Renovator recommendations wanted

+1 for wanting Curtain recommendation, including rails + fitment if possible.

Also looking for a recommendation for internal/external blinds.

Come on people! 😀

ooh yes I would love a painter recommendation.

oh and curtains – never bothered with then in Sydney but I think in Canberra they would help a lot- they all seem to be either cheap and hideous or ultra expensive if nice. Has anyone put in decent plain curtains and were happy with the service (I am not competent enough on a machine to hem my own)

I came back to this thread hoping for more recommendations but instead it seemed to have fizzled a bit.

Anyone care to share their good and bad experiences in order to help their fellow RiotACT’er?

Please?

Hi All – Another thread hijack attempt (before I start a simliar one) …

I’m looking for a tradie to reno our bathroom, it for a rental property though so we’re keen to keep costs down, no heated ivory towel rails etc. Currently the bathroom is living in early 70s so we are looking at new vanity, tiles, shower. Bath is probably ok for a reuse.

Any IP people out there with tips? (we’d strip it first etc)

What happened to this post? I was so hoping for more recommendations for:
– painters
– builders to do bedroom extensions
– people to do flooring

Can highly recommend Ben from Tap Fix. Well priced, turns up on time and get’s the job done to a high standard. He did a great job on both our en-suite and main bathroom.

Keep those recommendations coming …. maybe I should have called this thread “Recommend Your Tradie” instead as it’s only now that I’ve realised that, given the amount of work we do want to get done, we’re probably going to need the name of a good electrician, plumber, painter, tiler, carpenter, etc, etc.

By the way, I can recommend someone that does timber floors if anyone’s interested – James Schulhin. He did a large expanse in our home not that long ago and we’re very happy with his work.

Without point too fine a point on it 3 bathrooms – new tile new cabinets, toilets, resprayed bath, inset wall cabinets, fan/extractors etc etc cost $50K -ish.

Sounds a lot but if you saw the original 70’s tiles (ugly ugly ugly) you would know it was so worth it!! They went back to the frames and started again – only the original bathroom (solid, deep comfy 70’s model) was kept and resprayed.

JessP said :

For your bathroom – The Slateman at Mitchell is highly recomended. Shp4/ 125 Lysaght St
Mitchell ACT 2911 (02) 6241 7117

Ziggy and the boys did 3 bathrooms for us last year and did an excellent job. Excellent workmanship, on time, went to plan!! Happy to share before and after photos if you like!

Rude question I know, but what was the rough cost of the work?

Reason I am asking is I replaced the vanity and fittings in my ensuite myself 2 years ago in the hope of modernising the room, but what it did was highlight even more how dated the tiles were. So what I need is new tiles and shower screen. I am pretty good with DYI, but will not touch tiles or sealing with a barge pole, too much trouble if they get messed up even a little. I am thinking of renovating my ensuite, ie new tiles, shower screen and fittings

Anyone who wants before and after shots ….email at jess_charlie2002@yahoo.com.au

Re painters I have used Geuvara Painting Contractors for both inside and outside jobs. Highly recommended as they are very thorough, have high standards, turn up on time and Nelson Geuvara is a nice chap. Maybe a bit more expensive than others, but worth it to get the job done right.

koalathebear said :

Sorry for hijacking the post but I didn’t want to start a new post about a similar topic. We’re getting a ‘new’ home soon and will need to do some fixing up ourselves so we were hoping for recommendations for:

1. Good painters to give some of the rooms/walls a fresh coat of paint. We might do it ourselves but wanted to see what the prices were out there and who was good

2. Good people to help rip up the existing yucky floor and put in a new one – haven’t decided on the type of floor yet.

Thanks heaps in advance! 🙂

1. Still haven’t managed to find a good (reliable) interior painter in Canberra, keen to find one as well, especially looking for one that will take the time to sand back existing paint and prepare correctly rather than painting straight over the top (please someone suggest a good painter!)

2. I can definitely suggest avoiding Don Burrows in Fyshwick. The showroom gives a good impression but our carpet install we had was absolutely atrocious. The best example of how bad it is was when they cut the carpet 1 inch too short down the edge of a bedroom (under some cupboard doors) so the installer then cut a 1 inch wide strip of carpet and stuffed it into the gap.. a delightful detail I found when vacuuming a week later (happy to provide detailed photos). I am currently looking for someone to replace the carpet that is only 3 years old, so far i’ve seen two jobs done by Carpet Court in Phillip and they both look good.

Hope that helps.

JessP, thanks for the tiler recommendation, I am looking for someone to lay some porcelain tiles.. gather the Slateman does more than just slate?

Sorry for hijacking the post but I didn’t want to start a new post about a similar topic. We’re getting a ‘new’ home soon and will need to do some fixing up ourselves so we were hoping for recommendations for:

1. Good painters to give some of the rooms/walls a fresh coat of paint. We might do it ourselves but wanted to see what the prices were out there and who was good

2. Good people to help rip up the existing yucky floor and put in a new one – haven’t decided on the type of floor yet.

Thanks heaps in advance! 🙂

I’m thinking of renovating our bathroom soon as well and would be interested in seeing your pics Jess if you could post them up somewhere.

For your bathroom – The Slateman at Mitchell is highly recomended. Shp4/ 125 Lysaght St
Mitchell ACT 2911 (02) 6241 7117

Ziggy and the boys did 3 bathrooms for us last year and did an excellent job. Excellent workmanship, on time, went to plan!! Happy to share before and after photos if you like!