Bathroom and en suite renovation quote: fair price?

[LaurenW95]

Interested in hearing people’s thoughts about bathroom renovation costs - me and my OH are umming and ahhing over getting the bathroom and ensuite done as we’ll only be in this house another 2-3 years, however they could do with doing - they’re the oldest rooms in the house and are the original fittings and design from 2005…plus some very evident signs of wear and tear. so even if we sold up I’d expect the bathrooms and ensuite to devalue the house somewhat.

Anyway, the quote we’ve got is £11.5k which is for a small bathroom (1.7x1.8m) and a small ensuite (0.85mx2m). This includes:

Complete rip out and disposal
New brass style bath, over-bath thermostatic shower, screen, toilet, sink cabinet, towel radiator and LED mirror in bathroom
New black finish shower cubicle & tray, thermostatic shower, toilet, sink cabinet, towel radiator and LED mirror in en-suite
Spotlights and new extractor in both rooms
Part acoustic wall panels in wet areas of rooms only (walls will be left as is - painted white)
Click clack flooring

Thoughts on the price and whether a modernised bathroom and ensuite actually add value? For reference we are based in Teesside, North East and looking for one company to do the project management side of things as we’ll both be working

That’s a good price! Have you had other quotes and are there good reviews?
We are North West paid 9k for main bathroom and 8.5k for en suite about 5 years ago in our last house.
Renovated the small bathroom in our current house, bungalow for around 8k recently ( family firm good price our builder did the fit)
When you say click clack flooring do you mean LVT that slots together? If so I really wouldn’t recommend in a wet area.
When our kitchen was fitted here we had 2 floods in a week ( new washer) and it just went under the floor. You need it glued down. We have Karndean.
Kitchens and bathrooms help to sell houses and big jobs if buyers are at their limit with a mortgage.
I’d think carefully about the black as it can be difficult to keep clean.

It's very much dependent on your market and area. Doing things up can increase value and/or saleability but in most cases it's unlikely to add significantly more than it costs you.

We have struggled to find a quote under £10k per bathroom so the price sounds decent, but I would only do it for your own enjoyment, not as an investment. You're better off, often, taking a slightly lower sale price and keeping most of the £11k towards doing up your next house. But I would suggest you call up estate agents local to you and ask for a free valuation and advice. In Aug they will probably be happy to do it, in the hope you'll go back to them when you sell.

I’m guessing that price is from a bathroom company (like easy bathrooms)? You can save money if you manage it yourself, employing the individual trades separately. We did this and it did save us a couple of 1000, but it was quite a lot of hassle

@LaurenW95 We have a quote for close to £21k for a new downstairs shower room, but we are having two doorways moved (one a supporting wall and one the original outside wall of the house), a new stud wall being built, some pipe work being moved (a leaking stop cock and a badly sited gas pipe). We are supplying the floor tiles, basin with tap and shower fittings and the door for the pocket door. We are in south wilts. They do have a concrete floor to dig up to lay the pipe work which I think is why it's costing a bit more than expected

We’ve just paid £8.5k for our (large) main bathroom in the NW so that sounds reasonable to me. That was £3k labour (9 days work) plus £5.5k materials which we sourced ourselves to keep it cheaper

ETA that was a bathroom fitter who could reboard the room, do all the tiling and floor himself etc so only one person to deal with

We had a downstairs wet room fitted last year. The drains had to be channelled into the concrete floor, there was a fake ceiling with spot lights, a shower, toilet and sink. The entire room was tiled, a radiator added and shelves plus a towel rail. It’s absolutely gorgeous. In the next room the plumber added a kitchen unit with sink and plumbed in a washing machine to give us a laundry room. It all came out at around £9k. We are NW.

We paid £17k at the start of this year to re do our large bathroom - stripping everything back and installing bathtub, large walk in shower, sink and toilet (plus tiles, wall unit, etc). That was from a local independent bathroom shop and included supply and labour. London.

I'm not sure-for a long time the white everything look was in, where now like you say it's more mixed, but while some might love a brass bath, it might put others off. As long as a bathroom was basically clean and functional, I don't know that any buyers would get put off (well, not like you'd have got put off in 2005 if you viewed a house with an avocado bidet and shagpile carpet on the floor).

Thanks all for the advice, as expected there’s mixed responses as there always is with things like this! I think I’ve decided to go with it, unfortunately the shower and toilet in the ensuite don’t even work at the moment, and the bath and sink in the main bathroom was cracked when we bought the house so there’s things to spend money on repairing anyway…and if that’s going to be a cost I’d rather have something to show for it and do the full lot 😅 good point as well about it being cheaper to do some of the project management ourselves, the quote is from a local bathroom fitting company so we’ll have a think about whether it’s worth the extra ££ just to have one point of contact or whether we can cope with the admin of arranging everything separately!

I'd say you are doing well with that price OP.

Like PP said, you could get it cheaper, but the faff of arranging the trades in the right order is not worth it unless you really cannot afford the quote.

It's worth getting a couple more quotes. maybe from a one man band bathroom fitter who will organise the odd subcontractor but do most of the work thenselves.

It does sound like it needs doing TBF and this way you get to enjoy it for a while before you move.