Empire Bathrooms
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Home renovation, bathroom renovation and construction |
| Founded | 2007[1] |
| Founders | Enzo Giallonardo, Michael Carn |
| Headquarters | 27/252 New Line Road, Dural, New South Wales, Australia[1], Dural, Sydney , Australia |
Area served | Sydney metropolitan area |
Key people | Enzo Giallonardo (co-founder) Michael Carn (co-founder) |
| Services | Bathroom, small bathroom and ensuite renovations, laundry renovations, kitchen renovations, waterproofing, design consultations |
| Website | empirebathrooms |
Empire Bathrooms is an Australian residential renovation company based in Dural, in the Hills District of north-western Sydney. The company specialises in bathroom renovations and also renovates ensuites, laundries and kitchens across metropolitan Sydney.[2] It was founded and is managed by Enzo Giallonardo and Michael Carn.[3]
History
Enzo Giallonardo and Michael Carn founded Empire Bathrooms in 2007.[4] Before that, Giallonardo worked for about ten years at AC Giallonardo, a building business that built homes, extensions and renovations. He received his builder's licence in 2004 and then started his own renovation business, Enzo Construction. After working together on several projects, Giallonardo and Carn decided to start a joint company.[5] The Top4 business directory gives 2009 as the year the two set up the company.[6]
The Australian Business Register shows the business name Empire Bathrooms registered from 6 May 2013 to The Trustee for The Enzo & Carney Trust, a discretionary trading trust whose ABN has been active since 13 March 2013.[7]
The company later opened a showroom at 27/252 New Line Road, Dural, where clients meet designers and choose materials. By 2026 Empire Bathrooms had completed more than 2,700 bathroom renovations. The company's website puts the figure at 2,733 and reports a 4.9 out of 5 rating based on more than 50 Google reviews. In August 2026 the company launched a new website and introduced written customer guarantees.[8]
Business model
Empire Bathrooms works as a licensed building contractor and carries out structural and construction work, not only bathroom fit-outs. The founders hold licences for building, plumbing, drainage and waterproofing. This allows the company to do structural changes itself, such as removing walls, installing steel beams and moving door and window openings.[9]
The company employs its own demolition workers, carpenters, tilers, plumbers and waterproofers. It gives three written guarantees: a 10-year leak-free guarantee on waterproofing, a fixed-price guarantee and an on-time completion guarantee.[10]
Services
Empire Bathrooms manages each project from design and planning through demolition, construction and final installation. Its own tradespeople do the main stages of the work, including plumbing, carpentry, waterproofing, tiling and fit-off.[11]
Bathrooms and ensuites
Bathroom renovations are the company's main business. Projects include family bathrooms, small bathrooms and ensuites. Larger jobs can change the layout, for example by removing internal walls or joining a bathroom with a separate toilet. Designs for small bathrooms and apartments use wall-hung vanities, toilets with concealed cisterns, frameless and walk-in showers, cavity sliding doors and recessed niches. Apartment work is planned around strata rules, lift bookings and permitted working hours.[12]
The company also builds new ensuites, sometimes by converting part of a bedroom or wardrobe. Options include underfloor heating and heated towel rails.[13]
Laundries
Laundry renovations include fitted cabinets, folding benches, hidden appliances and built-in hamper storage. The company also builds European-style laundries, where the washing machine and other appliances are hidden behind cupboard doors. Depending on the layout, a laundry can be combined with a bathroom or turned into an extra bathroom or powder room.[14]
Kitchens
Kitchen renovations include custom cabinets, stone benchtops and islands, splashbacks, sinks, tapware and pantry storage. Some projects move plumbing or remove non-structural walls to change the layout. Clients supply their own appliances, and the company designs and installs the cabinets around them.[15]
Waterproofing
The company waterproofs showers, bathroom floors and walls, laundries and balconies in line with Australian Standard AS 3740. Where possible, showers are flood tested before tiling. After the work is finished, clients receive a waterproofing certificate.[16]
Service area
The company states that it works in the Hills Shire, Hornsby Shire and the City of Parramatta, as well as the wider Sydney metropolitan area.[17]
Renovation process
A project usually starts with a free design consultation at the Dural showroom, where clients can see tiles, vanities, tapware, shower screens, toilets, basins and baths. The company's designers prepare a layout and colour scheme, sometimes with an AI-generated image of the finished room. The client then receives an itemised written quote, chooses materials and finishes, and agrees on start and finish dates. At the end the company does a final walkthrough and hands over the waterproofing certificate and warranties.[18]
On-site work usually takes two to three weeks for a bathroom, one to two weeks for a laundry and three to five weeks for a kitchen.[19]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 About – Empire Bathrooms. Empire Bathrooms. Retrieved 14 November 2026.
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Official website
- ↑ About – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ About – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Top4
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Top4. Retrieved 14 November 2026.
- ↑ ABN Lookup: The Trustee for The Enzo & Carney Trust. Australian Business Register. Retrieved 14 November 2026.
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms Launches Revamped Website – openPR
- ↑ Why Choose Us – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Official website
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Official website
- ↑ Small Bathroom Renovations Sydney – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Official website
- ↑ Laundry Renovations Sydney – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ Kitchen Renovations Sydney – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ Why Choose Us – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ About – Empire Bathrooms
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Official website
- ↑ Empire Bathrooms – Official website
