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AIBU RE cost to install new bathroom?

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sorrysaywhatnow · 25/10/2020 20:43

I'm more than willing to be shouted down about the cost of hiring a trade and how you get what you pay for, but please hear me out and let me know if you think the cost is excessive, or if I'm just massively out of touch re what things actually cost (it's been a long time since I had anything done at all really).

Fairly large bathroom suite, consisting of shower cubicle, bath, toilet, sink and towel radiator. I have been quoted to rip out and replace all existing bathroom, make good the walls & decorate, retile the walls and floor, remove rubbish (ie skip) and replace the lighting with spotlights.

I am to supply all the tiles and bathroom suite myself, so this quote is for the cost of fitting/tiling/electrics/removal/skip.
The original cost was £8950, now discounted when I was horrified to £6850. So all in the bathroom is looking like it's going to cost in the region £10k. AIBU?

OP posts:
unlimiteddilutingjuice · 26/10/2020 10:28

We recently had our bathroom done.
Small bathroom.
Removal of fittings and tiles
New L shaped bath/shower thing
Sink
Toilet
New floor, celing and walls. The walls were plastic panels not tiles.
It cost us £4250.00
My understanding is that tiling makesa big difference to price so I don't think OP's quote sounds unreasonable

KarlKennedysDurianFruit · 28/10/2020 20:31

@Busymum45 but it depends on what you want, the labour and trades for ours are very reasonable but I've chosen expensive tiles, furniture etc. Could I have done it cheaper of course, but I like what I like and it's one of the last things we've done having renovated this house back to the wiring and we did an awful lot of grunt work ourselves. This I just want someone else to do and I want it the way I want it. If we didn't have the money I'd get a basic suite, plain tiles, electric shower, no underfloor heating, no reclaimed cast iron radiator, no rolltop bath etc and it would be perfectly serviceable and it's what I put into my first flat. That's not what I want now and I'm aware I have to pay for my choices.

Quornflakegirl · 28/10/2020 20:33

Wr had a small shower room done 2 years ago and it was £7500.

MJMG2015 · 28/10/2020 20:37

@Busymum45

Sorry but a lot of you are being ripped off!! My dh would never charge that high!
I suspect many people are including the suite/tiles etc
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