Where a flat is still being finished there is a window in which you can ask for things to be left out of the handover specification. Very few buyers use it, and the shower enclosure is the clearest case: a builder-supplied one is usually replaced within a few years anyway.
Why a builder's enclosure gets replaced
A developer buys enclosures in quantity to a price, and the saving is made in the hinges, seals, handle and fixings rather than in the glass.\n\nThose are invisible at handover and they are what fails, usually within a few years.\n\nSo a buyer frequently pays for an enclosure in the flat price and then pays again to replace it. Asking for it to be omitted, where the builder allows that, means paying once for something specified properly.
What is worth asking to have left out
The realistic list is short: the shower enclosure, the mirror, and sometimes the wardrobe internals.\n\nThose are the items where the builder's version is most often replaced and where the saving is worth having.\n\nEverything structural, waterproofed or tiled you want them to do, because doing it later means opening up finished work. So the rule is to accept what is built into the fabric and question what is simply fitted to it, which is a useful way to read a specification generally.
If it is already fitted
Where the flat comes with an enclosure and you are not happy with it, the answer is rarely to replace the whole thing immediately.\n\nThe glass is normally sound, and upgrading the hinges and seals on the existing panels costs a fraction of a new enclosure.\n\nSo we would measure the existing hole centres and see whether better hardware fits them. Where it does, you get an enclosure that works properly for a small outlay; where it does not, at least the decision is made knowing that.
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.
