How much would you expect to pay for a new bathroom?

[Rosemary61]

Average sized with room for bath/shower (not separate) completely refurbished
Have had 2 quotes so far - one just over £9000, the other just under £8000 for the same work.
Just wondering what people have paid recently.

We didn't bother with any extractor fan system as there wasn't anything in the bathroom upstairs all these years and our wet room was installed end of 2025 and plumber didn't bring it up. We just open the window wide before use which works great.

You may get it cheaper if you ask the people who come out to measure /quote. We had a kitchen and the bloke said he could get a discount and fit for much less. I’m not sure how much comeback you get if things go wrong though.

We paid £13k in London 3 years ago - it was nice stuff (steel enamel bath, rainfall shower etc) but no major plumbing or electrics, and even so about 50% of the cost was still labour.

Before reading any comments I was thinking 10-12k.

It really depends on what type of sanitary ware you’ve gone for, there’s cheap from say B&Q, average price Ideal Standard or expensive, electric shower, power shower, expensive tiles vs cheaper tiles, cheap plastic bath or expensive, long lasting bath, same with shower tray, is everything like for like in the same positions. DH is a retired bathroom installer and quotes vary depending on what clients want. Also does the price include disposing of old sanitary ware, tiles and debris.

5 years ago - £15k so I would assume it may be around £18k now.

Total revamp, new layout so extensive work, tiling, higher end fittings.

We went with one company who did all. It suits us better than sourcing labour separately as we just don't have the time and energy to organise it.

We’re paying about £6k just for two toilet rooms to be totally gutted and re-done (one has a basin and towel rail, one just a toilet). Fittings were an extra £1k. We had another quote for £8k! We are SE London and it seems spenny round here.

We're doing our ensuite and its coming to about £5k. We've sourced all sanitary ware ourselves - mostly Victorian Plumbing/Plumbworld. Also have engaged all trades separately, plumber, tiler, electrician etc, not used a company and we ripped out the old one and disposed of it ourselves. If we were using a company to do all those things, it would be considerably more. Also, it's a fairly small ensuite - a bathroom would have been more as more tiles/plastering etc.

We've just had an estimate - the bathroom is small. (3m x 1.5m) to completely strip out and start again. The quote is c.10-12k, it will be 4 weeks of work, and we have to source the bath/shower etc and tiles. We are in the SE and the builder is brilliant but I was a bit shocked, given how small the room is!

We paid around £10k last year. Used a company with showroom, would have been cheaper if we could have got trades separately, but totally impossible round here.

4k for a fitter last year. I bought the suite, tiles etc myself so you can make that as cheap or expensive as you like. Fitted provided all pipe work etc, included full plastering and tiling.

Same here.

What is grout ? What issues does grout give ? We have an entirely tiled bathroom

We've just spent £8k all in on a bathroom suite and full installation by an independent firm.

This is the most helpful thread, as I’ve just received my quote for ours from a local company for £23k 🥴 was thinking surely around £15k is more in the right ballpark, but this suggests less should be possible.

We’re ripping out existing bathroom, installing Matki shower with a new stud wall to create enclosure, new freestanding bath in same place as old one, keeping toilet and up cycling a sink unit ourselves. Looking to buy fairly decent fixtures (Burlington), but it seems to be the labour that’s got the real cost. Back to the drawing board 🤔

We are doing ours right now. New shower enclosure built in and new bath and other fittings and tiling. About £5k for materials and 2k to fit. I think it's really good value.

@Rosemary61 They're excellent squeegee hand tool down where the shower is and dry off with towel. You can get fancy feature ones, I went for light marble effect. I used to work as a domestic house cleaner filled me with dread trying to scrub mould off tiled shower cabinets. I also went for a larger enclosure to save squeezing in and out.

Plumbers are ££££ that’s where the cost is. If I was younger I’d do a plumbing course, it actually doesn’t seem that difficult and it’s hard to find a good one! It’s tricky asking others as we all have different sizes /complexity. It would be more interesting to see Labour cost.

This is a good thread. I’m looking at a total refurb for a mid terrace bathroom, room that used to be a bedroom. Looking at halving the window size to create more wall space and a total reconfiguration.

£10k. Tiny bathroom. £5.5k was for the shower, bath, sink, toilet, cabinets, tiles, fan and flooring. The rest was labour (plastering, tiling, fitting, plumbing, electrics, drilling hole for extractor fan) and plumber's / tiler materials. It took a lot longer than anticipated as well - was told a week but it wasn't fully finished for a month.

£5k for a tiny shower room, no toilet or bath. North Yorkshire and we had to wait 8 months for someone to do the work!

Beware with wall panels. They are akin to fake grass. When you come to sell they are not a popular addition.

Bathroom & ensuite done 5 years ago and was £16k for both all in

Fully tiled so no wall or skirting boards to paint (grey grout - much easier to clean!)
upvc ceiling with spotlights - no painting
Wall hung toilets
Wall hung sinks with vanity
Smart mirrors with demisting and Bluetooth
Bath with double shower in bathroom (rainfall/hand)
1m shower tray with triple shower in shower room (rainfall/hand/jets)

Did all through one place but they didn’t mark up the stuff we chose and when we had issues with a couple of items delivered they sorted everything

I've just had a shower room fitted (small electric shower and a toilet with panels and a radiator) and that was £2k including electrics, plumbing, plastering and labour. But it was part of a bigger project.

I'm soon having the family bathroom done and I'm hoping it won't be too much more than that because I'm not moving any pipes and I've already had your electrics done.

I had a fit quote for my small kitchen recently and it was more than the kitchen itself. But it would be done quickly.

It's always labour that costs a fortune but I'm lucky to have a real good builder and trades and I fit in with them.

Thanks, this is really helpful. Would you happen to have the link to the one you chose? We were going for marble tiles but may change to panelling