Design-led bathroom renovations in Howick and across East Auckland. Full renovations, ensuites, wet rooms, tiling and waterproofing — fixed written quotes, certified waterproofing and a workmanship guarantee.
Howick is one of East Auckland's most characterful suburbs, and its bathrooms reflect that layered history. Around the historic village and Stockade Hill you'll find colonial-era cottages and older villas, while the streets sloping down toward the Half Moon Bay side are full of 1960s–80s brick-and-tile family homes. Each era brings its own quirks behind the walls, and a one-size-fits-all approach rarely does Howick justice.
We renovate bathrooms right across Howick, from compact powder rooms in character homes to full family bathroom overhauls. Everything we do is built to the NZ Building Code with waterproofing to AS/NZS 3740, and every quote is fixed and written. If you'd like to start, Get a Free Quote.
The older homes near Howick village and Picton Street carry real heritage value, and we treat them accordingly. In colonial cottages and early villas, the bathroom is often a later addition tucked into a tight footprint — and what sits behind the lining can surprise you. We routinely open up walls to find timber framing that has quietly taken on moisture over decades, borer-affected joists, or original plumbing that was never designed for a modern shower.
The most common mistake we see in these homes is renovating over hidden rot rather than dealing with it first. We strip back, assess the framing, and rebuild a sound substrate before a single tile goes on. The result looks period-appropriate but performs like a new build. See our full bathroom renovation service for how that process runs end to end.
A huge share of Howick is classic brick-and-tile from the 1960s through the 1980s. These bathrooms tend to share a few traits: a combined bath-and-shower over a cast bath, pastel wall tiles, a single small window, and a layout that hasn't moved in forty years. They're solid homes, but the bathrooms are usually overdue.
Howick is family country, and a lot of our work here is the hard-working main bathroom that three kids and two parents share. That calls for durability over fashion: large-format tiles with fewer grout lines, tapware that survives daily abuse, underfloor heating to dry the room between showers, and layouts that let two people get ready at once. We design the room around your household's actual morning routine, not a showroom fantasy. Our bathroom design service maps it all out before any demolition starts.
As Howick families grow, a second bathroom or a master ensuite is one of the best investments you can make — both for daily sanity and resale. We're often carving an ensuite out of an oversized bedroom or a redundant hallway cupboard, which means careful plumbing and drainage planning. Our ensuite renovation work handles the lot, and where a consent is needed for new drainage we manage the Auckland Council process for you.
Pricing always depends on size, layout and fixture choices, so treat these as a guide only:
Older Howick homes can carry hidden costs — rotten framing or outdated wiring found once the walls are open — so we're upfront about that before you commit. For a full breakdown read our Auckland bathroom renovation cost guide. We're part of Bathroom Renovation Auckland, serving every East Auckland suburb including nearby Pakuranga and Half Moon Bay.
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