Bathroom Reno cost. How much should I expect to pay?

[Kmj2018]

Has anyone had their bathroom done recently?was wondering how much to expect to pay. The cheapest quote I had was 4k that’s for tiling, ripping out everything , plumbing , electrician ect. Everything needs replacing including spotlights , extractor fan ect. Also we are moving the bath, shower and towel rail to a different position. I have started a wish list and it’s looking like it will cost another 4k for materials including tiles 😬

Does 8k seem reasonable for a smallish to medium size bathroom ? I’m very near London if that makes any difference.

If anyone has photos and tips of recent bathroom Reno . I would love to see them . Many thanks

Not specifically bathroom related, but wanted to add about labour costs. I’ve just had my roof ridges replaced on a bungalow and the labour alone was £4.5k plus vat.

I've done two bathrooms in the last two years and they both cost 7-8k.

Average sized bathroom done last year -
£10k
We did totally re design it, took bath out, moved toilet and basin, electrics etc
The labour costs were more than the fittings and fixtures

Yes 8k sounds ok I think - ours was 10k (including new boiler) but everything was moved around which put things up a bit. We live in a cheap part of the country. Would probably factor in a decent contingency though just in case.

@DreadingItBadly we initially planned to use a bathroom design company to design and manage everything but when the costing came in I googled each item and some If the items were 50% cheaper if I had sourced it myself. I also didn’t like a lot of the things he chose so decide to do it myself. Hope I don’t regret this decision as it is also my first time. We are doing an extension in a few years and are considering a project manager as we feel so overwhelmed by such a huge project but 50% more is just too much

We're just doing an ensuite and I think it will come in at just under £8k - that includes skip hire and 2 days plastering (quoted at the max). Mostly going in the same place except we are replacing am electric towel rail with a dual fuel one and removing a radiator.
We have chosen Roca porcelain and units - we've had Roca before.

Op I think you will be fine doing it yourself. We have done the full project managed thing because we weren't on a tight budget (my lovely mum wanted to gift us some money after a very rough year for us so she's basically filled that gap to relieve the stress on me).

We also don't know a reliable plumber/fitter. We had that whole thing where people didn't come out for quotes, the guy who did our radiators has retired, no friends/neighbours could recommend anyone. If we'd have had that, we would have done more ourselves definitely.

My small 8x6ft bathroom cost me 3.2K including labour, I sourced all the materials myself and its fully tiled. Bath and toilet remained in the same place but we moved the sink.

We had day 1 DH removed all tiles, took them to tip.

Day2 Builder in removed all fixtures bar the toilet. Builder reset the pipes to centre if bath and pipes for shower

Day3 - plaster came - this needed to dry out for a day.

Day 4 builder came and plumbed in shower bath and sink fitted worktop for sink .

Day 5 plumber signed of plumbing was here 2 hours to fit towel rail toilet and shower /sink

let down by tiller - found another one for the following week -

Builder returned to fit shower screen, mirror (electrics) blind, toilet roll holder

Week later flooring

We have a second bathroom so not inconvenient as far as showers etc go.

We made sure everything was delivered and ready to go.

Thanks that’s helpful. The online tools require measurements though, and I don’t know how to do those accurately.

Wow ..some of the cost quoted here are huge! I did mine for 1.5k, I got a plumber to do the plumbing part and I did tiling and painting. Looks great but was hard work.

I paid £7k in total about 2 years ago.

It is a big bathroom (Victorian house - would have originally been a big double bedroom) and originally had bath, pedestal basin and loo and we wanted a shower cubicle too. Involved some moving around and extra plumbing work.

We had a local plumber who does other stuff too do it all. We planned it, he told us what would work. We sourced sanitary ware and showed him pics to make sure suitable. We ordered it. He then did the job and it took him about 3-4 weeks as a one man band and working quite slowly, but very methodically. Involved him heading off to get materials etc too. We paid him about £4.5 k and rest was materials.

The only thing that wasn’t quite so good was floor fitting - was wood-look vinyl and it’s okay but the edging could have been better. In future I’d get a specialist floor/carpet fitter for that part. The plumbing, tiling, etc was all great.

Hi everyone, so we finally completed it and ended up costing nearly £10k 🤦‍♀️

Well you can’t dump that there without a photo

@Threetulips lol

alot of the cost was having to move everything around , the floors and walls were in a bad state so extra days were needed to fix everything. We also had to add a shower pump which was another expensive cost !

Oh and we moved the window to a different wall but that was separate cost

It's stunning! Looks really good.

The before photo was taken by estate agents btw so the photo looks brighter and bigger than it actually was. It was a pretty gross bathroom!

@Kmj2018 it looks lovely!

We are at the hellish part of ours at the moment where there is crap everywhere, no bath/shower/toilet and my sister and her bf who is a builder and has been helping OH with the job) are heading home today so OH will be flying solo.

It will get done but it's going to take ages as OH works full time.

We have a floor fitter due week after next but think we will probably have to push him back.

Pic if bathroom currently attached 🙈🙈🙈

@Davethecat2000 oh dear, but it’ll be worth it once it’s all done. It takes longer than you think doesn’t it? We didn’t do any of it and it’s a small bathroom and still took 2 weeks to complete

I recently undertook a bathroom refurbishment and was surprised by the varying estimates I received, ranging from £7k to £11k. Labour costs were consistent at £4k, but material costs varied between £3k and £7k, leaving me puzzled.
To understand the differences, I researched material pricing and found www.buildiro.com - a great resource for comparing prices and finding the best suppliers. This helped me save thousands on my project.
If you're in a similar situation, I recommend researching and comparing material costs online to make informed decisions and get the most value for your money. Best of luck with your refurbishments!

Had ours done last November- fully ripped out, down to brick, reconfigured and replaced. Came to £7.5k all in, north west.