Cost of new bathroom

[Brightstar29]

Hi all,

i’m getting quotes for getting a full new bathroom done and fitted, wickes have told me it will cost about 6 grand which seems awfully expensive?!

That’s including fitting, the reason why I want them to supply fitting is for the benefit of the finance option and also I’ve had a bad experience using someone independent before so find it hard to trust some individual tradesmen.

I had a quote from b&q the other day for just over 2 grand but that didn’t include fitting cost as they weren’t able to give me an exact figure on that yet, but surely it can’t be as much as Wickes.

Does anyone know of any other reasonably priced companies that will supply fitting and also offer a finance option?

Demo and installation will usually always cost way more than the actual bathroom. As your paying per hour for labour.

£6k fitted sounds quite reasonable to me tbh. Materials & labour has risen a lot.

Mine was £5k with fitting, new bath, sink and toilet and cupboard in one unit. Electric shower over bath, towel rail put in where none was before. I had shower panels instead of tiles on the walls and similar panelling on the ceiling which saved money as very quick to install. Flooring was actually left over from another job as I only have a tiny amount of floor space. New interior doors and door frames.

When my parents got theirs done the builder only had a small slot so they demoloshid it themselves, took all the tiles off etc, removed the bath and sink leaving just the toilet to be removed when the builder had a slot which saved them ££, demoing is about a days work

That sounds about right tbh. Mine was about £4.5k in 2014. I sourced everything separately and used an independent contractor. Quotes from the likes of Bathstore, B&Q etc weren't that far off that amount.

Literally half of that cost was the labour, and it took about a week to do it. It was a small space but a huge job - nothing was square (Victorian), and loads of fugly boxed in pipework that had been installed in the 60s that had to be chased into the walls and the electrics were shot.

£6k is very cheap. We had a small shower room fitted recently and the labour alone was £4500.

Echoing what others have said . Our new bathroom all in including tiling cost 5.5 thousand in 2018. 3 bed semi . Shower over bath. We were expecting about 3.5 to 4 , so like you were initially a bit taken aback . But once you see the work being done , 2 men, Long days it’s not really surprising .

So Wickes have said about 7.5 grand including tiling. As I said b&q quoted just over 2 grand for bathroom without fitting, I wonder if fitting would add quite a bit more to it?

We're paying just shy of £5k for labour alone so I think the deal with Wickes seems reasonable! Had some much higher quotes too.

I'm currently having my bathroom fitted (it should be finished on Friday!)

I enquired with Wickes initially, they quoted me £7k EXCLUDING FITTING. They were pretty rubbish with communication too and they couldn't get any fitters booked in until the new year (I enquired back in May...)

Ended up going with a local fitter who sub contracts gas and electrics, and then bought all the materials myself.

In the end, the materials cost about £3,500 (I didn't go bottom end of the range and I went all brass, so it adds quite a bit more. Plus the fitting, electrics, plumbing and full plastering ended up being about £5000.

My bathroom renovation is a bit unusual in that I wanted two bathrooms (ensuite and main) knocking back into one bigger bathroom. It required full electrics, plumbing, plastering and even a wall coming down and a door sealed up. It also had new floors, units, shower, tiling etc. The only thing I kept from the old bathroom was the rolltop bath as it was in good condition, so I saved about £1000 there. Hope that helps.

So in total, about £8500 all in, which isn't too bad considering the cost of materials etc.

Yes the fitting would add a lot but remember it's not just fitting, it's removing and disposal of the old bathroom and prep work for the new one. If you're having the same layout it might make it slightly cheaper.

I had two done late last year (London). First one was £6-7k, second was £10k (I moved all the plumbing around and bought expensive tiles).
I think that quote sounds good.