Costing Photos

The photos below are just a couple of many that helped us to budget our renovation costs, they are from a range of shops around Canberra. However, the majority were taken at Bunnings & Masters as we could get a good indication of a lot of product costs in the two stores. As discussed in the post on budgeting, use these photos to plan and budget your Reno in the spreadsheet.

You might think its a waste of time to go around taking photos when you could be getting stuck into the project but before settlement date is a great time to start doing your research. It will give you a good idea of how much you are in for. Always overestimate on your spreadsheet how much things will cost as you can see below for the amount we paid usually ended up being more than the costs indicated in the photos.

Paint - Roughly $150 per 10 L

Kitchen Taps - $170

Laundry Sink - $100

Bath - $620

Bamboo Floorboards - $45 per m2 

Laminate Floorboards - $19 per m2 (we have around 80m2 living space)

Fridge - $1200

Tiles - White Walls, Grey Floor tiles + Mosaic $1500 total 

Toilet - $300

Bathroom Vanity - $350Rangehood - $300Bathroom Mirror - $50