How much to move a bathroom upstairs?

[NewYearNewPlumbing]

I want to put an offer in on a house, but would need to move the bathroom upstairs, and can't offer until I have a rough idea of cost. (ball park - like £5k, £10k or £25k - I literally have no idea!).

The new bathroom would be in the third bed / box room directly above the current downstairs bathroom. The combination boiler is on the landing, the other side of a wall from the proposed new bathroom. I would want a shower, WC and wash basin.

S London.

Any idea?

Thank you!

Anyone?

A lot. First time buyers I know aren't touching houses with downstairs bathrooms. More than £10k but not as much as 25k. IMHO.

I can't see it being too much if the piping is directly below.
Hopefully someone with more knowledge will be along soon.

I would guess about £15-20 depending on the standard of fittings you go for. We did it in our previous house but had a lot of other things done at the same time so dont know for sure how much the bathroom cost. We did manage to create the bathroom without loosing a bedroom so still had 3 bedrooms - is there any way you can do this as it will add more to the value of the house if you dont loose a bedroom?

Thanks all.

No way to create extra space upstairs, unless I do a loft job as well - don't think so!

The space upstairs is currently an office spaced, it could only ever be a space for a baby, really. The office space / spare room can replace the bathroom downstairs, with nice access to the garden.

Any more experiences or insider knowledge?

About 5k in Midlands 5 years ago, very similar layout. Would assume 7-8k for London/inflation...

Yes - I think I am going to allow £10k.
Plus contingency.

No point in highest of high end fittings, for a small bathroom in a small cheap house. I need it to be smart, attractive, functional. And as I said, shower only, no bath.

8k

Ive just had a new bathroom - shower, loo and sink. Cost about 4K fitted and tiled. Putting one in a room above an existing bathroom is quite easy as the drains will already be there.
What you need to look at is how much more value you’d gain by doing this.

We just paid 9K for a new bathroom. Totally refitted including moving hot water tank. If you don't have a soil stack to move and the pipes are roughly in the right place then that's probably about right if you don''t go mad on the tiling etc. So have vinyl floor not tiled.

Get a radiator and a decent fan put in.

Also I'd consider whether a bath with shower over might appeal to a wider market when you come to sell....

£10-15k
A regular bathroom could cost £5-£10k
And maybe 1-2k to sort the building works/pipes. If the bathroom is directly below it should be easier

The additional cost is the waste ans pipe work.

Here’s a link on average costs, it’s just over seven k then you need to buy the bathroom itself, including any tiling, flooring, the units etc. I think I’d factor in about 12 k to do it.

www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/cost-moving-bathroom-upstairs/

I think in London I'd budget 15,000.

Value...well, people don't like downstairs bathrooms, but I am buying with the intention to move it.

A buyer after me could budget to reverse this - probably more cheaply because they will be reverting to the original.

Teeny third bedroom, barely more than 5' wide V an upstairs bathroom and a downstairs office for WFH is probably an even pay off.

None of the people who will live in the house ever have baths, we like a shower, so I will make sure the layout is such that a future purchaser could put in a bath. When you are paying the price of a house in London, the cost of swapping a bath for a shower is unlikely to be a complete deal breaker.

As my decision to move the bathroom has not been for me.

Such an interesting range of costs!

I would think 10k should suffice. I paid circa £12k for mine, replacing a bathtub with a walk-in shower. My fittings were quite high-end as were tiles.

What do you plan on doing with the downstairs space once you remove the bath etc?

*I'm in SE London btw.

The vacated space... hmm. If I could afford it probably knock through and create a bigger kitchen diner with double doors on to the garden.

Or keep it separate as a home office. It is actually a bit bigger than the upstairs 3rd bedroom.

I think you’ve got to make a house work for you and if you can afford it, then I’d do it. I think am upstairs bathroom, even with just a shower, will add more value than a downstairs one with a bath. Ultimately though you are buying it to live there.

I think the majority are saying the same thing, ten to fifteen, but you need to get some quotes in.

Exactly, Bluntness.

I actively enjoy a shower so don’t want to compromise with a shower-in-bath based on the view of a future owner!

I am about to make an offer so need to know what I can afford.

I'd say £15k if you just want the new bathroom. If you want to remove the bathroom downstairs and redecorate that room i'd add another couple of grand on it

£15k is a lot for a bathroom. You can get a good standard for around the £10k mark.

It’s not for the bathroom though, half that cost is the work in moving all the pipe work upstairs. That’s leaving about 6 or seven grand for the actual bathroom inc tiling and flooring.

@Smallgoon you also need to consider all the plumbing and redecorating, tiling etc