Two different jobs, one council
Bondi and Bondi Junction both sit within Waverley Council, but their housing could hardly be more different.
Bondi and Bondi Beach are dominated by walk-up flats from the 1920s to the 1960s — many in art deco and interwar styles — mixed with Federation cottages, semis and later apartment buildings. Streets are narrow, parking is scarce and the ocean is never far.
Bondi Junction is a transport and shopping hub with high-rise apartment towers from the 1970s onward, alongside older semis and terraces on its fringes.
We approach each with a different plan.
Bondi walk-ups
What the bathroom looks like
A typical Bondi flat bathroom is small, rectangular and tiled halfway up the wall. There is a bath with a shower over it, a pedestal or wall basin, and a toilet with a visible cistern. The floor is a mortar bed over concrete. Ventilation is a window onto a light well or side passage.
What owners usually want
A beachside flat that feels like a boutique hotel bathroom: a large walk-in shower with no hob, a floating vanity, one continuous tile, soft light, good-quality tapware that does not pit, and somewhere to hang wet towels and swimmers.
How we get there
- Remove the bath and mortar bed, re-screed with a proper fall
- Membrane to the full floor and shower walls, with a linear drain
- Furred wall for an in-wall cistern and recessed cabinet
- Full-height tile and a wide mirror with integrated lighting
- A ducted exhaust sized for the room
See the small bathroom page for layout and the waterproofing page for the floor detail.
Access realities
No lift, three or four flights, a narrow stairwell, and a street where a skip bin needs a permit. Tile sizes are chosen to fit the stairwell. Rubble comes out in manageable loads. We confirm the waste plan before demolition starts.
Bondi Junction towers
What changes in a high-rise
Renovating inside an apartment tower is less physically demanding than a walk-up and far more procedural.
- Building manager sign-off in addition to owners corporation approval
- Goods lift bookings with padding and time windows
- Loading dock slots for deliveries and waste
- Fire-rated penetrations where services pass through walls or floors
- Strict working hours, often narrower than in smaller buildings
- Shared services shafts, so plumbing changes are limited
Typical tower bathrooms
Towers from the 1970s and 1980s often have internal bathrooms with no window, a small exhaust into a shared duct, a bath, and a laminate vanity. Later towers commonly add an ensuite.
The design brief is similar to a walk-up — compact luxury — but ventilation is constrained by the building's shared system, and relocating fixtures is limited by the shaft. We work with what the building permits.
Waverley Council and heritage
Parts of Bondi fall within heritage conservation areas, and some individual apartment buildings are listed. A bathroom renovation inside an existing room is rarely restricted. What may need approval is external change — new openings, visible vents — or work to a listed item. We identify the likely path early; Waverley Council or a certifier confirms it.
The beach factor
Salt air affects both suburbs, though Bondi Beach flats cop more of it than Junction towers. Our coastal specification — quality PVD or solid brass tapware, 316 stainless for exposed metal, sealed joinery edges and properly ducted exhaust — applies throughout.
In beachside flats used by surfers and swimmers, a handheld shower, towel rails with real capacity and hard-wearing grout make daily life easier.
Short-stay and investor units
Bondi has a significant number of rented and short-stay apartments. For those owners, we can prioritise easy-clean finishes, robust fittings and a program aligned with booking gaps or vacancy.
Cost
As a 2026 guide: Bondi walk-up bathrooms $28,000–$45,000, Bondi Junction tower bathrooms $30,000–$48,000, ensuites $22,000–$38,000. See the cost bands.
Nearby
We also work in Paddington, Coogee, Randwick, Bronte, Tamarama, Queens Park and Woollahra.
Renovation work is carried out in partnership with Coastal Renovation Group, a licensed NSW builder — licence and insurance details are provided on request.
Call 02 5121 7922 or send your building details.