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 Australian Standard, whatever the home's era. The part that gets skipped elsewhere.
Floor to ceiling or feature tiling. Our tiler, not a sub. Fixed price, precision layout.
Measured, built and installed to fit your actual floorplan, not a stock size.
Screens, mixers, rails and fittings selected and fitted to a fixed budget.
Rough-in and final connections. Licensed trades. All work inspected and compliant.
The number we agree on before we start is the number you pay. No surprises, no additions.
Quoted in writing before we start. The number we agree on is the number you pay.
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.
We say the thing, then stop. No jargon, no runaround. We pick up the phone.
“I relocated interstate with two dogs and never thought a new home could feel like me, but they took me under their wing, kept me updated the whole way, and let me customise everything from the flooring to the kitchen layout. Genuine, passionate, and a pleasure to deal with.”
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 VBA registered building practitioner (Victorian Building Authority) 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.
