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Hills Plumbing & Gas
New estate
Coomera, Gold Coast QLD

Bathroom Renovations in Coomera

Modern 2000s-2020s family housing in growth corridors. Hills Plumbing & Gas covers Coomera for bathroom renovations, fixed-price quoting, 24/7 emergency, workmanship guarantee in writing.

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Bathroom Renovations in a new estate suburb like Coomera

Coomera is the newest housing on the Gold Coast, estate after estate of 2010s and 2020s builds that have not yet hit their first renovation cycle. Hills Plumbing & Gas covers Coomera for bathroom renovation plumbing, from builder-basic upgrades to full refits, with fixed price quoting and a workmanship guarantee in writing. Most Coomera bathrooms are not being renovated because they are worn out. They are being renovated because they were built to a builder-basic spec: the cheapest compliant tapware, an acrylic shower base, a stock vanity, and finishes chosen off a display board years before the owner moved in. The house is five or ten years old and the bathroom works fine, it just looks and feels like every other bathroom in the street.

Bathroom Renovations across Coomera

Coomera plumbers servicing all the estates around the Coomera train station, Westfield Coomera and Coomera State Special School, from established Upper Coomera streets through to the brand-new estate developments along Hope Island Road.

What we typically see in Coomera specifically

Lots of new-build plumbing and warranty fit-off work in Coomera given the volume of new estates going up. Standard service work for the established homes, hot water replacement, bathroom upgrades. Newer streets have modern PEX piping and integrated mains gas, so most service work is at the appliance end rather than in the walls.

How the bathroom renovations job runs in Coomera

That changes the job. There is modern PEX pipework and PVC drainage in the walls, current-standard waterproofing under the tiles, and no asbestos, no galvanised pipe, no mystery. The renovation budget goes into the visible upgrade rather than into fixing what is behind the wall, and the plumbing scope is usually clean: better tapware, a proper tiled shower, sometimes a freestanding bath or a second basin.

The other job we do a lot of in Coomera is defect-driven. Leaking shower screens, shower bases that were never bedded properly, waterproofing that failed early. If your house is still inside the builder warranty period, talk to us before you pay anyone: some of this belongs back with the builder, and we will tell you straight which parts do.

How a Coomera bathroom renovation runs

  1. Quote and scope walk-through, including a check of what is warranty-claimable versus renovation
  2. Strip-out and disconnection of the existing fixtures
  3. Rough-in changes for any relocated fixtures, noting Coomera slabs are young and we avoid cutting them unless the layout genuinely demands it
  4. Pressure test before the wall sheeting goes back on
  5. Coordination with your waterproofer and tiler on set-out
  6. Fit-off of tapware, toilet, vanity and accessories
  7. Final test, and the workmanship guarantee in writing

Pricing for bathroom renovations in Coomera

Plumbing scope only, as part of your renovation:

  • Basic: quoted on inspection, below the mid-tier band. Like-for-like fixture positions, better fittings, no layout change. This covers most builder-basic upgrades in Coomera.
  • Mid: $6,000 to $9,000. Quality fixtures, minor layout tweaks, a tiled shower replacing an acrylic base.
  • Premium: quoted on inspection above the mid-tier band. Full refit with high-end fixtures and layout changes.

Whole renovation, all trades:

  • Basic: $18,000 to $25,000
  • Mid-range: $28,000 to $40,000
  • Premium: $45,000 to $70,000+, with luxury builds running to $120,000+

Moving a toilet or relocating a wet area adds $1,500 to $4,000+ depending on drainage runs. In a young Coomera house we usually advise keeping the toilet where the builder put it, because that is where the money stays in the finishes instead of the slab. Hold a contingency of $2,000 to $3,000; in new estates it is rarely needed, but it is the difference between a calm project and a stressful one.

Why Coomera homes call Hills Plumbing & Gas

  • Coast-based, 13+ years experience of plumbing, we know the quirks of Coomera housing better than most
  • QBCC-licensed plumber and licensed gas fitter, fully covered, gas compliance certs issued for every gas job
  • Price locked in writing before we start, scope changes only re-quoted if you ask
  • 24/7 emergency line answered by a licensed plumber, not an overseas call centre
  • If our work fails inside the guarantee window we come back and fix it, in writing

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Common questions

Things Coomera homeowners ask us about bathroom renovations

Do I need a waterproofing certificate for a bathroom renovation?Yes. Queensland requires a waterproofing compliance certificate for any new or replaced bathroom membrane, issued by the licensed waterproofer who applied it under AS 3740. Waterproofing is licensed work in Queensland, so an unlicensed membrane cannot be certified. In our experience, missing certificates surface most often at insurance claim and house sale time, so keep it with your renovation paperwork.Read more →What causes bathroom leaks after a renovation?Most bathroom leaks after a renovation come from failed or skipped waterproofing, a floor that does not fall to the waste, or poorly sealed penetrations. Other culprits are movement cracking at the wall-to-floor junction, a badly connected waste or trap, and membrane tiled over before it cured. Older coastal homes add corroded in-wall pipework. Get it diagnosed properly rather than re-siliconed and hoped over.Read more →What is the correct floor fall for a shower?Bathroom floors in Queensland are graded to a fall of 1:60 to 1:80 under AS 3500, roughly 12mm to 16mm of drop per metre. The shower area is set slightly steeper so water reaches the waste instead of pooling at the screen. On the Gold Coast, most of the pooling showers we attend were tiled before anyone checked the falls, and the fix is a re-screed, not more silicone.Read more →
FAQs

Bathroom Renovations in Coomera, common questions

My Coomera house is only six years old. Is it too early to renovate the bathroom?+
Not if the reason is the builder-basic spec, which is why most of our Coomera clients do it. The upside of renovating young is that the pipework, drainage and structure behind the walls are modern and sound, so your budget goes into what you can see. A basic upgrade with the plumbing quoted on inspection transforms a stock bathroom without touching the layout.
My shower has been leaking since we moved in. Renovation or builder warranty claim?+
Possibly a warranty claim, and it is worth checking before you spend renovation money. Queensland builder warranty coverage through the QBCC can apply to defective waterproofing and shower installation for years after handover. We see failed shower bases and early waterproofing failures regularly in Coomera estates. We will inspect it, tell you honestly whether it looks like a defect, and give you a written report you can put in front of the builder.
Can I just swap the builder tapware and vanity without ripping out the tiles?+
Yes, and in Coomera it is often the smart move because the tiling and waterproofing are still young. Fixture swaps in the existing positions keep you at the bottom of the basic range, quoted on inspection below the mid-tier band for the plumbing scope. The rule is simple: keep water points where they are and the job stays small; move them and you are into tiles, waterproofing and $1,500 to $4,000+ of relocation work.

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