Lindfield · Ku-ring-gai
Laundry renovations in Lindfield.
More than a quarter of Lindfield homes are rented. On an investment property the laundry is the cheapest room to bring up to standard, and the one tenants complain about first.
NSW contractor licence 397801C · Ku-ring-gai Council area · About 18 minutes from our Hornsby showroom
Investment property
Specifying for turnover.
28.5% of Lindfield dwellings are rented, the highest share in Ku-ring-gai. A laundry built for a tenant is not a cheaper version of a laundry built for yourself — it is a different set of choices.
A stainless trough, not ceramic
Ceramic chips and cracks under a dropped bucket. Stainless takes abuse and costs less to replace when it does not.
Tile the floor, tile the splash
Vinyl in a rental laundry lifts at the edges within a few tenancies. Tile is the cheaper decision over ten years.
Leave room for any machine
Tenants bring their own. A tightly built cavity that only takes one model becomes a problem at every changeover.
Isolating taps that work
Quarter-turn valves that will still turn in five years. Seized taps are how a hose failure becomes a flood claim.
Lindfield by the numbers
28.5%
rented — the highest in Ku-ring-gai
1,699
flats and apartments in Lindfield
52.1%
separate houses
2.8
people per household
Apartments — 44.3% of Lindfield
In a unit it is a cupboard.
1,699 flats and apartments here, much of it newer stock. The laundry is internal, the dryer choice is made for you by the by-laws, and the whole job should fit inside a changeover.
Condenser dryer, no penetration
External venting crosses common property. A heat pump machine removes the approval question entirely.
Newer schemes, stricter conditions
Recent Lindfield buildings often have detailed by-laws. Get yours from the strata manager before designing.
Do it in the vacancy
One to two weeks with approval already granted. Any longer and the lost rent outweighs the improvement.
Credentials
Documented, for a property you let.
NSW contractor licence
397801C
Renova Holdings Pty Ltd
Builder
99764S
Alireza Kamalzadeh
Contractor
395823C
Arshia Kamalzadeh
Waterproofing
Certified
Documentation for your records
Tenure and dwelling figures from the ABS 2021 Census QuickStats for Lindfield (SAL12348). Residential tenancy obligations for landlords are set out by NSW Fair Trading. Verify licences on the NSW Government public register.
Lindfield questions
Laundries that survive tenants.
Is a laundry worth renovating on a rental?
It is the cheapest room in the property to bring up to standard, and a poor laundry is a recurring source of maintenance calls and tenant complaints. A stainless trough, tiled floor and reliable isolating taps remove most of that for a small fraction of what a kitchen costs.
Should I supply the washing machine?
Most Lindfield landlords do not, and that is worth designing around. If tenants bring their own, the space needs to accommodate a range of machine sizes rather than being built tightly to one model. A cavity that only fits a particular width becomes a problem at every changeover.
Tile or vinyl on the floor?
Tile, on a rental. Vinyl looks fine on handover and lifts at the edges within a few tenancies, particularly around a machine that vibrates. Tile costs more once and less over ten years, which is the right way to think about a property you intend to hold.
What causes the most water damage claims?
Washing machine hoses, and isolating taps that have seized so nobody can shut them off. Quarter-turn ball valves that still operate in five years are a very small line item and the single most useful piece of risk reduction in the room. We fit them as standard.
How fast can it be done between tenants?
One to two weeks on site if approval is already in hand and materials are ordered. Waterproofing cure time sets the floor. The mistake is starting the owners corporation application after the tenant has left — that turns a two-week job into a two-month vacancy.
When is the lease up?
Tell us the date and we'll work backwards from it, so the vacancy is a fortnight and not a season.
