A bathroom in a Ghent terraced house is often small, under the roof or in a middle room, with little space for extra installations. Renovata connects you with renovation partners who get maximum comfort out of limited space.
Ghent consists largely of terraced houses and townhouses in the densely built city centre, with neighbourhoods such as Sint-Amandsberg, Ledeberg, Gentbrugge and Wondelgem around it, where 19th-century workers' houses and interwar homes are the norm. Many buildings stand wall to wall, with narrow facades, small courtyards at the back and old vaulted cellars.
A large share of these homes is owned by landlords and lived in by students or young households. You notice this in the state of the installations: electrics and pipes are often decades old, and work has been kept to a minimum in the past. When a house is sold or re-let, that backlog suddenly comes to light.
In the protected townscape inside the R40 ring road, extra rules apply to facades, dormer windows and windows. Work on the outside often requires an environmental permit or advice from the heritage department.
In many Ghent terraced houses the bathroom is barely 5 m². A walk-in shower often replaces the bath, a wall-hung toilet saves floor space, and the washbasin becomes a narrow unit with lots of storage. A good layout study is the first step.
If your bathroom is inside the building without a window, mechanical extraction is required to prevent mould and condensation. A connection to the existing ventilation duct or to the roof is always included in a renovation.
Electric underfloor heating mats of 3 to 5 mm thick add only minimal height and are ideal for a renovation where you want to keep the existing floor height. Comfort without an extra radiator.
In terraced houses the drain sometimes runs through several rooms before it connects to the main sewer. Installing a new walk-in shower floor needs a well-planned slope and sometimes changes to the pipes in the floor or to the crawl space.
Open jobs on Renovata for bathroom renovation in and around Gent. This list is updated with the latest jobs when the page opens in your browser.
Post a job yourselfThe amounts below are guide prices based on common rates in East Flanders. Every job is different; the tradesperson makes a specific quote after an inspection.
Full renovation of a 5 m² bathroom |
€8,000 – €15,000 |
Full renovation of an 8 – 10 m² bathroom |
€12,000 – €22,000 |
Only renewing sanitary ware (bath → walk-in shower) |
€2,500 – €5,500 |
Tiling (per m² incl. installation and mid-range materials) |
€90 – €160 |
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, bathroom only |
€900 – €2,000 |
Expect 2 to 4 weeks from demolition to completion, depending on the size, the number of trades (plumber, tiler, electrician, ventilation specialist) and the waiting time for tiles and sanitary ware. Your bathroom cannot be used during that period.
Only with written permission from the owner, and usually only if they commission the work themselves. You may make small changes (tap, shower hose) yourself, but full renovations are a matter for the owner.
There are no grants for the bathroom itself. There are if you do energy-saving work at the same time: new ventilation, insulation of the adjoining outside wall, hot water via a heat pump water heater. The tradesperson tells you which subsidies you can apply for.
Renovating in phases is technically possible but more expensive: breaking open and reconnecting each time. Doing a complete project in one go is on average 15 to 25% cheaper.
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