Bathrooms tiles

[Housingcraze]

DP is having new Bathroom
So he can rent out his property and move in with me!

Once my mortgage is paid - plan is at moment then to move back to DP house to live in.

We agreed to rent DP place it needs whole new bathroom, we seen range of tiles

From 250-800 I feel the BQ ones are absolutely fine! But DP differing between top tiles shiny polished tiles for 800 over BQ ones which look good for 280.

What are best tiles to have- long term sense, bathroom
Small no sunlight, 18ms
Bq ceramic
Top tiles porcelain
But DP is stretching to £800 my concern what happens if he needs the £500 bathroom hasn’t been done in 30 years!

My concern is - tenant will chip tiles or ruin them? DP and myself will be sharing the cost of bathroom refurbishing!

Company are charging £5300 without Tiles.

I don't know if I would do the same in a rented property, but for two of my own bathrooms I've just refurbished, I chose a zero tiles/grout approach. For the shower/bath areas I used acrylic panels. Elsewhere above fitted furniture I used a kitchen laminate worktop with matching splash-back panel. (Basin set into worktop and wall-to-wall mirror above the splash-back.)

When it comes to keeping water off walls, I think tiles and grout are an obsolete technology. Did you know grout isn't usually waterproof? I'm hoping a single sheet of waterproof material covering the whole wall will work better than tiles and grout have for me in the past.

(For a rented property, I would worry whether a tenant would scratch acrylic by cleaning it though. In theory is should only be cleaned by gentle wiping with a soft cloth and dish soap, in reality it doesn't need cleaning at all, but if they ever did for some reason take a scourer to it or use harsh chemicals, they could damage it.)

Have you ever chipped tiles in your bathroom? I’ve never chipped tiles so wondering how a tennant would manage it? If they caused damage then surely you get to keep some deposit to rectify it.

As your plan is to move back into the house at some point then buy the ones you really like.

Our tiles cost the same as the rest of the bathroom

Actually if you're already paying £5300 for the bathroom it sounds like it's high quality or your plumber/builder is completely ripping you off , so an extra £800 for the tiles would be in keeping with the quality of the rest of the bathroom I'd have thought. Is DP paying?

I really don't believe the tiles will get chipped. Besides which you will have spare tiles left over so you can replace them in the unlikely event that it did happen.

Apologies - missed that you're sharing costs.

Why do you think a tenant would chip tiles? Because they are all disrespectful slobs or something..

I got 4 quotes - all came out around £4.5 to £6.5k

The one at £5500 was with tiles but was just replacing suite and no spotlights

The guys I’m using with will be changing the whole set up of bathroom complete new design for £5300 with spot lights! Complete re design! So it be tiles on top.

We just had to make a similar decision between Tops and B&Q for DS's bathroom (main family one, but only he uses it). We went with B&Q for half the price, both plumber and tiler agreed the tops price was silly. For me, it's the quality of the instillation that make the most difference. A good tiler will give you an expensive, quality finish.

We went for an inexpensive large ceramic tile from Topps for the walls with an expensive and beautiful mosaic tile around the bath area and a spotlight onto this area. Looks gorgeous.

Use a toning grout and get a great tiler and it will look expensive.

Other bathroom did very similar but no mosaic. There I bought a very beautiful limestone floor which I adore but don’t recommend as I’ve ruined it around the shower by inadvertently using the wrong cleaning product.

First, it's his property. You may split before you move in and so you need to let him do with this as he pleases for now. If you move in later, then you can make comments about tiles. You're obviously trying to control what he spends by making him buy cheaper tiles and it's not healthy for relationships.

I managed to get the exact tiles we liked from Tops tiles half the price from wallsandfloors.co.uk

It is silly to be paying that much for tiles so perhaps meet halfway?

The quality of fitting is the most important

I know someone who works for Topps and even he says there are cheaper options where the quality is just fine elsewhere, just make sure that's what you're getting not cheap rubbish. We've just used them to replace the t broken tiles in a defunct but now uncovered fireplace, it looks beautiful and much nicer than anything in b and q. Given how much you're spending on the bathroom, an extra £500 for good quality times isn't that much, you wouldn't want to spend the best part of £6k for it to be spoiled by cheap tiles. If you were just ring the bathroom on the cheap for tenants of day go for it, but then you wouldn't already be in for £5300...

How it looks is down to the tiler. I would go for cheaper ones to be honest. My husband is a bathroom fitter and that is a very average price to pay. It is a skilled job, and you will probably need plastering, electrics, plumbing and tiling - all skilled trades involved.