Roseville · Ku-ring-gai
Bathroom renovations in Roseville.
Roseville is 69% freestanding houses, a lot of them interwar, and nearly half have four bedrooms or more. The other 28% is apartments, and we take those too.
NSW contractor licence 397801C · Ku-ring-gai Council area · About 20 minutes from our Hornsby showroom
Roseville by the numbers
3,457
occupied private dwellings in Roseville
68.8%
separate houses
28.5%
flats or apartments
$3,651
median monthly mortgage — the highest in the district
Houses — 68.8% of Roseville
A new bathroom that suits an old house.
Roseville's freestanding stock skews older and larger — 48.1% of dwellings have four or more bedrooms. The design question here is rarely how modern to go; it is how to put a contemporary bathroom into a period house without the two arguing.
Keep the room reading as period
Square-edge skirting, a wider tile margin at the floor and traditional tapware profiles do more for an interwar house than a feature wall.
The window is usually the problem
Original bathroom windows are often small, high and single-glazed. Replacing like-for-like is simple; changing the opening is not.
Ceiling height is an asset
Tall rooms take full-height tiling and a taller mirror well. Stopping the tile at 1.8 metres wastes the best feature the house has.
Budget for the unknown
On a house of this age we allow a contingency line in the quote rather than pretending nothing will be found behind the wall.
Credentials
The licence numbers, in full.
NSW contractor licence
397801C
Renova Holdings Pty Ltd
Director and builder
99764S
Alireza Kamalzadeh
HBCF eligibility
To 15 Oct 2028
Approved to $750,000 per dwelling
Design and build
One team
Showroom, drawings and trades
Dwelling and mortgage figures from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Roseville (SAL13426). Heritage items and conservation areas are listed in the Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan — confirm your property with Ku-ring-gai Council. Verify licences on the NSW Government public register.
Apartments — 28.5% of Roseville
Around three in ten Roseville homes are units.
983 flats and apartments by the 2021 count, clustered near Roseville station and the Pacific Highway. The rooms are smaller and the process is stricter, but the finish standard is the same one we apply in a house.
Consent, in writing, first
Nothing starts before the owners corporation has approved the scope. We prepare the document you submit.
Older blocks near the station
Much of Roseville's unit stock is mid-century. Original stacks and cramped service ducts are the usual finds.
Small rooms reward wall-hung
A wall-hung vanity and a frameless screen add visible floor. In a compact unit that is worth more than any tile choice.
Neighbours below
Certified waterproofing every time, with the certificate handed over on completion.
Roseville questions
Old houses, current standards.
Can a modern bathroom work in an interwar Roseville house?
Yes, and it usually looks better than a pastiche. The trick is matching proportion rather than copying detail — taller tiling to suit the ceiling height, restrained tapware, and skirting and architrave profiles that echo the rest of the house. We put a scheme together from photos of your hallway and living rooms, not from a catalogue.
Can I replace the small high bathroom window?
Like-for-like replacement is generally straightforward. Enlarging the opening or changing its position alters an external elevation, which can require approval — particularly if the property is a heritage item or sits in a conservation area under the Ku-ring-gai LEP. We check the listing before you order glazing.
Why do you include a contingency in the quote?
Because on a house of this age something is usually found once the room is stripped — rotted framing, a failed original membrane, corroded waste. We would rather show you a realistic number with a named allowance than a low quote that grows. Anything not used is not charged.
How do costs compare between a Roseville house and a Roseville unit?
House bathrooms here tend to be larger, which raises materials and tiling labour, but the layout is more flexible. Unit bathrooms are smaller but carry access restrictions, work-hour limits and slab constraints. The two often land closer together than people expect.
Is my property heritage-listed?
We will check. Heritage items and conservation areas are recorded in the Ku-ring-gai Local Environmental Plan, and the status is tied to the specific address rather than the street. Internal bathroom work is usually unaffected either way, but it is worth confirming before design.
Send us photos of the room.
And one of the hallway. We design the bathroom to suit the house it sits in.
