What a Bathroom Renovation Costs in Parramatta

The bands, as a rough guide

These are broad 2026 planning bands for bathrooms in Parramatta and the surrounding suburbs, taken back to the slab or frame and finished properly. They are deliberately wide. They are here to help you decide whether a renovation fits your plans — not to price your room.

1. Smaller rooms — powder rooms, laundries and compact ensuites: roughly $10,000–$25,000. A cupboard laundry or a powder room without a shower sits toward the lower end; an ensuite with a walk-in shower and full waterproofing sits toward the top.

2. A full renovation of a standard main bathroom: roughly $20,000–$35,000. This covers most apartment and unit bathrooms, walk-up or high-rise, and most house main bathrooms of an ordinary size, with the layout kept as it is.

3. Larger or reconfigured bathrooms: from around $30,000. A bigger house bathroom, a bathroom combined with a separate toilet, or a room where the layout changes and the plumbing moves.

Asbestos removal, where required, is priced separately after testing.

What strata adds

An apartment bathroom has costs that sit outside the room:

• Approval documentation — scope, membrane specification, insurance, program.
• Common property protection — lift pads, corridor and stair protection.
• Lift and loading dock bookings, and working around them.
• Restricted hours for noisy work, which stretches the program.
• Waste removal without a skip — bagged, carried down, removed the same day.
• Trade parking, often paid or limited in the CBD.

These are built into every apartment price we give. They are why a smaller apartment bathroom can cost about the same as a larger house one.

What moves the number

Room size and layout. Keeping the shower, toilet and vanity where they are is the single biggest saving. Moving a waste in an apartment is rarely possible — and in post-tensioned slabs, often not permitted. In a house on a timber floor it is more achievable, but it adds plumbing and floor work.

Asbestos. Common in walk-ups and older houses from before about 1990. Tested before pricing, so it is a known line rather than a surprise.

What is behind the tiles. Framing and subfloor repairs in older houses are shown as a stated allowance.

Tile choice. Mosaics, natural stone and complex patterns add labour. Large formats may not fit in the lift.

Fittings and joinery. Custom vanities, niche detailing, frameless screens and premium tapware all lift the figure.

Acoustic underlay, where the building's by-laws require it.

Access. Stairs-only walk-ups, high-rise loading docks and tight parking all take time.

Where to save

• Keep the waste positions where they are.
• Standard-format porcelain rather than mosaic or natural stone.
• A quality off-the-shelf wall-hung vanity.
• Reliable mid-range tapware.

What not to cut

Waterproofing. In an apartment, a failure damages the unit below and involves the owners corporation. It is the last place to save money.

Owners corporation fees

Preparing the technical documents is included. Any fees the owners corporation or strata manager charges — for a general meeting, reviewing plans, or registering a by-law — are set by them and paid separately.

The deposit rule

In NSW, a residential building contract over $20,000 caps the deposit at 10 per cent, with progress payments as stages are completed.

Every job is different — the real price needs a measure

No two bathrooms cost the same, even in the same building. The bands above cannot see your slab, your walls, your by-laws or your access, and they cannot tell you whether there is asbestos behind the tiles. That is why we do not quote from photos or a phone call.

A proper on-site measure confirms the building type, room size, wall construction, likely asbestos, the building's by-laws and access. From that we give you a customised, fixed and itemised price — fittings named, tile allowance stated, skip and making-good included.

Call 02 4601 3371 or book your free measure and quote.