Renovating a kitchen and bathroom

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I just got a flat, but i want to redo the kitchen and bathrooms.

Whats the costs of doing this.

The sizes are not very large.

The kitchen is around 4 x 4meters

The bathrooms 3.5 x 1,5 and 3.5 x 2.5m

Does anyone know of any good kitchen/bathroom installers etc.

Im JHB Central area.
 
We are in the same boat as you just having bought a place, and we are also looking at doing the kitchen now, and the bathrooms after that. It's going to depend greatly what you want to do? Wooden laminate floors? Tiles? Cemcrete flooring? etc. etc. Are you going to replace the fixtures/sinks/baths/shower doors/toilets/etc. etc.
 
Kitchen and bathrooms want to completely redo everything all fixtures break a wall hear and there, move plumbing.....

i think im going to go with tiling all the way through. I also need to redo the parquat in the rest of the places.....
 
A costly affair, unfortunately :( and a very inconvenient one.

We just had our bathroom done. I don't have the exact figures with me right now, but I do remember roughly.

We had to buy tiles for about 50 m^2 for two bathrooms because you need to include walls and floor. They're about the same width as you provided.

The tiles were R150/m^2, although that was after hunting around because we saw the exact same tile at few other stores for R280/m^2. So that came to about R8 000 (including mosaic for the shower).

Tiling cement and grout was ~R500, cornices another R500.

We replaced the existing accessories with new ones (toilets, tub, shower, sink, fittings etc.) - that came to about R7 000. This depends on what you choose, really, and can either be much more or much less.

We used a well known tiler who's done work for various people in my gf's community, so we were able to see the quality of his work. He charged R15/m^2 to remove the existing tiles, R35/m^2 to lay the new tiles and R500 to build a new wall for the bath tub - so about R3 000 in total for him.

We also had to have the plumbing redone - that came to about R3 000.

So in total it was about R22 000, and that's after shopping around and finding a good tiler and plumber who don't charge a fortune. Key is to look around, don't be impulsive otherwise you will pay for it.

I can have a few pics up a bit later if you're interested.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
A costly affair, unfortunately :( and a very inconvenient one.

We just had our bathroom done. I don't have the exact figures with me right now, but I do remember roughly.

We had to buy tiles for about 50 m^2 for two bathrooms because you need to include walls and floor. They're about the same width as you provided.

The tiles were R150/m^2, although that was after hunting around because we saw the exact same tile at few other stores for R280/m^2. So that came to about R8 000 (including mosaic for the shower).

Tiling cement and grout was ~R500, cornices another R500.

We replaced the existing accessories with new ones (toilets, tub, shower, sink, fittings etc.) - that came to about R7 000. This depends on what you choose, really, and can either be much more or much less.

We used a well known tiler who's done work for various people in my gf's community, so we were able to see the quality of his work. He charged R15/m^2 to remove the existing tiles, R35/m^2 to lay the new tiles and R500 to build a new wall for the bath tub - so about R3 000 in total for him.

We also had to have the plumbing redone - that came to about R3 000.

So in total it was about R22 000, and that's after shopping around and finding a good tiler and plumber who don't charge a fortune. Key is to look around, don't be impulsive otherwise you will pay for it.

I can have a few pics up a bit later if you're interested.
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Please post pics. What tiles did you use? At R150m2 and since they were R280m2 somewhere else I'm thinking travertine? I'm about to redo my bathroom and I'm planning on travertine but I was shocked to hear that it can cost double to lay travertine tiles!? R80 vs R40 per m2, ouch. R35 sounds like a great deal if they did a good job.
 
I've used The Bathroom Chaps to renovate every bathroom in every house I've lived in so far: 3 in total. They are nothing short of amazing. The best part? They will redo the ENTIRE bathroom in 5 days, Monday to Friday (Saturday for contingencies).

http://www.thebathroomchaps.co.za/

It may be pricey but it depends on what you want done and the fittings and fixtures. I wouldn't recommend that you do a bathroom on the cheap though. Tried that and it cost a hell of a lot more to fix in the long run.

A bathroom from scratch (meaning completely ripping out everything on the inside, including plumbing) will cost you around R50k.

Juice
 
Just did my bathroom, size about 5m2 cost R25k. They cost a sh1 load but worth ever cent
 
Juice said:
I've used The Bathroom Chaps to renovate every bathroom in every house I've lived in so far: 3 in total. They are nothing short of amazing. The best part? They will redo the ENTIRE bathroom in 5 days, Monday to Friday (Saturday for contingencies).

http://www.thebathroomchaps.co.za/

It may be pricey but it depends on what you want done and the fittings and fixtures. I wouldn't recommend that you do a bathroom on the cheap though. Tried that and it cost a hell of a lot more to fix in the long run.

A bathroom from scratch (meaning completely ripping out everything on the inside, including plumbing) will cost you around R50k.

Juice
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The problem often arises when Monday - Friday is not a convenient time for most working people, especially if you're living alone. It means trusting the contractors and leaving there during the day, with you only being able to check in during lunch. You also aren't able to ensure that some of the little details that you want done, are in fact done. Once something is done, then it is done, especially when it comes to plumbing (for example, the location of your taps, mixers, etc.), the location of your fittings, etc.

I'd agree about doing things on the cheap, but again it usually comes down to who you know and where you shop. If you shop around in the northern suburbs in Jhb for example, you're likely to pay substantially more due to the increased operational costs usually involved for businesses in that area.
 
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