Rob Te Maipi
Director, nominated supervisor, licensed plumber and bathroom renovator at Nu-Trend
About Rob
Rob Te Maipi is a director of Nu-Trend, the Sydney plumbing and bathroom renovation business that has been running since 2009, and has about 20 years in the trade. He has been a licensed contractor since 2014 and a director of the company since 2016, and he works on every Nu-Trend job alongside Rick Karagiannis.
Rob is the nominated supervisor on Nu-Trend’s company contractor licence 217859C, the licensed person NSW Fair Trading lists as responsible for supervising the work done under it. He also holds his own NSW contractor licence, 276711C.
On site he is the organiser of the team. He runs quoting, scheduling and logistics, and keeps the crew on track each day. He loves walking into a different problem every day and solving it quickly with good people around him.
- Position: Director and nominated supervisor
- In the trade: about 20 years; licensed contractor since 2014
- Day to day: quoting, team organisation and site logistics, on the tools with Rick on every job
- What he loves about the work: doing something different every day and working with really good people to solve everyday problems
- Favourite bathroom brand: Boffi
- Name on the NSW register: Robert James Temaipi
- Find Rob online: LinkedIn
Licences and memberships
- NSW contractor licence 276711C, held by Rob (registered as Robert James Temaipi) and issued by NSW Fair Trading. Classes: plumber and roof plumber, drainer, gasfitter, LP gasfitter, and kitchen, bathroom and laundry renovator. Check licence 276711C on the NSW register.
- Nominated supervisor, company licence 217859C: Rob is a director of MRM Plumbing Services Pty Ltd, the company behind Nu-Trend. Its NSW contractor licence 217859C covers plumber, roof plumber, drainer, gasfitter, LP gasfitter, and kitchen, bathroom and laundry renovator, and Rob is its nominated supervisor. Check licence 217859C on the NSW register.
- HIA member: Nu-Trend is a member of the Housing Industry Association.
Areas of expertise
- Quoting and planning bathroom renovations from the first site visit
- Scheduling trades and materials so jobs run to plan
- Supervising licensed plumbing, drainage and gas work
- Roof plumbing
- Finding and fixing hidden problems in failed renovations
- Ensuite, laundry and kitchen renovations
Projects Rob has worked on
Guides reviewed by Rob
Rob reviews renovation advice on this site against what the team sees on Sydney jobs:
- What is a variation during a bathroom renovation?
- Converting a bedroom into a bathroom or ensuite in Sydney
- How DIY waterproofing can cost thousands to repair
- Renovating your bathroom with textured tiles
- Convert a laundry into a bathroom
- Where to shower during a bathroom renovation
- How to Choose Tiles for Your Bathroom Renovation
- How to build a bathroom like the rooms on The Block
- How renovating a bathroom is the best way to add value to a Sydney home
- How to create more space in your bathroom
Rob on video
Rob appears in Hidden Bathroom Problems, Nu-Trend’s series inspecting, stripping out and rebuilding two badly renovated bathrooms and one untouched 20-year-old bathroom. Episode 1:
Keep watching: Episode 2, an ensuite with no waterproofing behind the tiles and Episode 3, an untouched 20-year-old bathroom.
Meet the team: an introduction to Nu-Trend and the two directors who run it.
Talk to Rick and Rob about your renovation
Call 0401 165 779 or email rick@nutrend.net.au, or ask for a fixed-price quote below.