One crew, one contract, start to finish. Newport grew as a railway workshop town from the 1880s, and original bathrooms in the older cottages usually predate modern waterproofing entirely. We know what we're walking into before we quote.
Full membrane to AS 3740, matched to whether your home is an 1880s workshop-era cottage or later postwar stock. The part that gets skipped when the era isn't checked first.
Floor to ceiling or feature tiling, installed to AS 3958 and fitted to your cottage's actual room proportions. Our tiler, not a sub.
Measured and installed to fit the narrower footprint of an 1880s workshop-era cottage or a later layout, not a stock size.
Screens, mixers and rails fitted to work with your home's original wall lines, whatever its era.
Rough-in and final connections to AS/NZS 3500 and AS/NZS 3000, accounting for the plumbing quirks typical of Newport's mixed housing stock.
The number we agree on after identifying your home's actual era is the number you pay. No leak surfacing next door a year later.
A waterproofing job quoted without checking the home's era is how a leak ends up in next door's cottage. We identify the era and quote in writing, so the number and the workmanship both hold.
1880s workshop-era cottages near the heritage-protected Newport Railway Workshops through to postwar housing further out. We identify your home's era before we quote, not after.
Tradies who know the difference between an 1880s workshop cottage and postwar Newport stock, not a call centre reading a script. We say the thing, then stop.
Yes, in a good way to know about. Newport grew up around its railway workshops, one of the best-preserved 19th century railway workshop complexes in the world, heritage protected since 1994, and the cottages built in the 1880s subdivisions nearest the workshops tend to be the suburb's oldest stock. Original bathrooms in these homes predate modern waterproofing membranes entirely. Homes further from the historic core were often built later, into the postwar years, with different bathroom-era issues. We identify which era your home belongs to at the site visit.
Most standard, internal bathroom renovations in Newport do not require a planning permit, though waterproofing and plumbing work must comply with Victorian Building Authority standards regardless. If your property is close to the historic Newport Railway Workshops precinct or in a Hobsons Bay heritage overlay, a permit may be required for external changes. We identify this during the site visit.
Yes, and it's a large part of what we do in Hobsons Bay. Cottages built in the 1880s subdivisions around the original Newport Railway Workshops have their own character and plumbing quirks, different again from the postwar housing further from the historic centre. We know what's typical for each era before we quote, not after we've pulled the tiles off.
A bathroom renovation in Newport typically runs $20,000 to $42,000. Standard scope (like-for-like layout, mid-range tiling and fittings) starts at $20,000 to $28,000. Full reconfiguration with layout changes in older workshop-era cottages runs $32,000 to $42,000. We give you a written fixed-price quote after a site visit, not an estimate from photos.
Yes. gutted. is a BPC registered building practitioner (Building and Plumbing Commission) and fully insured for domestic building work in Victoria. We provide our registration details before you sign anything.
A rough scope is all we need. We come to you, look at the job, and give you a written fixed-price quote. We do not price from photos.
