Renovation Education: Cost Per Item of a Medium-Size Bathroom
If you’re confused about the cost of renovating a medium-size bathroom, you’re not alone. Here, Estelle Cameron of Designtank provides a price breakdown, in Australian dollars, for a pretty bathroom designed and renovated in 2020, so you can see the extent of works and be better informed about the costs involved.
Creative brief from client
Design an updated, modern bathroom featuring the colour pink. The feel was to be fresh and bright. A bath tub and shower were required as well as maximum storage in the vanity unit… and all within budget.
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Design an updated, modern bathroom featuring the colour pink. The feel was to be fresh and bright. A bath tub and shower were required as well as maximum storage in the vanity unit… and all within budget.
Thinking of updating your bathroom? Find a bathroom designer and renovator on Houzz near you and get in touch for ideas and quotes
The bathroom before works
Scope of work
- Measured and documented the client’s existing bathroom.
- Listened to the client’s brief and budget limitations.
- Designed the new bathroom to meet the brief and budget.
- Selected and presented the finishes, tapware, vanity design and new layout to the client.
- During the build, visited the site regularly to oversee progress and solve design issues.
Challenges
The client wanted to add a bath to this room, which previously only had a shower. There was not room for a separate shower and bath so a shower over the bath was selected. A feature was made of this by tiling the bath surround in the pink feature tile. The surround was extended to a bench seat that meets the vanity, and is all in the pink tile.
The only window in the room is above the vanity unit, so to ensure that light wasn’t impeded, we added a large mirror to the adjacent wall above and beside the vanity unit.
The client wanted to add a bath to this room, which previously only had a shower. There was not room for a separate shower and bath so a shower over the bath was selected. A feature was made of this by tiling the bath surround in the pink feature tile. The surround was extended to a bench seat that meets the vanity, and is all in the pink tile.
The only window in the room is above the vanity unit, so to ensure that light wasn’t impeded, we added a large mirror to the adjacent wall above and beside the vanity unit.
Trade services included the below
Total amount: $15,000
Total amount: $15,000
- Demolition
- Waterproofing
- Tiling
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- Carpentry
- Plastering
- Rubbish removal
- The room was painted in Dulux Lexicon Quarter and was included in the builder’s cost.
- A 900-millimetre fixed panel and one hinged panel, fixed to the bath edge, were included in the builder’s cost.
- The wall-mounted 1,600 x 900-millimetre bevel-edged mirror was included in the builder’s cost.
What did you spend on?
The bath. It had to be super comfortable to create a relaxing space for my client, as well as being practical to stand in beneath the shower.
What did you save on?
We sourced tiles that gave the look we were after, but were inexpensive. Money was saved by deciding against a mirrored shaving cabinet and instead choosing a large wall-mounted mirror.
The bath. It had to be super comfortable to create a relaxing space for my client, as well as being practical to stand in beneath the shower.
What did you save on?
We sourced tiles that gave the look we were after, but were inexpensive. Money was saved by deciding against a mirrored shaving cabinet and instead choosing a large wall-mounted mirror.
The shower before works
Materials: Total including tiles $10,470
- Custom-made vanity unit including installation: $6,000
- Kaldewei bath, Roca Inspira basin, Mizu Drift tapware, towel rail plus shower fittings, all from Reece: $3,200
- One wall light above mirror and one Herman natural cane pendant light from Beacon Lighting: $550
- White timber-look Venetian blind from Curtain Wonderland: $70
- White gloss 300 x 600-millimetre wall tiles
- Grey stone-look 450 x 450-millimetre matt floor tiles
- Pink matt 65 x 265-millimetre subway tiles, all from Amber Tiles
The bathroom before works
What did you invest in?
A Caesarstone Pure White benchtop.
What did you save on?
Polytec Notaio in Walnut as drawer fronts and panels. We also saved money on an ‘off the shelf’ timber-look Venetian blind rather than a custom-made design.
A Caesarstone Pure White benchtop.
What did you save on?
Polytec Notaio in Walnut as drawer fronts and panels. We also saved money on an ‘off the shelf’ timber-look Venetian blind rather than a custom-made design.
The bathroom before works
The custom vanity features a built-in laundry hamper
Your turn
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Your turn
Is this the kind of cost you expected for a medium-size bathroom renovation? 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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Keen to learn the true cost of a small bathroom renovation? Find out here with Renovation Education: Costs Per Item of a Small Bathroom Makeover
Location: Forest Lake, Queensland
Year built: 2020
Your role: Designtank designed, specified finishes and documented the design, then helped the client engage a builder and provided project consulting services during the build.
Bathroom size: 3 x 1.7 metres
Total price of bathroom: $25,470