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Easy bathroom makeover without the expense of a complete renovation

8 July 2010
Regrouting tiles can make your bathroom look new again

A great looking bathroom can add value to your home and increase the sale price

You don’t need to do a complete renovation of your bathroom at huge expense to spruce it up for sale. Take bathroom tiles as an example.

Most people don’t know this, but it’s often not that tiles need replacing, they may just need grouting to get a clean, fresh look. Because the grout becomes discoloured or mouldy, any tiled area can look old and tired. Regrouting tiles is an easy, inexpensive way to make old tiles look brand new again and make your whole bathroom look brand new too.

After doing DIY regrouting, one of our clients also chose to replace the 30-year old bathroom fittings – this easy makeover was still a lot cheaper than a complete renovation and the results were quite amazing.

You’ll save $$$ if you DIY

The cost of regrouting

Regrouting tiles is easy to do and only requires a little elbow grease, time and some basic tools from the hardware store that cost under $50.00 – and that includes the dry grout you’ll use to regrout your tiles.

A professional tiler will cost about $1000 for a small bathroom and over $2000 for larger bathrooms to regrout tiles (depending on the area of tiles, of course).

Cost of bathroom fittings

How long is a piece of string? The prices vary massively but the client who did their bathroom replaced the vanity basin, tapwear and towel rails and put in a new glass petition for the shower/bath. All up cost with the plumber’s bill was $3100.00.

Cost of a complete bathroom renovation

That’s a whole new look for the bathroom for just over $3000.00. According to the March 2010 edition of Australian Handyman, a complete bathroom renovation cost was upwards of $21,000.

Certainly a modernized bathroom (and kitchen) make a big difference to buyers. Good looking kitchens and bathrooms can dramatically improve the sale price of a property. What are you waiting for? It’s cheap as to regrout yourself and you’ll add value to your property immediately.

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