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Nu-Trend is local, family run & experienced
When I was a young child my father would always say in his strong, steady voice,
“…son, always treat people fairly, be honest, go the extra step no matter what.”
We carry these words and they guide our plumbing and bathroom renovation company in Sydney.
Nu-Trend has worked as licensed plumbers and bathroom renovators in Sydney since 2009. Rick’s father, Michael, enjoys retirement, but Rick, Rob and Chris apply those principles every day at Nu-Trend.
Always
Professional
Yes we are ‘tradies’ and realise there is a stigma attached to the plumbing and bathroom renovation profession.
Yes it is a cliche, but we realise that being professional, courteous and delivering a high quality service isn’t a point of difference, it is today’s expectation.
We have more than 270 reviews on Google and Facebook to demonstrate our capabilities.
No Sales
Gimmicks
Yes it is true, you will find many discount offers like “$50 discount when you mention this ad” or “Fixed Service Fee” etc.
Basically the trade just copies each other for fear of missing out.
Guess what? Most of these ‘offers’ are just loaded into their pricing elsewhere.
We avoid these gimmicks.
Quality,
not shortcuts
Sometimes the most difficult part is judging the quality of work that a plumber or bathroom renovator can deliver is hard because typically it is tucked behind a wall or underground in a pipe.
For us quality is about all the little details that go into making sure your job or renovation project is completed perfectly, every time.
“...son, always treat people fairly, be honest, go the extra step...”
Michael Karagiannis
An experienced renovation company
Nu-Trend is a licensed plumbing and bathroom renovation contractor in Sydney, operating since 2009 and founded by father and son Rick and Michael Karagiannis.
Michael spent more than 20 years in the building industry, passing his knowledge and expertise to Rick as the family tradition lives on. Rick has always enjoyed the fine elements of design, and not content with solving plumbing problems he soon broadened his skills to bathroom renovations in Sydney.
Every claim on this site is checkable. Nu-Trend holds NSW Fair Trading contractor licence 217859C covering plumbing, drainage, gasfitting and kitchen, bathroom and laundry renovation, carries $20 million in public liability insurance plus HIA Home Owners Warranty, trades under ABN 89 478 782 763, and has collected more than 270 written reviews on Google and Facebook since 2009. Rick and Rob are on the tools at every project, with hundreds of finished bathrooms being enjoyed by people living in Sydney.
Rick Karagiannis
Rick Karagiannis is the director of Nu-Trend and the licence holder whose name appears on the company’s NSW contractor licence. He is the passionate business owner who loves his job, always goes the extra mile and who many say “is too good for the industry”.
Rick dislikes the typical industry behaviour and firmly believes in ‘no gimmicks’ and upfront, honest work.
- Position: Director and Licensed Builder
- In the industry: since 2009, when Nu-Trend was founded
- Expertise / specialty: A hands-on Director and business owner who provides leadership for the team, and who quotes and builds every bathroom himself.
- Qualifications: Licensed plumber, drainer, gasfitter and bathroom renovator. NSW contractor licence 217859C.
- What he loves about his work? I love helping people when someone wants something and we achieve what they are after, it’s rewarding for me.
- Funniest on the job story: Doing a job on a live sewer stack and someone flushing the toilet while we were underneath. It was quite brown, but you had to laugh.
- Favourite brand of bathroom product: Caroma
- Find Rick online: LinkedIn
Rob Te Maipi
Rob Te Maipi is the co-director of Nu-Trend who loves walking into different scenarios every day and trying to solve problems quickly.
He is the organiser in the team, keeping the boys on track each day. Some dub him the ‘pretty face’ of Nu-Trend.
- Position: Director
- In the industry: since 2010, working alongside Rick on the tools
- Expertise / specialty: Quoting, team organisation and logistics to keep everything running smoothly.
- Qualifications: Licensed plumber and bathroom renovator, working under Nu-Trend’s NSW contractor licence 217859C.
- What he loves about his work? Doing something different every day and working with really good people to solve a range of everyday problems.
- Funniest on the job story: Pranking the boys with fake emails or calls and waiting to see their reactions. Funny at times but a good way to practice real situations.
- Favourite brand of bathroom product: Boffi
Giving back to the community
Our team felt the impact of a loved one being diagnosed with brain cancer. Anthony is our tiler, friend and Rick’s brother in law.
The cancer grew back three times over a two year period and Anthony was operated on twice, missing nearly 12 months of work. He soldiered on & would be back on the tools as quickly as he could be to support his family.
The Nu-Trend team made t-shirts and have been involved with the annual Walk 4 Brain Cancer event as our way of giving back to the community and hopefully helping other people’s fight against cancer.
Experience & a written commitment.
Rick and Rob are the hands-on directors for Nu-Trend. Rather than hire sub-contractors and manage their business from a distant office, they are on the tools, at your site & working towards delivering your bathroom renovation or plumbing service. It means you are talking directly to the owners of the business, the guys who are accountable and responsible rather than via email or through customer service teams.
It is why they are able to provide a written guarantee that demonstrates their confidence in standing by the quality of their workmanship and the service they deliver to every single client.
They have a very single minded commitment to deliver a high level of professionalism and quality, they’ve been doing renovation contracting in Sydney since 2009.
Our point of difference
It's all in the little details
Rick and Rob are involved with every step of each bathroom renovation they are contracted for. Nu-Trend is a Sydney bathroom renovation company that delivers a personal touch and concierge-like service.
With so many years of experience they have encountered all the common bathroom renovation scenarios and developed a keen level of expertise to solve practically any situation.
Although, it’s the little things they do that can make all the difference to a delivering a high quality renovation project efficiently, quickly and with little disruption to your daily life.
Property protection
Organised & prepared
Daily Updates
Tidy work site
Local, licensed & insured
Plumber | Renovator | Drainer | Gas fitter
Nu-Trend is a company in Sydney that has provided plumber and bathroom renovation services since 2009. The Directors Rob and Rick are hands-on, providing a personal service.
Sydney Water
PLUMBER
We work closely with Sydney Water for all plumbing requirements.
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA AS/NZS3500:2018 Compliant
A renovation business that builds new bathrooms to meet Australian Standards.