Bathroom from $19,800
Full strip-out and rebuild: demolition, waterproofing to AS 3740, screeding, tiling, all trades and rubbish removal. Excludes fittings and tapware — you buy them, we install them.
What we do · Single rooms
Bathrooms, kitchens & outdoor living.Sydney bathroom and kitchen renovations from $19,800 — by a licensed builder
Why use a builder for one room
The room that leaks is the room that was rushed.
A bathroom is the most technical small space in a house. Behind the tiles are falls, waste lines, membranes and junctions that have to be right the first time — because the only way to check them later is to demolish the room.
We do remedial waterproofing for a living: opening up showers that failed and finding out why. That work shapes how we build a new one. You are not paying for a tiler and a plumber who happened to be available in the same week — you are paying for a licensed builder who carries the warranty and has seen what the cheap version costs two years later.
What it costs
Real starting prices, published.
Most Sydney builders will not put a number on a website. These are R&Q Interiors’ published bathroom prices, so you can work out in thirty seconds whether we are in your range.
Bathroom $25,000
The same build with fittings included — vanity, toilet, shower set, tapware and tiles from a selected range. One number, no shopping list.
Bathroom $50,000+
Custom joinery, stone benchtops and full-height feature tiling, freestanding bath, floor-to-ceiling stone or terrazzo, integrated lighting and heated floors.
Why quotes differ
Relocating the toilet or shower, cutting a slab, upper-floor access, structural changes, and tile format all shift the figure. We tell you which of these applies before you commit.
Single rooms · Bathrooms
Bathroom renovations in Sydney, built to last the mortgage.
From $19,800, waterproofed to code.
R&Q Interiors builds main bathrooms, ensuites and powder rooms — stripped back to the frame, re-serviced, waterproofed to AS 3740 and finished. Every bathroom R&Q Interiors builds is covered by the NSW statutory warranty, six years on major defects.
- Full strip-out, re-plumb and re-wire as required
- Waterproofing to AS 3740 with correct falls and junction detailing
- Floor-to-ceiling tiling, stone or terrazzo, frameless glass
- Custom or off-the-shelf vanities, wall-hung or floor-standing
- Heated floors, niche shelving, integrated and backlit lighting
- Bathrooms in apartments, including strata approval and by-law requirements
Single rooms · Kitchens
Kitchen renovations in Sydney, without the whole-house project.
New joinery, stone and services in one room.
R&Q Interiors replaces kitchens as standalone projects. Where it gets interesting is when the wall between the kitchen and the living room wants to come out — that is a structural job, and it is the reason to use a builder rather than a joinery showroom.
- Custom and semi-custom joinery, shaker or handleless
- Stone and stone-look benchtops, waterfall ends, full-height splashbacks
- Appliance integration, rangehood ducting, new power and gas points
- Removing walls under an engineered beam to open the plan
- Butler's pantries and laundry joinery in the same run of works
Single rooms · Laundries
Laundry renovations that earn their floor space.
Usually the cheapest room to transform.
Laundries are the most under-built room in most Sydney houses — and the least expensive to fix properly. Bench space, a real sink, cupboards that fit the machines, and tiling that can be hosed down.
- Stone benchtops over front-loaders, with drying space
- Overhead and full-height storage, drying rails, chutes
- Correct waterproofing and floor waste — a laundry is a wet area too
- Often combined with a bathroom or powder-room job to share trades and save cost
Single rooms · Outdoor living
Decks, pergolas & alfresco areas across Sydney.
The cheapest square metres you will ever add.
Covered outdoor space is the least expensive way to make a Sydney house feel bigger — no walls, no internal services, and usable most of the year. Often it is a Complying Development approval rather than a full DA.
- Timber and composite decks, at ground level or elevated with balustrades
- Pergolas and roofed alfresco, insulated or flat-roof, with downlights and fans
- Tiled outdoor floors, drainage and step-downs from the house
- Structural certification and approvals handled
- Waterproofing where the new roof ties into the existing house — the joint that leaks if it is done wrong
Apartments
Renovating a bathroom in a strata apartment.
NSW strata law sorts renovation work into three categories, and a bathroom almost always lands in the hardest one. Cosmetic work — painting, filling minor holes, laying carpet — needs no approval. Minor renovations, such as changing recessed light fittings or removing carpet to expose floorboards, can be approved by the owners corporation by ordinary resolution, and the by-laws may delegate that to the strata committee. Anything that penetrates or alters common property — which includes waterproofing membranes, floor and wall structure, and relocating plumbing — is a major renovation and generally requires a special resolution of the owners corporation, usually accompanied by a works by-law.
In practice that means the approval is the long pole, not the build. R&Q Interiors works to the building’s conditions rather than around them: access and lift bookings, permitted work hours, protection of common property and corridors, and the documentation the owners corporation asks for. The Walker apartment in Rhodes was delivered this way, inside an occupied residential tower.
Good to know
Single-room questions
How much does a bathroom renovation cost in Sydney?
Our bathroom renovations start at $19,800 excluding fittings and tapware. A complete entry package including fittings is $25,000, and a premium bathroom with custom joinery, stone and feature tiling runs to $50,000+. The price moves with the size of the room, whether plumbing is relocated, and the finishes you choose.
Why does moving the toilet or shower cost more?
Relocating a wet point means opening the floor, re-routing waste and water, and in some cases changing floor levels or falls. On a slab it can mean cutting concrete. Keeping fixtures roughly where they are is the single biggest saving available on a bathroom budget.
Do you take on a single bathroom or kitchen, or only whole-home projects?
Yes — single rooms are welcome. R&Q Interiors takes on individual bathrooms, kitchens, laundries, decks and pergolas as well as whole-home renovations and extensions. Same licence, same contract, same waterproofing standard.
What does the waterproofing warranty cover?
Waterproofing in a NSW bathroom is covered by the statutory warranty under home building law — 6 years for major defects. We also do remedial work on other builders’ failed waterproofing, so the way we detail a shower is shaped by what we have seen go wrong in other people’s jobs.
How long does a bathroom renovation take?
A straightforward bathroom is typically three to five weeks on site once materials are on hand, including the waterproofing cure times that cannot be rushed. Tile and fixture lead times, not the build, are usually what set the start date.
Start a conversation
One room, or the whole house.
Tell us about itOr call 0431 837 378 — R&Q Interiors, NSW Builder Licence 378767C, HIA member, building in Sydney since 2017.