Main bedroom ensuites
Ensuite Renovations Across the Hills and Western Sydney
An ensuite is the bathroom you use every single morning, usually at the same time as someone else. Most of the ones we're called into are builder-grade rooms from estate homes around Kellyville, The Ponds, Schofields and Box Hill — 4 to 6 square metres, a bath nobody uses, a shower that's too small, and one basin for two people.
The good news is that ensuites respond really well to renovation, because the wins are mostly layout rather than money.
3–4 weeks on site
Most bathrooms finished in three to four weeks, not months
Certified waterproofing
AS 3740 compliant, so leaks don't come back
Fixed quote
Itemised price before work starts, no surprise extras
Main bedroom ensuites
The changes that make an ensuite work
Lose the corner bath
In an ensuite nobody misses it. That corner buys you a proper 1200mm walk-in shower, which is the change people notice every day.
Double basin if the wall allows
From about 1500mm of vanity you can run two basins. It's the single best fix for two people getting ready at once.
Separate the toilet visually
A half-height wall or a shift to the far wall makes a small ensuite feel far more civilised without costing floor space.
Step-free shower with linear drain
No hob, one glass panel, floor running straight through. Easier to clean and the room reads as one space.
Quiet, ducted exhaust
It's off your bedroom. A properly ducted inline fan is worth every dollar at 6am.
Warm dimmable lighting
Separate circuits so you can get ready at full brightness or move around at night without waking anyone.
Main bedroom ensuites
Building an ensuite without upending the house
Because the ensuite is off your bedroom, dust control and access matter more than usual. We seal the doorway, run the floor protection out through the bedroom to the nearest external door, and keep tools and materials out of the house overnight.
Most ensuites are done in two and a half to three and a half weeks on site. Since you've still got the main bathroom, there's no pressure to rush the finishing work — which is usually where the quality shows.
Main bedroom ensuites
Doing the ensuite and main bathroom together
If both rooms are due, doing them back to back is generally cheaper per room than doing them two years apart. Trades are already mobilised, the tiler's setup is on site, and you only order tiles once.
We stage it so one bathroom is always usable. Typically the ensuite first, then the main, with an overlap of a few days at the tiling stage.
The same crew from start to finish
The membrane is laid and certified before a single tile is set, and the price is itemised line by line in your quote.
Licensed trades, on time
Waterproofing certified to AS 3740, and tiles set out so the cuts land where you won't notice them.
Guides
Further reading on this type of job
More detail on the questions that come up most often on this kind of renovation.
Free on-site measure and a written, itemised quote for your bathroom renovation.
How it works
What happens once you say yes?
Three stages and three to four weeks on site. You'll know the price before we start, how long the bathroom is out of use, and who is turning up each morning.
Measure, design and written quote
We measure the room, check the drainage and what's behind the walls, then give you a scaled layout with every fixture listed and a written price that holds once it's signed.
Strip-out, rough-in and waterproofing
Back to frame, licensed plumbing and electrical rough-in, then waterproofing to AS 3740 photographed at every coat. Same crew, same start time, swept down before we leave each day.
Tiling, fit-off and handover
Tiling, glass measured off the finished walls, tapware and joinery installed. Then we walk the room with you, fix anything you pick up, and hand over the certificates and a workmanship warranty.
Questions
Ensuite Renovations: quick answers
The questions homeowners ask us first, answered plainly.
Three to four weeks on site for a standard bathroom. We give you the start and finish dates in writing before we begin.
Yes. Same crew, same faces, and a text if anything shifts. That's the bit most people tell us went wrong last time.
Only if you change your mind about something. Everything is listed in the contract by name and code before demolition starts.
Absolutely. Come with a Pinterest board or come with nothing — we'll walk you through selections either way.
For a like-for-like internal bathroom, usually not. Strata always needs owners corporation sign-off. We'll tell you which one you are.
We test before we demolish, and anything we can't see is quoted as a provisional sum so you know the ceiling upfront.
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Get your free measure and written quote
Tell us your suburb and roughly what you're after. We measure the room on site, then send a quote with every tile, mixer and fitting listed, so you know exactly what you're paying for before anything starts.
- Free on-site measure and a scaled layout
- A written contract with every item listed
- Licensed, insured, fully documented
- The same crew from the first call to handover
Answers
Ensuite Renovations: common questions
Usually $18,000 to $28,000 for a full strip-out and rebuild keeping the existing layout. Moving the toilet or shower waste adds a few thousand on top.
In most cases yes, provided there's still a bath elsewhere in the house. Corner baths in ensuites are almost never used and they're eating the space your shower needs.
From around 1500mm of clear wall, yes. Below that, a single basin with a long benchtop and two mirrors works better than cramming two bowls in.
Two and a half to three and a half weeks on site, plus selections and ordering beforehand. We'll give you a dated program before we start.
Sometimes — it depends on where the drainage runs and whether we can borrow space from a robe or spare room. It's a bigger job than a rebuild, but we'll assess it honestly at the measure.
Other pages homeowners find useful at this stage.
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Ready for a bathroom you're happy to show people?
Tell us your suburb and what you're after. We measure up on site and send back a written quote with the price and the timeline set out clearly.