How much is a new bathroom?

[Paloma12]

Potentially about to buy a Victorian house. In good condition, but owners have been there a long time, and the bathrooms are a bit primitive - broadly fine, but probably last updated in 1990s or thereabouts. Does anyone have a rough idea of how much it would cost to redo a small bathroom, put in new units etc? Thanks!

There's been a very recent thread on here about cost of bathroom installation sorry I cant link but if you do a search it will come up. Look at sites like Victoria plumb for the actual cost, its a good site that prompts you for all the stuff you will need, not just the obvious stuff like bath, shower etc.

Depending on how much you spend on fixtures and fittings, taps and tiles. we did ours up a while back and had some quality stuff and it came in around £7000 for labour and stone tiles floor to ceiling etc.

If you were going to do nice but plain white sanitary wear and reasonable tapes, fairly inexpensive tiles I think around £3000.

taps not tapes!

My advise would be to not compromise on the quality of the fitting and stay well clear of suppliers such as Victoria Plumb, Bathstore, Better Bathrooms. All they supply is value engineered rubbish. Dont expect anything from these suppliers to last beyond 3-4 years. Remember, the bathroom installation cost is not dependent on the quality of product fitted. A crappy shower mixer worth £100 cost the same to fit as a quality one worth £250 and the quality one will last 20 years. Rubbish fails in 3-4 years and then you incur additional cost to repair or replace it.

The place to save while bathrooms is china & tiles. The quality difference between the lesser brands and the branded products is relatively small. Spend the money on brassware, shower screens etc.

No one has ever regretted buying quality.

Thanks for all this advice. So, what alternatives are there to Victoria Plumb etc? Where do you have in mind when you say "quality"?

Think about Hansgrohe for taps/mixers, Aqata/Matki/Kudos for showers. China - Roca/Vitra is pretty good.

Thank you!

Ours was about 6k all in and we used midrange stuff...ideal Standard etc. We are in SE but not London.

Paloma12 - Add ideal standard to the list of sanitary ware but still recommend Hansgrohe for brassware. For the price they are almost unbeatable.

I totally agree with Kmsdesign that spending more on quality will save you money in long run - even in just a few years.

eg. those slightly more expensive brand taps and showers have 5 year warranty - for good reason.

Many DIY their bathrooms for less than £5k (according to various MN threads) but as complete bathroom renovation is our main business I can tell you that the average cost is about £8k. You can easily spend over £10 depending on what you choose.

On my website I have this page as a rough guide to bathroom renovation prices: taraplumbing.co.uk/bathrooms/price

Can I also mention size is not so important as what exactly you are choosing to put in there so a tiny bathroom could easily exceed £12k but a big room can be done on a tight budget.

I'm about to hire bathroom fitters. I'd expect to spend about 3.5-4K on labour+1.5-2K on Victoria plumb fittings+tiles (apperance nicer than basic), more on branded fittings. Can easily run into 8K and more depending on fittings and tiles.