Common Bathroom Fitting Mistakes: Insights from Ruth Ansell (Branch Manager at Reece Bathrooms NZ)
In this discussion, we delve into the common mistakes people make when selecting bathroom fittings. Ruth Ansell (Branch Manager at Reece) shares her experiences with visitors to her showroom, shedding light on these errors and what to do to avoid it. Reece Bathrooms stands as New Zealand’s premier provider of plumbing and bathroom products and serves as the primary supplier for Superior Renovations for the majority of our bathroom renovation projects.
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Discussing Tile Trends with Kalun from The Tile Depot – Superior Renovations®
Are subway tiles still a popular choice? What are the upcoming tile trends for 2022?
Hear it from Kalun (Senior Sales Consultant at The Tile Depot). We caught up with her at our Wairau Valley Showroom, check out what she had to say, and tell us what you think is trending right now.
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Video testimonial by Olivia for Bathroom Renovation completed by Superior Renovations ® located in Grafton, Auckland.
“I just had a very pleasant experience with my dealings with Superior Renovations from start to finish; the communication, price, quality of the work, and the speed of the work, everything was just terrific…. I needed it to be easy for me as I have a full-time job and I couldn’t really be here dealing with tradies and scheduling things, I needed something to be easy and that would work with my lifestyle and it did, it was great!”
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Video testimonial by Joanne & Steve Hilson for their House Renovation completed by Superior Renovations ® located in Greenlane, Auckland.
“Knowing that we weren’t there while it was being done as well was the best part, we were on the beach, and the renovation will be done”
“Working with Kevin and the team was easy because we weren’t having to ring up different suppliers ourselves, it was like one team does this, another team does that – and everything was done for us under one roof. Kevin had a contact for everything, and the experience was simple. You hear a lot of horror stories about doing renovations and I was like, well that was very easy”
The renovation included:
Kitchen Renovation
Removal of wall to become an open plan
Bathroom Renovation
Toilet Renovation
Addition of a New Toilet
New Laundry
New Custom Storage Area
Consent Process
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“These guys are very very professional, every single one of them. They came around, they’re courteous, they put down drop sheets on the vinyl floor and put down sticky carpet covering through to the bathroom to make sure there was no mess and they’re just hard-working.
When you have people working in the house, that can be kind of annoying you know but with these guys it wasn’t annoying because you really didn’t know they were there, there was no upheaval, there was no chaos for weeks, it was just so smooth and that’s the bit that impressed me…”
Glen Eden, Auckland
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“As I have seen them with dealing with their client, I have seen their professionalism in their work, so we can recommend them confidently to people to deal with them – very confidently because we have seen how hard working they are, and as I mentioned the word patience they do have….”
Albany, Auckland
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“It now feels like a big, simple, inspiring space, whereas before it was a big space but it was very dated and there was a lot of distractions around – now it’s quite a nice clean, modern, minimalist feel to it. It felt like before, it was a 1980’s home, but now when you walk in, the house is impressive, it’s a lovely space to be in, it feels impressive and everyone who comes here are impressed and enjoys it – but it still feels like a home..”
Glendowie, Auckland
Todd’s Full House Renovation Project included:
☑️ Renovation of the toilet
☑️ Bathroom Renovation x 2
☑️ Laundry Renovation
☑️ Full Interior Painting
☑️ Desk Renovation
☑️ Interior door replacements
☑️ Interior Stairs and Balustrade Installation (Glass)
☑️ Wallpaper Removal and Plaster
☑️ Exterior Painting and installation of Balustrade
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“I think it’s to his nature, he takes everything on-board and fixes it, and thats what you want to see; you don’t want to be mucked around with just being told what you wanted to hear, you want action and he was pretty good at it…”
Glenfield, Auckland
Donny’s Full House Renovation Project included: New Floors, Kitchen Renovation, Bathroom Renovation, Full Interior Painting, Remove in Bathroom Wall to Open Up Space, Carpet Flooring, New LED Lights throughout the house, Custom Bathroom Design and Custom Kitchen Design.
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“To me it just seems like he just slotted in like he’s always known us, there was no awkward moments…he was just a part of the family…very personable, easy to talk to and always calm all the time and thats what we really liked..”
Wattle Downs, Auckland
Stephanie and Kieran Eades have a young family and basically needed to upgrade their bathroom and kitchen. They had heard a lot of horror stories about companies that blew their budget or did not finish within the timeline. They decided to test the waters of the renovation industry and decided to renovate their bathroom first.
The talking point of this case study is not a bathroom or kitchen renovation but the relationship that our project manager Jimmy forged with the family. “He slotted right in and it was like he had always known us. There was no awkwardness at all” explains Kieran. Jimmy is one of our main project managers who specialises in managing kitchen + Bathroom renovations and Full home renovations.
His sunny disposition, ability to talk frankly, and more importantly his calm demeaner gets our clients through even the most stressful of situations. Stephanie felt that his calm attitude made her feel calm throughout the renovation process which can become overwhelming.
Budget was another aspect of the renovation that the client was worried about as they were weary of renovations costs blowing up during the process. She was happy to know that we give our clients a fixed contract which means that the quote that you have accepted is what you will be paying. You will only find discrepancies in what you pay if we find something like a leakage or rotting floor bases during the renovation.
In Stephanie’s words “because of the bathroom we have come to trust him and are confident that we will have the same calm experience. And that we will remain within the budget”.
We completed Stephanie’s kitchen renovation after the bathroom renovation was completed.
“it is much better than we thought” – Stephanie
Bathroom renovation
Stephanie’s aim was to make her bathroom look bigger so she went for white tiles and white walls to give an illusion of space.
Custom made shower box and glass door
Custom white tiles in shower
Kitchen renovation
Blum soft close door hinges – very popular in contemporary and modern kitchens
Maier slim fit soft closing drawers
Top mount Blanco Black Silgranit sink
30mm engineered stone benchtop with waterfall end – Marble look
Melteca cupboards – popular for easy maintenance and textures
Custom made wine rack
Transcription I just wanted to give a lift to this house, renovated and make it look nicer and to use it we always had old vanities and everything, so I just wanted something new and something modern. We were just looking for someone that does everything – that’s what we needed.
When I called Superior Renovations, the lady said Jimmy will come and see you. So they gave us a time and a date. When he came, we told him what we wanted and he took it down on his paper and it was easy peesy – he made everything look easy.
The project was done quickly too, so Jimmy was very easy to talk to too and to understand. I wanted a bit like pale colors to make it look spacey – like I think dark colors make it look smaller and thats the idea we had so Jimmy allowed us to pick the tiles and fittings and everything – so that was quite nice, he didn’t just put what he wanted to put.
He asked us to come to the showroom and pick the tiles, the vanities, the fittings which was really good thing to do. So we picked all the pale/whiter tiles – it looks smaller before and now it looks a little bit bigger now I think because of the tiles and the white paint Jimmy and the team has put.
Yes I have already spoke to Jimmy and Kevin about Superior Renovations to do the kitchen. What you guys did with the bathroom – was so impressed, so so impressed. I think the kitchen, once we’re ready, we’ll have Superior Renovations, Jimmy and his team to come and do it. Because of the bathrooms, we’ve come to trust him, we’ve come to like his work and the trust is a big thing. And to keep everything in the budget was very important to us, and Jimmy/Kevin and with all the renovation team I think, with the kitchen we won’t be going over budget, I think it will be the same experience we had with the bathroom.
Thats the reason why I even told Kevin and Jimmy I won’t go looking for any other renovation company for the kitchen, because I like you guys. I wasn’t here during when he was doing it so, I just saw the end result which was really good. I mean we told him what we wanted and he just put it in and he did it, and the end result was what we wanted. It just looks nice and better then we thought, it was really nice dealing with Jimmy.
To me it’s just like he just slotted in like he’s always known us, there was no sort of awkward moments or any thing like that, just a part of the family – part of the family almost He was very personable, easy to talk to, and was calm all the time, that’s what The way they were calm about everything, I think is also important, it helps keep us calm, because doing a renovation can always be scary but with you guys, working with you guys it’s been very peaceful, it was fantastic.
