AIBU to ask how much a new bathroom costs?

[DarceyDashwood]

AIBU to not know how much a new bathroom would cost? Totally clueless about most DIY (as is DH for anything complicated). We are thinking of a new bathroom but have no idea how much such a thing would cost! It’s a pretty small room but would need completely remodelling/new bathroom suite/tiles etc etc

I expect we would go low/mid range rather than high end.

I realise this is a bit of a ‘how long is a piece of string’ type question but ballpark how much should we budget for a new bathroom? £3K? £5K? Genuinely have no idea and the websites are all baffling 🙈

I've just done mine. Biggest cost was a plasterer at around £150. We've done everything else ourselves including stripping back to brickwork, gutting the lot and starting again. Toilet and sink were £20 on ebay (vintage), bath was free as a friend's aunt had bought a practically new house and was removing the second bathroom suite in order to extend so gave it to us. Tiles were £100, flooring was about the same, shower was ex display. We shopped in vintage and antique places or at markets for lots of stuff, spent months getting small bits here and there. We made a cupboard and bath panel and shelf from pallet wood and reclaimed iron railway fittings. I love it and it's been a real labour of love. It's cost around £1.5k all in simply due to having no labour costs and shopping around.

Don't think you have to get everything from one place. It isn't necessarily cheaper that way.

I'd 2nd you & your OH giving it a go yourself. The standard bathroom in a normal house is incredibly easy to replace yourself, especially with the help of Youtube etc. Plumbing is simple - seriously, Child's toys such as Lego/Meccano are more complicated - spend £15 on a few plumbing bits from Screwfix & play around with them!

Even the supposed hard things that require skill - tiling etc - are actually really easy if you just take your time.

[quote userxx]@GiraffeNecked Jesus, the guy I used did more or less everything on your quote for a fraction of the cost. I struck lucky. [/quote]
I think where you live means prices vary significantly. Also now vs pre covid is super pricy!

Around £2.5k to include an extra large shower cubicle, heated towel rail and waterproof panelling as opposed to tiles. Definitely check out DIY suppliers for suites/showers at a fraction of the cost that a bathroom supplier will charge.

Literally just completed an identical sounding project. It came to around 5k including dropping the ceiling and installing spot lights.

My top recommendation is to have a heated towel rail which is dual fuel. This means that you can opt to have it on with the central heating OR keep it on (as low or high as you like) whenever you want to. Warm towels are an excellent thing all year round. You will have to ask for this and won’t regret it.

We’ve just had our bathroom re done completely at just over 6k. I absolutely adore it so it’s money well spent.

Lots of good tips here - thank you!! Might have to head to Wickes/B&Q once they are open again.

I paid £4500 about 5 years ago. I kept costs down by having the same layout as the old bathroom, though I'd have liked to change it. Price included basic white suite (shower over bath, sink, loo), new radiator, white tiling, laminate floor, new light fitting, new bathroom cabinet.

Mine recently was about 8k

@GiraffeNecked

We’ve just spent £9k on the family bathroom.

(£25k in total including 2 bathrooms, new hot water cylinder, 3 new radiators and new pipe work upstairs and a velux).

I’ll post a photo of the quote. It’s reasonable quality stuff.

Wow that's a lot. I've renovated two small bathrooms before (new shower, bath toilet, sink, tiling) for under £3k each time.

We went back to boards and pipes, between what we bought and the plumber bought I would say about £8k, we had him back this summer to install a stronger extraction fan.

Recently mine was about 6.5k. New bathroom suite, heated towel rail, new floor, dropped ceiling, back to plaster on the walls then tiled and a ridiculously self indulgent bluetooth mirror.

Should add also change of layout so pipes had to be moved.

Sorry, should have qualified, as you walk in washbasin (Edwardian style to match the house) double shower (power not too bad, would be better but the current inmates prefer a rain head, so we had both which has diminished the power of the power shower) , we also had a nice bath, taps in the middle, Edwardian style toilet and a long heated radiator.

Trust me, I am risk averse and it works.

Ours was £12k but we knocked a separate loo into one big bathroom so have a separate shower and bath, nice tiles and fittings. We also needed every inch replastered etc. I reckon you could do it for £5k with nice stuff.

My quote finally through 2.5k but we would supply suite. Tiles taps etc.

Getting ours done next month:
P shaped bath, rain shower, loo, sink, built in cupboards, all tiles, flooring, ceiling, lights, £8k including labour.

We've just had an ensuite and main bathroom done for 11k