Hi all!
We've recently completed out Stafford bathroom renovation.
House is a 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car post war home in Stafford, about 7km north west of Brisbane CBD.
The bathroom was the last "big" item to renovate in the house. I've also added new blinds, built-ins, flyscreens, lights and internal walls painted as part of sprucing up the whole house.
Here's the original bathroom:
Original bath and shower screen:
Probably not the worst looking bathroom ever seen, but still pretty daggy.
Everything came out. Nothing was spared. Bath, toilet, tiles, shower screen, vanity, linen cupboard... all removed.
A new bathroom floor had to be put in, as the original floor was starting to cave in.
New bathroom:
I kept the bath! Working class suburb - usually have kids and kids need baths.
New vanity:
Dual flush toilet was also new, and important to enable water usage costs to be passed onto tenants.
More pictures can be found here: http://tr.im/vgRs
Total time: 14 days. Demolition took a day, preparing for water proofing took a day, water proofing took 2 days, tiling took a couple of days, two weekends were put into the mix and there was a delay in getting the shower screen in place.
Total cost: About $9k. Remember, I'm living in Sydney and left the project management of the renovation to someone else. I might have been able to get this done cheaper if I was on-site and organising all the trades, but that's not leveraging my time very well. No plumbing had to be moved. Johnson white tiles were used on the walls as they don't date and a dark coloured tile used on the floor to contrast. Walls were also painted, as was the rest of the house.
Feel free to ask me any questions!
Cheers!
-- MJ.
We've recently completed out Stafford bathroom renovation.
House is a 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car post war home in Stafford, about 7km north west of Brisbane CBD.
The bathroom was the last "big" item to renovate in the house. I've also added new blinds, built-ins, flyscreens, lights and internal walls painted as part of sprucing up the whole house.
Here's the original bathroom:
Original bath and shower screen:
Probably not the worst looking bathroom ever seen, but still pretty daggy.
Everything came out. Nothing was spared. Bath, toilet, tiles, shower screen, vanity, linen cupboard... all removed.
A new bathroom floor had to be put in, as the original floor was starting to cave in.
New bathroom:
I kept the bath! Working class suburb - usually have kids and kids need baths.
New vanity:
Dual flush toilet was also new, and important to enable water usage costs to be passed onto tenants.
More pictures can be found here: http://tr.im/vgRs
Total time: 14 days. Demolition took a day, preparing for water proofing took a day, water proofing took 2 days, tiling took a couple of days, two weekends were put into the mix and there was a delay in getting the shower screen in place.
Total cost: About $9k. Remember, I'm living in Sydney and left the project management of the renovation to someone else. I might have been able to get this done cheaper if I was on-site and organising all the trades, but that's not leveraging my time very well. No plumbing had to be moved. Johnson white tiles were used on the walls as they don't date and a dark coloured tile used on the floor to contrast. Walls were also painted, as was the rest of the house.
Feel free to ask me any questions!
Cheers!
-- MJ.