St Kilda, VIC 3182 · bayside inner
Bathroom renovations in St Kilda
Complete bathroom renovations from $19,999 — tiles, fixtures, waterproofing, rubbish removal and GST all in. Typically 4 weeks on site. We're a small local team — the people who quote your job are the people who build it, so you're not paying for a showroom or a sales rep.
- Registered building practitioner
- Fixed written price before we start
- Free inspection across St Kilda
Local knowledge
What we see in St Kilda homes
St Kilda is dominated by 1930s Art Deco apartment blocks and subdivided Victorian mansions, with terraces through the back streets. Most bathrooms here are inside strata-titled apartments, not houses.
The thing that catches people out here
Apartment renovations are a different job to house renovations. Shared plumbing stacks mean the waste position usually cannot move, and the building's owners corporation has to approve the work before anything starts.
We handle the owners corporation application as part of the job. It is the single most common reason apartment renovations are delayed, and it is entirely avoidable with a few weeks' notice.
Before you get quotes
Three things that decide the price in St Kilda
1. What your house is built on
St Kilda is dominated by apartments — Art Deco walk-ups, 1960s and 70s blocks, and newer infill — alongside Victorian terraces and converted houses. In an apartment the floor is concrete, the drainage is cast into it and often runs through common property, and the honest answer is usually that the fixtures stay exactly where they are. In the terraces it is timber subfloor and the usual flexibility applies. Which of the two you are in is the single biggest factor in your price.
2. Permits, overlays and owners corporations
Internal work in a house needs no planning permit. In an apartment, the owners corporation is the constraint that actually matters: expect to need written approval before any wet-area work, expect restrictions on work hours and on how rubble leaves the building, and expect the building to want evidence of certified waterproofing. In a multi-storey block a wet-area failure is not your floor, it is someone else's ceiling — which is why buildings are strict about it. A heritage overlay mostly governs what is visible from the street, so internal bathroom work is usually exempt — but not always: some overlay schedules apply internal alteration controls, and a property on the Victorian Heritage Register needs a Heritage Victoria permit that does reach interiors. Your council's planning property report settles it in a minute.
3. What a renovation is worth here
A large share of St Kilda's apartment stock is investor-owned, where the bathroom is often the difference between two rent brackets. For those, hard-wearing and correctly certified beats decorative every time. The bathrooms are also small, which means a fixed all-inclusive price is realistic here more often than in the larger period homes.
None of the above is guesswork on a quote — we look at the subfloor, the wall behind the tiles and the existing drainage during the free inspection, then put a fixed written price on it.
Pricing
Bathroom renovation cost in St Kilda
One number, everything in it. Take it to any other quote you get and compare line for line — that is the comparison worth making.
What's included at $19,999
No separate tile bill, no "supply your own fixtures", no GST added at the end.
- Full strip-out and rubbish removal
- Certified waterproofing to AS 3740
- Floor-to-ceiling wall tiling
- New vanity, toilet and shower screen
- Tapware, shower set and towel rail
- Plumbing and electrical by licensed trades
Moving plumbing to a new wall, upgraded finishes, or hidden damage found during demolition are quoted separately and always in writing before any extra work starts.
Also renovating the kitchen? See kitchen pricing for St Kilda →
Questions
St Kilda bathroom renovations — common questions
Do you actually work in St Kilda?
Yes — St Kilda is inside our regular service area, along with Malvern, Elwood, Prahran and the surrounding bayside inner. Site inspections across St Kilda are free and there's no travel charge.
How long will the job take?
Around 4 weeks on site for a standard bathroom of this type. St Kilda is mostly Art Deco apartment blocks and Victorian terraces, and that's the kind of place we work on most — so the timeline we give you at quote stage is the one we work to.
What could push the price above $19,999?
Three things, in order of likelihood: moving plumbing or fixtures to new positions, choosing finishes above our standard range, and hidden damage behind the walls. In St Kilda, where the stock is Art Deco apartment blocks and Victorian terraces, the third one matters — you get a written price before anyone touches it.
Can I see photos of your work?
Yes — there are real before-and-after photos and video walkthroughs of finished work on the home page. We'll bring more bathroom renovations to the inspection, along with what each job actually cost.
Do you do whole-house renovations in St Kilda?
No, and we'd rather say so plainly. We don't do extensions, second storeys, re-roofing or anything that changes the outside of the house — we do bathrooms and kitchens, for a fixed price, and that narrow focus is the reason we can quote the way we do. Taking out an internal wall to open a kitchen to the living area is part of a kitchen and we do that, with an engineer's beam design and a building permit where the wall is load-bearing. If you're planning a full home renovation in St Kilda, these are usually the two rooms that blow the budget, so it's worth getting a firm number on them early even if someone else is managing the rest. We're happy to quote just our part and work alongside your builder.
Free, no obligation
Book your free site inspection in St Kilda.
Tell us a bit about the room and we'll call you back to arrange a time. You'll get a fixed written price — and an honest answer about what your budget can realistically buy.
Thanks — we've got it.
We'll call you back to arrange a time, usually the same day.