-
Bathroom refurbishment advice needed
Hi all, we are getting our bathroom redone as shown below and I’ve got a quote for the fittings for £6k and the labour is £12k (includes moving the door from one place to another).
Not a wetroom just shower tray, wall hung basin, mirror, toilet on floor (not wall hung). Using large tiles floor to ceiling where shower is and halfway up for rest of the room.
£18k in total for a small bathroom feels very expensive, does anyone know if that is reasonable pls?
Thanks in advance!
-
11 Replies
-
I would have the door open the other way… otherwise you’ll feel like you have to walk around the door very time you walk in?
-
It depends really. Is that design a new layout? Are water points/drainage points being moved? Using tiles or wall panels etc? It really depends how much work there is to be done other than demo and install to whether 12k labour is alot or not.
The door i would swing the other way, opening towards the vanity wall
-
6k Last year to fit a new bath, take a toilet out, add a shower and tile fully for shower and half height everywhere else and new rad (Birmingham)
We have a very similar L shaped layout, except we’re putting bath in. We’ve just a had a quote for materials and labour 4.5k (not including tiles, ceramics and lights)
-
The £6k for fittings sounds expensive – but it depends what you have opted for. I had similar done recently, quoted £10k, company went into administration and eventually got it all done with same contractor £6k supply and fit. The door moving is likely to be costing a lot of that labour charge. I had my bathroom door rehung to open the other way, requiring a carpenter, that was best part of £800 supply and fit with some specialist wood machining for the door surrounds.
-
I’m in south east london. It was 7k for fitting and I bought all the materials myself for around 3k
-
We paid £6.5k for labour for a similar size & layout bathroom including rehanging the door and relocating toilet, shower & bath, we’re in South East London. Fittings & tiles were under £3k with some savvy online searching
-
12k labour seems like a lot. How long will it take? Are you using a big company or an independent. It’s so hard to find good people. We had similar quotes so ended up doing a lot ourselves and paid plumber a day rate.
-
I paid £7k for my bathroom to be refitted (am based nr Reading) It was fully tiled and very similar size. Separately I paid for the door to be reversed – it was part of a larger job but I say the cost was def less than £1k
-
Try https://deepbluebathrooms.com/ for your fittings – they highlight really high end products but can source most brands and have a solid discount so were just as cheap or cheaper than online stores. And if you want Laufen, Keuco, Duravit etc you’re unlikely to get cheaper anywhere. We paid about £7k for fitting and £5k for fittings, tiles, paint, extra window, extra tall towel rail etc.
deepbluebathrooms.com
Free Design Service We stock the highest quality brands from around the world Customers reviews I seldom award 5 star but on this occasion I am prepared to award 5 star to Olby.
-
I’m in east London with an almost identical sized bathroom that was refitted 5 years ago. Even though prices will have gone up significantly, £18k sounds absurdly high. Mine was 1/3 of that – £2.5k for materials/fixtures (mid range quality, self-sourced) £5600 labour. Included moving toilet and plumbing. I recall quotes varied wildly – his wasn’t the cheapest, and local high-end bathroom specialist shops were up at £15kish dep on fittings.
I also wouldn’t bother rehanging the door given it’s in its own nook – besides opening inwards affords privacy if someone happens to already be in the bathroom (my bathroom door is identical to yours in that little nook!)
-
I ended up paying £10k for my bathroom around 5 years ago. Removal of all fittings (one bath, sink and toilet), complete re-wire with new ceiling & wall lights and addition of vent, external groundworks to move waste pipe and create new connection to sewer at front, fully plastered walls, removal of old and installation of new ceiling, tiled shower enclosure, 2 floor skims (to incorporate underfloor heating), half panelled walls and plumbed in recessed shower, sink, toilet, bath and radiator – all in new locations. New floor installed. I purchased my own fixtures & fittings (don’t use victorian plumbing – I was educated late!). I’d say it was a fair price for the amount of work I had done. Yours sounds a bit more simple tbh and so a bit much.
Log in to reply.