Full bathroom renovation
Full Bathroom Renovation in Hamilton and the Waikato
A full bathroom renovation takes the room back to the framing and rebuilds it properly: new waterproofing, new tiling, new fixtures, and a layout that actually suits how you use the space. It is the job most homeowners mean when they say they want their bathroom done.
Who this suits
This is the right service if your main bathroom is the whole job, not a small section of it. Typical triggers we hear from Waikato homeowners are a bathroom that has not been touched since the house was built, tiling that has gone black in the grout no matter how much it is cleaned, a layout that wastes space, or a shower base that has started leaking into the subfloor. If more than the tapware needs to change, this is the category you are in.
What is involved
- Full strip out of the old bathroom and disposal of everything removed
- Plumbing and drainage, kept in place or relocated depending on the new layout
- Waterproofing of the wet area to NZS 3604 and Building Code clause E3
- Wall and floor tiling, with the tiling height matched to your chosen package
- New vanity, toilet, tapware, shower and glass
- Extractor fan and lighting sized correctly for the room
- Gib stopping and painting of the finished space
- All trades scheduled, all council inspections arranged, one point of contact
What it costs
Where a full renovation sits on price
If your plumbing is already in a sensible place and you just want everything new, most full renovations land in The Refresh, from $18,000. As soon as the layout changes, whether that is removing a tub, merging a separate toilet, or moving the shower to another wall, the job moves into The Renovation, from $28,000, which is where most Waikato bathrooms we quote end up. If you want full height feature tiling, custom joinery or a stone benchtop, that is The Premium, from $42,000.
These are starting points. Your exact price is confirmed in writing after a free measure up, and it does not move once you have signed off on it.
Compare all three packagesWaikato housing stock we plan around
Hamilton's older suburbs, along with towns like Cambridge and Te Awamutu, carry a lot of postwar and 1970s housing. That era commonly means unlined walls behind the old tiling, a separate toilet next to the bathroom, and shower trays that were never properly tanked to begin with. We factor the likely condition of a home this age into the quote, so it is priced in rather than discovered as a nasty surprise once the wall comes off.
Common questions
Full renovation questions
What people ask before booking a full bathroom renovation.
We work out at the quote visit whether your job needs consent. Replacing fixtures in the same position is usually exempt work. Moving plumbing, altering drainage, or taking out a wall doing structural work usually triggers it. If consent is needed, we manage the council side of it as part of the job.
Get a fixed price on your full renovation
Book a free measure up and we will tell you exactly which package fits your bathroom, in writing, before anything is booked in.