113 Potential Costs and Other Key Points to Consider When Designing and Renovating the Bathroom of Your Dreams

(Click here to download a free, printable pdf of the 113 point bathroom renovation checklist)

Designing and renovating your dream bathroom should be a fun, creative, inspiring experience.

Yet for many it becomes a frustrating, stressful mess.

  • From feeling overwhelmed
  • Or not knowing where to start
  • To not planning properly or forgetting key points… only to find out half way through their renovation that it’s going to cost more, or take longer. Or, if they had thought of something earlier, they could have saved a ton of money.

So, we’ve compiled this extensive Bathroom Renovation Checklist for you. Have a look through and make sure you’ve thought about everything.

Whether your planning on renovating yourself or hiring someone, it will make your job so much easier. Quicker. And help you stay in budget.

It will also remind you of little details that you might have thought of yet.

Now while the checklist is quite detailed and there are many things to consider, we want you to know that we’re here to help.

We can come out to your bathroom and help you streamline the whole process… go through your ideas, designs and the checklist… answer any questions you might have… help you decide between these tiles and those tiles… what sort of lighting will work best for your design… and the hundreds of other little details that go into creating the sort of bathroom that will make you friends jealous.

We can also show you all the secrets to saving money when renovating (methods we’ve from years of experience in the industry).

Oh, and this service is FREE for you. No cost. No obligation. Simply call us on 1300 556 775 and we’ll arrange a time to meet.

Sincerely

Elie Assaly
ALSS Bathrooms

 

Part 1 Design

Will you be using outside help or doing all the design and plans yourself? (A good designer can help turn a good design into an outstanding design)

  • Bathroom Designer
  • Interior Decorator
  • Architect (will you require an architect for any of your changes?)
  • Software (will you be using any software to help you create your design?)

Part 2 Licenses and Permissions

If you’re doing any of the work, do you have the required licenses

  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • Building
  • Tiling
  • Waterproofing
  • Strata Approval (if required)
  • NSW Bathroom Renovators License (in NSW a Bathroom Renovators License is required)

Part 3 Insurance

Have you thought about covering yourself if anything goes wrong while renovating?

  • Home Warranty Insurance (Renovations over $20,000 must carry Home Warranty Insurance. Your renovator should supply this)
  • Public Liability Insurance
  • Workers Compensation Insurance

Part 4 Demolition and Rubbish Removal

How will you demolish and remove your old bathroom?

  • What tools do you require (jackhammer, wheelbarrow, hand tools)?
  • Rubbish removal (how will you remove the rubbish?)
  • Skip Hire
  • Truck Hire
  • Tip Fee’s
  • How will you remove demolition rubbish? Machines (jackhammer and hand tools) –  Will you need to hire a skip? Yes if there is space or we will take it away in our trucks
  • Removal of old tiles – walls and floor
  • Removal of bath
  • Removal of shower
  • Removal of vanity
  • Removal of wall linings

Part 5 Preparation

  • Costs, products and time investment for preparing your bathroom for the renovation
  • Waterproofing floor
  • Waterproofing walls
  • Stripping of old paint
  • Stripping wood
  • Stripping door
  • Wooden floors
  • Resheeting walls
  • Resheeting flooring with FC sheeting
  • Render walls
  • Floor leveller

Part 6 Floor and Wall Substrates

  • Floor Substrate (Will you use a Concrete Slab or Timber / Sheeting?)
  • Wall Substrate (Will you use Brick and Render or Wall Sheeting / Lining?)

Part 7 Plumbing Work

Will you be doing your own plumbing, or hiring a professional?

  • Plumber labour costs
  • Plumbing for shower
  • Plumbing for bath
  • Plumbing for vanity
  • Plumbing for toilet
  • Plumbing for water heater

Part 8 Electrical work

Will you be doing your own electrical, or hiring a professional?

  • Electrician labour costs
  • Electrical for heating
  • Lighting
  • Exhaust fan requirements
  • Electrical outlets and switches (how many power points will you have?)
  • Electrical for water heater

Part 9 Bathroom fixtures

Sink and Vanity

  • Sink
  • Vanity
  • Vanity top
  • Mirror
  • Taps and Faucets
  • Hand towel ring
  • Soap dish

Shower

  • Shower tray
  • Shower screen
  • Shower head
  • Hook inside shower for face towel / back washer
  • Soap dish for shower

Bath

  • Bath (standalone, against wall)
  • Bath tap and faucet
  • Soap dish for bath

Toliet

  • Toilet
  • Toilet seat
  • Toilet paper holder

Storage

  • Medicine cabinet
  • Shelving
  • Other Storage
  • Lighting
  • Lighting around sink
  • Ceiling lights
  • Lighting above shower
  • LED
  • Downlights
  • IXL lighting (combo fan, light and heater)

Other Fixtures

  • Towel rails for big towels
  • Hooks for back door for towels / robes
  • Heated towel rails

Part 10 Tiling

Will you be hiring a Tiler? (Remember, Tiling for floors and walls must be done in accordance with Australian Standards. Floors tiling must be done with correct falls to drains)

Floor

  • Tiles for floor
  • Grout for floor tiles

Walls

  • Tiles for walls
  • Grout for wall tiles

Shower

  • Tiles for shower pan
  • Grout for shower pan tiles
  • Tiler labour costs

Part 11 Finishings

  • Trim for windows and doors
  • Skirting boards or tiles for floor

Part 12 Painting

Will you be painting yourself or hiring a professional?

  • Painter labour costs
  • Primer and paint (or stainer) for:
  • Walls
  • Ceiling
  • Cornaces                                      
  • Door and architraves   
  • Wood
  • Frames
  • Vents, etc

                 

Part 13 Other Potential Expenses

  • Water heater (will you be replacing your water heater?)
  • Luxury Additions (like Heated Towel Bars, etc)
  • Under floor heating
  • Decorating
  • More mirrors
  • Rubbish bin
  • Going Green (Insulation, solar, grey water, energy saving lightbulbs, etc)
  • Delivery costs of any purchases (if required)
  • Interest payment (How will you be financing your project? Cash, Credit Cards, Loan, etc. Will there be interest payments?)

Part 14 Unexpected Expenses

  • Wood rot
  • Bad plumbing
  • Bad wiring
  • Bug infestations
  • Potential expenses for anything that’s not to code and needs amending
  • Incorrect floor heights and subflooring that need to be rectified
  • Loose rendering when tiles are removed that needs to be fixed

 

Want Some Advice? Need Some Help?

We’d love to you help you make the whole process of designing and creating your dream bathroom an amazing experience.

Simply call us on 1300 556 775 and book in your free consultation and we’ll help you streamline the whole process.

Together we can go through your ideas and the checklist (and some other key factors).

Initial consultations usually last about 2 hours. At the end you will have:

  • An initial designs of your dream bathroom
  • A timeline for each phase of the work
  • A budget
  • At least 3 ways you can save money on products and labour
  • All your questions answered

Again this service is FREE for you. No cost. No obligation. No sales pitch.

Simply call us on 1300 556 775 and we’ll arrange a time to meet.

 

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