This estate holds both villas and apartment blocks, and although the bathrooms can look similar, what sits behind the walls is not. A villa has its own drainage; a flat shares a stack with everyone above and below it. That single difference decides how much freedom there is in the layout.
Why a villa bathroom has more options
In a villa the drainage is yours alone and usually runs at ground or within your own floor, so moving an outlet is a real possibility.
That means the enclosure can go where it suits the room rather than where the drain already is.
In a flat the waste joins a vertical stack serving the whole column, running through the structure, and moving it is effectively impossible. So we ask which you are in before discussing layout at all, because the honest range of options differs completely.
Working in a flat where the stack is shared
In an apartment the bathroom wall often has the stack or a branch pipe inside it, and the tiling gives no clue which wall.
A fixing into that pipe affects every flat below yours, not just your own bathroom.
So we work out the route from the positions of the WC and outlet, and scan where there is doubt. Where a wall is uncertain, we put the load into the other two rather than take the chance. In a villa that caution is less critical; in a flat it is essential.
Matching across an estate with two building types
People often want the villa and the apartment they own on the same estate to match, which is achievable and has to be planned.
Hardware finishes and glass tints vary between purchases, so items bought a year apart rarely match.
So where both are being done we specify and buy the hardware once, even if the fitting is staged. Where only one is being done now, we record exactly what went in so the other can match it later without guesswork.
How the job works
- Tell us about the jobSend a few photos, rough sizes and what you need. Use WhatsApp or the form. For a repair, a short video of the door moving helps a lot.
- We call you back in about 2 minutesWe confirm what you need and a time to visit. Where we can, we give you a rough price on the call.
- We come and measureWe measure the opening and check the walls, floor and ceiling around it. Anything made to size is made to these measurements, so they must be right.
- You get a written priceIt lists each item, with GST as its own line. If anything about the job changes, we tell you before we go ahead.
- We fit itYou approve the price and pay the advance. Our own team fits the work, checks that every door and window opens and closes properly, and clears up. Most jobs are done in 3 to 4 days.
