Browse 12 bathroom makeover looks for an older landed house, from removing the bathtub to keeping the retro tiles, then see what each involves.
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An old house bathroom often has a built-in bathtub, a squat toilet, coloured tiles, galvanised pipes and waterproofing that has outlived its design life. In a landed house there is no unit below, so hacking the floor to rebuild the falls and the waterproofing is normal and usually the right call. The look is then a choice: keep the retro pink or mosaic tiles you like, or go fully modern with a walk-in shower, a seated WC, a wall-hung basin and a proper exhaust. These 12 concept designs show full refits, retro keeps and safety upgrades. Use the filters below to narrow them by style or home type.
Each design below is an illustrative concept render of a bathroom in an older Malaysian landed house after a makeover, grouped by style and by the home it usually suits. Tap any image to enlarge it. Every card links to the ClickBina guide that covers the shower, toilet, tiles, pipes or ventilation behind that look.
12 designs shown
Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace · Semi-D
A white tiled bathroom with a low shower tray behind a glass panel, a linear drain along its edge, a rain shower and a wall-hung toilet.
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tub to shower conversion →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace
A seated toilet with the lid closed on grey floor tiles beside a round stainless floor trap, white wall tiles and a bidet spray, seen through a timber door frame.
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squat to seated toilet conversion →Illustrative concept design · Retro kept · Terrace · Semi-D
Pale pink square tiles to dado height with white walls above, a white wall-hung basin with a brass tap and trap, a round brass mirror and a toilet.
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bathroom re-tiling costs →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace · Semi-D · Bungalow
Green PPR water pipes run across a painted brick wall to a new mixer point before tiling, with a toilet and mirror beyond.
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re-piping costs →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace
A wide window of white louvred panels above head height over a rain shower, in a white tiled bathroom with a toilet cistern below.
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louvre window options →Illustrative concept design · Retro kept · Terrace · Bungalow
A blue and white small-piece mosaic floor with new white vertical wall tiles, a white basin cabinet and a toilet with the lid down.
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bathroom re-tiling costs →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace · Semi-D
A white wall-hung basin with a chrome tap and exposed trap under a white mirror cabinet, large grey tiles, a toilet and a window to palm trees.
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bathroom designs →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace · Semi-D
A long white bathroom divided by a frosted glass partition into a shower zone and a toilet zone, with a grey floor and a basin in front.
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wet and dry separation →Illustrative concept design · Safe & easy · Terrace · Semi-D · Bungalow
A toilet set between two stainless grab bars on white tiled walls, with a speckled grey anti-slip floor, seen from the doorway.
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grab bar installation →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace
Looking up at a large skylight well bringing daylight into a white-tiled bathroom, with a mirror and the top of a toilet below.
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skylight costs →Illustrative concept design · Full refit · Terrace · Bungalow
A deep recessed niche lined with white subway tiles set into a grey tiled shower wall, with a chrome shower, a toilet and a window beyond.
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shower niches →Illustrative concept design · Safe & easy · Terrace · Semi-D
A plain white square exhaust fan grille in a white bathroom ceiling, above white wall tiles and a glass shower screen.
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exhaust fan installation →These are illustrative concept designs created to show bathroom makeover options for an older house. They are not completed ClickBina projects. Your bathroom is assessed and quoted after a check of its pipes, floor and waterproofing.
More galleries: browse all design ideas by area of the house, from cabinets and kitchens to porches and grilles.
Start with what you cannot see. ClickBina's old house renovation guide explains that bathroom waterproofing in a 30 to 50-year-old house is past its design life, and that galvanised iron pipes more than about 25 years old should be replaced while the walls are open. In a landed house the bathroom has no unit below, so hacking the floor to rebuild the falls and the membrane is normal.
For the rest of the house, the old house makeover gallery shows what to keep and what to replace in living rooms, floors and stairs.
| Old feature | Keep when | Replace when |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in bathtub | Someone uses it and it does not leak | Unused, cracked, or leaking at the edge |
| Squat toilet | Everyone is happy squatting | Parents find it hard, or you plan to sell or rent |
| Coloured or mosaic tiles | Sound, no leaks, and you like them | Hollow, cracked, or hiding a leak |
| Galvanised pipes | Rarely | Rusty water, low pressure, or more than about 25 years old |
| Open vent block | Rarely | Damp, mould and insects; fit a fan |
| Home | Usually works | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Old single-storey terrace | Skylight or louvre for a dark back bathroom, floor rebuilt | Roof flashing round a skylight |
| Old double-storey terrace | Tub to walk-in shower upstairs, re-piping | Leaks into the ceiling below |
| Old semi-D | Long bathroom split into WC and shower, wall-hung basin | Separate falls for each zone |
| Old bungalow | Mosaic floor kept, grab bars, anti-slip tiles | Larger areas to waterproof |
ClickBina's guides quote (indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026): a full hack-and-redo including retiling at RM4,500 – RM9,000 for a standard bathroom; a new WC supplied and installed from about RM350 – RM1,200; tiles supplied and laid at RM10 – RM18 per sq ft for ceramic and RM18 – RM35 for porcelain; a fixed shower panel at RM500 – RM900; mosaic niche work at RM20 – RM45 per sq ft; a basic polycarbonate skylight at RM1,500 – RM4,000; and concealed PPR re-piping for a terrace house at RM6,500 – RM11,000.
Ask for the hacking, waterproofing, plumbing, tiling and fittings to be listed separately, so you can see where the money goes and which items can wait.
We renovate bathrooms in older houses, including hacking, waterproofing, re-piping, tiling and fittings, in the right order. WhatsApp us your job details for a quote: the house type and age, what is in the bathroom now, who uses it, and the looks from this page you like. ClickBina is an experienced KL & Selangor contractor, we reply within the hour, and the price we agree is a flat price with no hidden charges.
About the images: every image on this page is an illustrative concept design generated to show a bathroom option for an older house. Captions describe what each render shows. RM figures are quoted unchanged from the ClickBina guides named above, indicative Klang Valley ranges for 2026.
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