10 tips to makeover your bathroom on a budget
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- 06 Apr 2023
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There are a few reasons why you might give your bathroom a facelift. Maybe a big reno will cost too much and you simply want a short-term fix, or perhaps you need to give it a spruce up for sale because it’s looking a little worn and by sprinkling some funds you can make it feel new again – without ripping it out and starting again.
1 Layout
The one thing you won’t be able to do is change the layout. Moving the location of the bath, the toilet and/or sink are all majors. They require a plumber to cap off, reconfigure and reconnect fixtures, as well as a builder to make-good any damage to the walls and floor. It’s a can of worms you don’t want to open.
2 Anything tiled
The most affordable way to integrate tiling into a reno is to DIY it – and the one place you really shouldn’t DIY it is your bathroom, with the exception of a small splashback area behind your vanity. If a tiled shower features heavily on your wish list, you’ll need to sacrifice improvements to the other big ticket items in your bathroom to stretch your budget to it – and that’s only if it can be done without a building consent because that will gobble up around $3000-$5000 in fees alone.
3 Toilet
You might be surprised at the difference a new toilet makes. Maybe not to your bathroom aesthetic, unless your current one is very old and cracked, or plastic and yellowed; but certainly to your comfort. You’ll need to make sure the cistern and trap are the same as the existing ones for an easy switchover – your plumber can confirm. Read More…
