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Straight answers on what it costs and how long it takes.
We renovate bathrooms and kitchens across Camberwell, Canterbury, Balwyn, Surrey Hills and Glen Iris. Based in Clayton, about 20 minutes away.
Camberwell is mostly interwar housing. Californian bungalows, solid brick homes from the 1920s and 1930s, and a good number of Edwardian and late Victorian homes closer to Riversdale Road and Burke Road.
That housing stock creates a fairly predictable set of renovation issues.
Many Camberwell bathrooms are either original or were last done in the 1970s or 1980s. Once we strip them back we regularly find failed waterproofing, or no waterproofing membrane at all, because it was not required when the room was built.
Interwar homes were built when bathrooms were purely functional. It is common to find a generous house with a 1.8m by 2m bathroom. Often the best result comes from borrowing space from an adjoining hallway or bedroom rather than working inside the existing footprint.
In a lot of Camberwell homes the kitchen sits in the original rear service area, cut off from the living space. Opening that up is the single most common kitchen request we get in this part of Melbourne.
Original walls and galvanised pipework mean we plan for more unknowns here than in a newer home. We price honestly for that rather than quoting low and adding costs later.
Camberwell sits in the City of Boroondara.
If you keep the same layout and are not touching the structure or the exterior, it is generally building work rather than planning work.
Parts of Camberwell fall under a heritage overlay, particularly around the older streets near Camberwell Junction and the Maling Road area. If your home is covered, anything affecting the exterior or the street facing part of the house can need a planning permit from Boroondara. Interior bathroom and kitchen work usually does not.
We tell you before you spend anything whether your job needs a permit, and whether your property is in an overlay. If it is, we tell you what that means for timing. Permit processes add weeks, not days, and it is better to know at the start.
Ranges, not a single number. You get a fixed price in writing once we have measured.
Cosmetic refresh through to a full renovation with layout changes
Facelift through to a full renovation with a new layout
Failed or absent waterproofing in original bathrooms. Old plumbing that has to be replaced rather than reused. Plaster and lath walls that are more work to open up and make good. Heritage overlay requirements where they apply.
We look for these at the quote stage rather than after we start. If we cannot see behind a wall we tell you that and we tell you what it would cost if the worst case turns up.
Full strip out, waterproofing, plumbing, electrical, tiling, cabinetry and fit off. One team from start to finish.
Common in Camberwell’s interwar homes. Small rooms need the set out right first time.
Including opening up rear kitchens into the living area, which is the most common request we get here.
Recent work from across Melbourne’s south east. Where we have worked in or near Camberwell we have said so.
Six steps from your first call to the day we hand it back. The first one costs you nothing.
Call or request a call back. Two minutes.
What you want and roughly what it costs.
Free measure and quote in Camberwell. About 20 minutes from our base.
Itemised.
Same team throughout.
Cleaned and ready to use.
We renovate across Camberwell and the surrounding suburbs including Canterbury, Balwyn, Balwyn North, Surrey Hills, Glen Iris, Hawthorn East and Mont Albert.
The things people in Camberwell actually ask us before they call.
Yes. We are based in Clayton, about 20 minutes away, and Camberwell is one of the areas we work in most often. We also cover Canterbury, Balwyn, Surrey Hills and Glen Iris.
Bathroom renovations here start from $8,000. Camberwell jobs sometimes run higher than average because original interwar bathrooms often need new waterproofing and new plumbing rather than a straight replacement. We give you a fixed price after we have measured.
Usually not if the layout stays the same. Camberwell is in the City of Boroondara and parts of it are covered by a heritage overlay. That mostly affects exterior work rather than interior bathrooms and kitchens. We tell you before you spend anything.
No, but it changes what we plan for. Older Camberwell homes often have original waterproofing that has failed, galvanised plumbing, and plaster and lath walls. We look for all of that at the quote stage so the price you get is the price you pay.
Usually two to four weeks on site. We give you a schedule with the quote.
Often yes, and it is the most common kitchen request we get in Camberwell. Whether a wall can come out depends on whether it is load bearing. We check that at the quote stage and tell you what is involved.
Tell us what you are planning. We will give you a straight answer on cost and timing. No obligation.
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