- Free in-home measure
- Itemised written price
- Hills District homes only
Upgrades for Hills family homes
| Bathroom Renovations | The upstairs family bathroom stripped to the frame and rebuilt — new set-out, membrane, tiles and fittings, priced as one job. |
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| Ensuite Renovations | Master ensuites from the 1980s and 90s reworked for two adults on the same morning timetable. |
| Small Bathrooms & Powder Rooms | Downstairs powder rooms, guest toilets and compact second bathrooms that take a beating from a busy household. |
| Accessible Bathrooms | Level-entry showers, reinforced walls for rails and safer floors, so a two-storey family home still works for the long term. |
| Laundry Renovations | Laundries with real bench space, hidden hampers and a proper place for sports gear, done with the bathroom or on their own. |
| Waterproofing & Tiling | Membranes laid and certified to the Australian Standard, then tiles set with correct falls — the work that protects the ceiling below. |
Built for big households, now due for an upgrade
Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Cherrybrook and West Pennant Hills filled up with double-storey brick homes through the 1980s and 1990s. Out towards Glenhaven and Dural the blocks get bigger and the houses sit on acreage. Different streets, same story inside: bathrooms that were fitted out thirty-odd years ago for a young family, and now serve teenagers, adult children still living at home, and sometimes a grandparent as well.
Those rooms have not usually failed. They have simply stopped suiting the people using them. Cream and peach wall tiles, a corner bath that takes an age to fill, a shower hob you step over, a vanity with two doors and no drawers, and a single light over the mirror.
Upgrades that make the biggest difference
A shower you walk straight into. No hob, no framed door, a linear drain and a fixed glass panel. The most requested change in every Hills bathroom we price.
Storage for more than one person. Wide wall-hung vanities with deep drawers, a recessed shaving cabinet, and a niche big enough for the whole family's bottles.
Tiles that are easy to live with. Larger porcelain formats with fewer grout joints, tiled to the ceiling in the shower zone.
Light and air. Proper task lighting at the mirror and an exhaust fan ducted outside rather than into the roof space.
Choices that last. A membrane certified to the Australian Standard, and wall noggings in place for rails you may want in fifteen years.
Three wet areas, one budget
Most houses here have an upstairs main bathroom, a master ensuite and a downstairs toilet or powder room. Doing all three at once is rarely practical and rarely necessary. We usually suggest ranking them:
- The room with a problem — a leak stain on the ceiling below, drummy tiles or a failing shower base comes first, whatever it looks like.
- The room with the queue — the one everyone needs between 6:30 and 8:00am.
- The room guests see — the powder room, which is a small job with a noticeable result.
Pairing two rooms in one program often saves on shared trade visits, as long as the household keeps one working shower. The cost guide sets out 2026 bands for each.
Upstairs bathrooms need extra care
In a two-storey home the main bathroom and ensuite usually sit over the family room or kitchen. Water that gets past a tired membrane ends up in the ceiling downstairs. That is why we treat waterproofing and tiling as its own stage, with a certificate, not as something squeezed into the tiler's week.
What we renovate
Full bathroom renovations, ensuites, small bathrooms and powder rooms, accessible bathrooms, laundries and waterproofing and tiling.
Where we work
Castle Hill, Baulkham Hills, Cherrybrook, West Pennant Hills, Glenhaven and Dural, along with Norwest, Winston Hills, Kenthurst and Annangrove.
Who does the work
This site arranges the measure and quote. Renovation work is carried out in partnership with Coastal Renovation Group, a licensed NSW builder. Licence and insurance details are provided on request, and you can check any licence yourself on the NSW register. See how we renovate for the stages.
Call 02 4404 2242 or send us the room details.
Finished upgrades
Our standards
Upgrade the Room You Use Most
Most Hills homes have three wet areas. We help you work out which one earns the budget first, and what can wait.
Priced Line by Line
Membrane, tile allowance, tapware and vanity all named in writing, so two quotes can actually be compared.
Upstairs Rooms Treated Carefully
A leaking upstairs shower ruins the ceiling below. Waterproofing is certified and the cure time is never squeezed.
Licensed Partner Builder
Renovation work is carried out in partnership with Coastal Renovation Group, a licensed NSW builder. Licence and insurance details are provided on request.
Questions people ask before they commit
What does a bathroom renovation cost in Castle Hill?
As a 2026 guide, an upstairs main bathroom taken back to the frame generally sits between $25,000 and $39,000, a master ensuite $19,000 to $31,000 and a downstairs powder room $9,000 to $16,000. Asbestos removal in pre-1990 homes, moving fixtures and premium tiles push those figures up.
Which bathroom should we renovate first?
The one your household queues for. In most two-storey Hills homes that is the upstairs family bathroom shared by the kids, or the ensuite if two adults leave for work at the same time. The powder room is the cheapest win but rarely the most useful.
Our house was built in the 1980s. Is asbestos likely?
It is possible. Homes built or renovated before about 1990 can contain asbestos cement sheeting in wet-area walls, eaves and older additions. A sample is tested before demolition, and any removal is done by a licensed asbestos removalist.
Can we stay in the house while the bathroom is done?
Nearly always, because most Hills homes have a second shower. Expect noise on demolition days and trades through the house for three to four weeks on a main bathroom.
Who carries out the work?
Renovation work is carried out in partnership with Coastal Renovation Group, a licensed NSW builder. Licence and insurance details are provided on request.