Thornleigh · Hornsby Shire
Bathroom renovations in Thornleigh.
Thornleigh has the highest share of three-bedroom homes in the district — 38.8%. Which means smaller bathrooms, and a set of decisions that make a small room feel like a good one rather than a cramped one.
NSW contractor licence 397801C · Hornsby Shire Council area · About 4 minutes from our Hornsby showroom
Small bathrooms
Making a small room work harder.
Most Thornleigh bathrooms are not big, and knocking out a wall is often not on the table. Everything below is about making the existing footprint feel and function better — and none of it depends on the room getting larger.
Wall-hung everything
A vanity and toilet off the floor let you see the tile run underneath. The room reads a full size larger for no extra footprint.
Lose the shower hob
A level-entry shower with a linear drain removes the visual break across the floor. It is the single biggest gain in a small room.
One tile, floor to ceiling
Running the same tile up the walls and across the floor removes the horizontal lines that chop a small space into pieces.
Recess the storage
A niche in the shower wall and a mirror cabinet set into the framing keep everything off the surfaces.
Thornleigh by the numbers
2,973
occupied private dwellings in Thornleigh
76.6%
separate houses
15.6%
townhouses and villas
38.8%
three-bedroom homes — the highest share in the district
Strata — 699 townhouses, villas and units
Nearly a quarter of Thornleigh is strata.
462 semi-detached, row or terrace dwellings and 237 flats or apartments by the 2021 count. Thornleigh has proportionally more townhouses and villas than apartments, which is why the strata conversation here is usually about a complex of ten rather than a tower.
Villas need approval too
A single-storey villa in a small complex is strata-titled. Written consent comes before demolition, same as any apartment.
The room is usually tighter again
Townhouse and unit bathrooms here are often under four square metres. Every millimetre of the layout gets drawn, not guessed.
Slab means fixtures stay
Relocating a waste through structural concrete is rarely proportionate. We design a better room around the existing positions.
Party walls and working hours
Demolition noise travels. Hours agreed with the committee up front keeps the neighbours on side.
Credentials
Your closest licensed builder.
NSW contractor licence
397801C
Renova Holdings Pty Ltd
Director and builder
99764S
Alireza Kamalzadeh
HBCF eligibility
To 15 Oct 2028
icare NSW
From our showroom
About 4 min
104 George St, Hornsby
Dwelling and bedroom figures from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Thornleigh (SAL13866). Waterproofing of wet areas is a required trade under NSW licensing — see NSW Fair Trading. Verify licences on the NSW Government public register.
Scope of works
What we specify in a compact bathroom.
- Measured drawing before any ordering
- Wall-hung vanity and toilet where possible
- Level-entry shower with linear waste
- Recessed shower niche
- Mirror cabinet set into the framing
- Frameless or semi-frameless screen
- Certified waterproofing
- Exhaust ventilation to standard
- Tile set out to avoid slivers at corners
- Clean-up and handover
Thornleigh questions
Small rooms, done properly.
Can a small bathroom be made to feel bigger without moving walls?
Substantially, yes. Wall-hung fixtures, a level-entry shower, one continuous tile and a frameless screen all remove visual breaks that make a room read as smaller than it is. None of them change the footprint, and together they make more difference than adding half a metre would.
Are large tiles a mistake in a small room?
Usually the opposite. Fewer grout lines make a small floor read as one surface. What matters more is the set-out — a large tile laid without planning leaves thin slivers at the corners, which draws the eye to exactly the wrong place. We set out on paper first.
Should I remove the bath?
It depends on the house. If it is the only bathroom in a three-bedroom family home, keeping a bath is usually the sensible resale decision. If there is a second bathroom with a bath, removing it here to gain a proper shower is almost always the better room. We will give you an opinion, not just options.
I'm in a villa. Is the process different?
Yes — strata-titled villas need written owners corporation approval before work begins, even though you have your own entrance. In Thornleigh that covers a good share of the 462 semi-detached and townhouse dwellings. We prepare the scope document for the application.
How long will a small bathroom take?
A compact like-for-like room typically runs three to four weeks on site. Smaller does not mean much faster — the same stages apply, and waterproofing cure times do not shrink with the room. If it is your only bathroom we will sequence to keep the unusable days to a minimum.
Send us the measurements.
Even a rough sketch with dimensions is enough for us to tell you what the room could become.
