One crew, one contract, start to finish. Seddon is one of Melbourne's most intact heritage villages, and original bathrooms in its workers' cottages usually predate modern waterproofing entirely. We know what we're walking into before we quote.
Full membrane to AS 3740, fitted to a workers' cottage built before waterproofing membranes existed. The part that gets skipped when a quote assumes a modern layout.
Floor to ceiling or feature tiling, installed to AS 3958 and fitted to a Victorian cottage's actual room proportions. Our tiler, not a sub.
Measured and installed to fit the narrow footprint of a Seddon workers' cottage, not a stock size.
Screens, mixers and rails fitted to work with a cottage's original wall lines, not a layout that assumes a full rebuild.
Rough-in and final connections to AS/NZS 3500 and AS/NZS 3000, accounting for the age of a cottage's original plumbing and wiring.
The number we agree on after inspecting your cottage, heritage precinct or not, is the number you pay. No surprises once the tiles come off.
A modern-layout quote in a pre-waterproofing cottage is how a Seddon job goes wrong. We quote after actually inspecting yours, in writing, so the number holds.
One of Melbourne's most intact heritage precincts (HO9), grown fast around the 1906 railway station and barely diluted since. We check your property's status before we quote, not after.
Tradies who've actually worked Seddon's HO9 heritage precinct, not a call centre reading a script. We say the thing, then stop.
In Seddon, more likely the whole street than not. Seddon is one of Melbourne's most intact heritage precincts, protected as the Seddon Residential and Commercial Heritage Area (HO9). Some streets have close to 100% of properties identified as heritage-significant, a far higher rate than most other suburbs. Internal bathroom work is usually unaffected by the overlay, but we confirm your specific address status at the site visit rather than assume.
Yes, and it's the majority of what we do here. Seddon consists predominantly of single-storey Victorian workers' cottages and Edwardian terraces, most of them built rapidly after the railway station opened in 1906. 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.
Most standard, internal bathroom renovations in Seddon do not require a planning permit, though waterproofing and plumbing work must comply with Victorian Building Authority standards regardless. Given how much of the suburb sits inside the HO9 heritage precinct, external changes are likely to need one. We identify this during the site visit.
A bathroom renovation in Seddon typically runs $18,000 to $40,000. Standard scope (like-for-like layout, mid-range tiling and fittings) starts at $18,000 to $25,000. Full reconfiguration with layout changes in an older workers' cottage runs $28,000 to $40,000. 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.
