How much does a new en-suite costs?

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This will be the first time ever having a new one, replacing one that was put in with a new build.

It’s shower, toilet and small sink, quite small. Looking at average price range, like best of B&Q own range as an example, not high end designer stuff.

Would be grateful for a total budget with tiling if anyone has changed theirs recently? And also tips on the process - go to a company who does all inclusive service or buy items separately and seek specialist tradesmen for each job?

Thank you.

Is it like for line or are you moving things around. Does it need any electrics, replastering etc?

Go to a general plumber who fits bathrooms and they will do a full service.

And let the tradie buy the stuff for two reasons:

They will get better discount
If there is a problem you are not paying extra time costs for them to sort it.

Interesting. I always do the opposite. I prefer to buy all the stuff myself so I can be sure of the quality and it’s always worked out cheaper than going through the plumber.

Agree with PP, I've always been able to source the products cheaper than any tradie has ever quoted me. In fact there was a £200 difference in one particular item which shocked me.

The range of possible prices will be huge, I'd decide first if you want to have the hassle of organizing it all yourself or are happy to pay for a company to do it all for you

If the latter get a range of quotes, if youre OK to manage it yourself write down all the things you need and how much they cost to get to the total

Tiling is hugely expensive.

I would say you can spend anything between 5 and 10 thousand ( not just on tiling !) Maybe more.

Thank you, all. Any ideas on total cost - from your experience?

Vast range of prices. Know someone who has chosen to buy the bits from Wickes and look for a tradesman, total cost looking like eight or nine thousand, we have just been quoted sixteen from a place that does everything from design to painting.

We just had ours done, like for like, fully tiled and it cost about £4.5k in all.

Ive done a couple in past 5 years. Doing it with cheapest possible suite, taps and minimal build with an independent fitter (not a big company) would be about 4k for a small ensuite. Bigger room with higher end fittings and tiles would be 6-8k. Splashing the cash 9k upwards. I buy the fittings and tiles myself.

Ours cost about £5k. Fully tiled, new corner shower, sink, heated mirrored cabinet, heated towel rail and toilet.

Will never forget the guy who did it. It was in Mar 21 and Ukraine war had just kicked off. He was Ukrainian had hardly spoke a word of English. He did a fantastic job and just before he left he showed us the letter he got confirming he could bring his wife and daughter here to safety. He was so happy 😀 Sorry completely off topic!

I paid just over £7k for mine - it was a young lad and his friend who had set up in their own bit the costs was similar to a more experienced persons quote x I used tile sheets instead of tiles which cut the cost as no grouting but the sheets were higher material costs. Went mid range on sink unit and toilet but toilet seat didn’t last any longer than a £20 one!

another time I wouldn’t have an electric towel rail (90p per hour to run ) and would retain a radiator instead

Mine was about 8000 including labour and all the resources

We paid around 3k for the materials. 6k for the work.

I used a plumber/tiler recommended on our neighbourhood WhatsApp.
Fully tiled including floor, we bought everything ourselves from Easy Bathrooms. A decent tradesman might not be happy fitting B&Q or similar because if the cheaper ones fail it reflects badly on the fitter.
New lighting as the previous was not up to current standard for bathroom use.
Including all fitting about £6k.
He put a niche into the shower wall for storing shampoo etc and tiled the windowsill and window surround as well. Only thing we had to do was paint the ceiling

We had a new shower, toilet / sink unit, new heated towel rail, floor to ceiling tiles, a tile floor and underfloor heating. It was a pretty small bathroom though, maybe 2.5mx 2m-ish. It was at the end of 2022 and was £5500. Chose the tiles from a local place and the guy bought them as he got a discount. Did the same with the toliet / sink unit and then told him the kind of shower unit we wanted and he gave us a few choices to pick from. All decent but not top end stuff.

We have just had a quote of a bit under £10k for a bathroom refit - that is new bath with shower over, basin and loo, new flooring and tiling, new spots in ceilings. Wickes. The actual quote was £8k but they gave us a separate one for the cost of the tiles and flooring, the plastering on the walls and installation of spotlights.
I know it's not what you asked, but just for comparison. Bathroom is 2.2x2.2 and we live in SE