing bathroom and toilet ourselves, and sourced everything ourselves too from all different bathroom/plumbing suppliers. We put in a new shower base and screen (800), a free standing bath (950), a vanity (500) and toilet (400). We also had new floor and wall tiles. All up it cost b/w 5.5 and 6k which includes labour and materials.
I found that by looking online at ebay and the trading post I was able to find actual stores that I could physically go to which sold at discounted prices.
To me, what you were quoted sounds a bit OTT, definitely shop around and get a few quotes. Check out your local paper too, you'll find there are tradies who specialise in bathroom renos and do it much cheaper than an actual storefront.
No I don't think you're living in fairy land, that amount is ridiculous for what you want to do.
We have just renovated our bathroom & I'm estimating it cost about $15,000 but was alot more involved than what you're describing.
We had very specific ideas on what we wanted & didn't want to compromise anything so took a long time getting everything. To save some money DH jackhammered the old tiles up, varnished the vic ash mirror & window frames & painted the walls.
We bought all the fittings & fixtures ourselves except for the shower screen. My bathroom has a claw foot bath, vic ash mirror, blackwood vanity, semi frameless shower, granite benchtop, tiled shower base, wooden blinds.
Labour cost $7,500 but we got $500 knocked off for paying cash. This included removing & replacing plaster walls, installing everything, moving pipes in a concrete slab, grinding the concrete down for the tiled shower base, semi frameless shower screen, tiling floor.
We had trouble getting quotes as the builders simply weren't willing to come out & see us without the job being a sure thing for them!! So we only got one quote & they got the job. For all I know we were ripped off but at least it looks fabulous & we hired them to do the ensuite too!!
So I guess my tips are source things yourself, get a few quotes & try to do some of the work yourselves if possible.
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