Best tilers in Perth CBD and the inner suburbs (2026)
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These are the best-rated wall and floor tilers working central Perth, from the CBD and Northbridge through East Perth and West Perth, north to North Perth, Mount Lawley and Leederville, and across the river through Victoria Park, Lathlain and Carlisle to the inner east. They’re ranked on real Google reviews, not on who paid us. It’s a shorter list than some areas because inner-Perth searches are crowded with tile showrooms, stone suppliers and listings that can’t be verified to a real local base, and we cut all of them rather than pad the page. Below the list you’ll find what tiling actually costs around Perth in 2026, the two things that quietly blow a tiling quote out, the red flags that tell you to keep scrolling, and a quick checklist to run before anyone opens a bag of glue in your place.
Featured tilers
These spots are for inner-Perth tilers who want to stand out on this page. None are taken yet, so the full review-ranked list is right below. That ranking is earned off Google reviews and never for sale. Are you a tiler working the CBD or inner suburbs? Featured spots start at $50 a year.
Get a Featured spot ▸How we ranked these
- Google reviews do the ranking. We start with every tiler’s live Google star rating and the number of reviews behind it, pulled fresh from Google Maps across the CBD and inner suburbs.
- Volume matters as much as the score. We weight each rating by its review count, so a 4.6 proven across 63 jobs sits ahead of a 4.7 from fourteen. That’s exactly what happened at the top of this list, and we’d make the same call with our own money.
- No tiling licence exists in WA, so we look harder at the reviews. Wall and floor tiling isn’t a licensed trade in Western Australia. Anything over $20,000 must be run by a registered builder, and wet-area waterproofing has to meet AS 3740, but for a straight tiling job the review record and insurance are your real protection. We tell you what to check in the checklist below.
- Verified on the map, or cut. Central Perth searches surface tile stores, businesses split across duplicate listings, and operators whose listing gives no checkable base at all. If we couldn’t verify a listing to a real location and a real review record, it didn’t make the list, whatever its star rating.
- Paid spots are labelled, and never jump the queue. When a business pays for a “Featured” spot it’s marked as such. The review-based order below does not change to favour a payer. Right now, no spots are sold.
Gun Tiling
A 4.6 across 63 reviews is the deepest review base of any tile contractor working central Perth, and volume is what our ranking rewards. Sixty-three public verdicts spread over years of jobs tells you far more than a handful of perfect scores. Based on the inner south-east side near Kewdale with quick reach into the CBD, Victoria Park and the eastern suburbs. Not every review is glowing, and that’s normal at this volume; read the recent ones and you’ll find steady, capable tiling work.
View listing & contact ▸Perth Tiling Service
A 4.7 across 14 reviews from a tile contractor on Kadina Street in North Perth, making it the closest verified base to the CBD on this list. The higher star rating actually loses the top spot here on review depth alone, which says more about Gun Tiling’s volume than anything against this operator. For jobs in North Perth, Mount Lawley, Leederville and the city itself, this is the local call and the logical second quote.
View listing & contact ▸Perth Project Tiling Pty Ltd
A 4.3 across 6 reviews from a Fulham Street, Kewdale operation covering the inner east. It sits right on our 4.3 rating floor with the smallest review base on this page, so treat it as a third quote rather than a first call, and weigh the most recent reviews yourself. It makes the list because it’s a verified local tile contractor with a real record, which is more than most of what these searches return.
View listing & contact ▸All three are working tile contractors verified against their Google Maps locations in or beside central Perth. We left off the tile showrooms and retailers (they sell tiles, they don’t lay them), EZY Tiling Services in Cannington (4.9 across 272 reviews, but Google categorises it as a tile store, not a contractor), Sebastian Otley Tiling & Stone (a 5.0 across 29 reviews, but the listing gives no checkable base location), ABC Tiling and Stone (its reviews are split across two duplicate listings, one at a serviced office), Aesthetic Tilers Perth (no verifiable base on its listing), an operator carrying a Bunbury phone number, and the suburban tilers based well outside the inner ring that pad out city searches.
What tiling actually costs in central Perth (2026)
Nobody likes ringing a tiler blind on price. These are honest ballpark ranges for the common jobs around the CBD and inner suburbs, GST included, based on what Perth tilers are charging in 2026. They’re a guide to keep you from being overcharged, not a quote. The two numbers that quietly swing a tiling bill hardest are floor preparation (ripping up old tiles and levelling what’s underneath) and tile format (large-format 600×600-plus and mosaics both cost more to lay than a standard 300×300). In the inner city, add a third: access. Apartment jobs with lift bookings, loading-dock time slots and nowhere to park a ute genuinely cost more to run, and a fair quote says so in writing rather than hiding it in the rate.
| Job | Typical range | What pushes it up |
|---|---|---|
| Floor tiling, laying only | $45-$75/m² | Large-format tiles, herringbone or diagonal patterns, uneven slab |
| Wall tiling, laying only | $50-$90/m² | Mosaics, feature niches, window reveals, floor-to-ceiling walls |
| Old tile removal & disposal | $25-$50/m² | Tiles glued to screed, double layers, apartment access, tip fees |
| Bathroom waterproofing (AS 3740) | $500-$900 | Hob-less showers, second wet areas, failed old membrane to strip |
| Full bathroom retile (floor + walls) | $2,500-$7,000 | Tile choice, floor levelling, moving drainage, niche and hob work |
| Shower regrout & reseal | $350-$800 | Mould-affected silicone, epoxy grout upgrade, leak investigation |
| Kitchen or laundry splashback | $300-$800 | Glass mosaics, power point cutouts, out-of-square walls |
Ranges assume standard ceramic or porcelain and reasonable access. Central Perth work splits two ways: strata apartments, where waterproofing sign-off and by-law approvals add paperwork and lift access adds time, and the century-old workers’ cottages of North Perth, Highgate and Vic Park, where nothing is square and the floors have moved. A good tiler prices either after seeing the job, in writing, before starting. If they won’t, that’s a red flag (see below).
Don’t get ripped off: red flags
- No waterproofing certificate for wet areas. Every shower and bathroom floor in WA has to be waterproofed to AS 3740 before a single tile goes down, and you should get the certificate or written confirmation for it. A tiler who shrugs at waterproofing is quoting you a leak that shows up in two years, in the apartment below or in your wall cavity, and in a strata building that’s a very expensive conversation.
- A per-room price with nothing itemised. “Bathrooms are five grand” over the phone, sight unseen, with no square-metre rate and no line for prep or waterproofing, means the surprises get invented later. A real quote separates laying, prep, waterproofing and materials.
- A big deposit up front. For home improvement work between $7,500 and $500,000, WA’s Home Building Contracts Act caps the deposit at 6.5 per cent. Anyone wanting a third or half of a bigger job before starting is either cash-flow desperate or planning a slow fade. Smaller jobs should still only carry a modest materials deposit.
- Tiling straight over what’s there without checking it. Laying over old tiles or a cracked, drummy screed is sometimes fine and often a disaster, and the difference is whether anyone tapped the floor and checked levels first. In the old cottages around North Perth and Highgate, hundred-year-old floors are exactly where this goes wrong. If they quote without looking at the substrate, the fix comes out of your pocket twice.
- No public liability insurance. Tiling isn’t a licensed trade in WA, so insurance and the review record are your only real backstops. For any apartment or commercial job, building management will want the certificate of currency anyway. If they can’t show one, keep scrolling.
Before you hire: quick checklist
- Written, itemised quote. Square-metre rate, prep and removal, waterproofing, and materials each on their own line, with a start date and a rough duration.
- Waterproofing to AS 3740. Who’s doing it, and do you get a certificate. For wet areas this matters more than the tiles.
- Insurance. A current public liability certificate of currency, and if the whole job tops $20,000, a registered builder running it (that’s the WA threshold).
- Strata approval, if you’re in an apartment. Wet-area works usually need by-law sign-off before anyone starts, and the tiler should be used to providing the paperwork.
- Recent local work. Photos of jobs finished in the last few months and reviews mentioning your kind of job, not just “great guy”.
- Warranty in writing. What happens if grout cracks, tiles drum or the shower leaks in twelve months, and who pays for it.
Frequently asked
How did you rank these tilers?
By their live Google star rating weighted by the number of reviews behind it, pulled from Google Maps across the CBD and inner suburbs. The weighting is why Gun Tiling’s 4.6 across 63 reviews sits above Perth Tiling Service’s 4.7 across 14: sixty-three verified jobs is the stronger evidence. Every listing is a working tile contractor verified to a real local base, not a tile shop.
Why are there only three tilers on this list?
Because that’s how many we could verify. Central Perth searches return plenty of results, but most are tile showrooms, stone suppliers, businesses split across duplicate listings, or operators whose listing gives no checkable base at all, including some with excellent star ratings. We’d rather show you three verified locals than pad the list with businesses we can’t stand behind. As more inner-city tilers build verifiable records, the list grows.
What does it cost to retile a bathroom in Perth?
For a standard-sized bathroom, floor and walls, expect roughly $2,500 to $7,000 depending on tile choice, how much prep the floor needs and whether drainage moves. Waterproofing to AS 3740 usually adds $500 to $900 and is not the place to save money. In an apartment, allow extra for access and strata paperwork. Get the prep and waterproofing itemised separately on the quote.
Do tilers need a licence in WA?
No. Unlike electricians or plumbers, wall and floor tilers aren’t licensed in Western Australia. Two rules still protect you: any home improvement work over $20,000 must be carried out by a registered builder, and wet-area waterproofing must meet the AS 3740 standard. Beyond that, the tiler’s review record, insurance and warranty are what you’re relying on, which is exactly why this list is ranked on reviews.
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Get featured ▸ Claim your free listingRankings based on Google review data collected 15 August 2026. Ratings change, we re-check monthly. Blue Collar Business · Western Australia’s Trades & Home Services Directory.