One crew, one contract, start to finish. Northcote's Victorian cottages are solid local-brickworks brick, and original bathrooms usually predate modern waterproofing entirely. We know what we're walking into before we quote.
Full membrane to Australian Standard, planned around solid brick wall penetrations. 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.
Solid local-brickworks brick Victorian cottages, extensive Darebin heritage overlays around High Street and the Victorian streets west of it. We check all of this 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, particularly around plumbing and wall penetrations. Unlike the timber cottages common in many inner suburbs, Northcote's Victorian workers' cottages were built predominantly from local brickworks brick. Running new plumbing or repositioning fittings in a solid brick bathroom takes different planning to a timber-framed wall. We assess your specific construction at the site visit, before we quote.
Longer than most people expect. Darebin Council's heritage overlay applications typically take 8 to 12 weeks to process. Most internal bathroom renovations don't need one, but if your work involves external changes on a heritage-listed Northcote property, we factor this timeline into your written schedule from the start.
Yes, and it's a large part of what we do. Northcote has one of the inner north's densest concentrations of Victorian workers' cottages, particularly west of High Street. Original bathrooms in these homes predate modern waterproofing membranes entirely. We check what's actually there before we quote, not after we've pulled the tiles off.
A bathroom renovation in Northcote typically runs $20,000 to $45,000. Standard scope (like-for-like layout, mid-range tiling and fittings) starts at $20,000 to $28,000. Full reconfiguration with layout changes in solid brick construction runs $32,000 to $45,000. 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.
