How much should I budget for a new bathroom?

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Our family bathroom needs updating.

We have an en suite so it's really only DS and guests that use it.

I don't have any money at the moment so need to save for it. What should I be aiming for? At the moment it has a bath, electric shower over the bath, toilet and sink, and heated towel rail. It's about 3m square.

I don't think any of the plumbing will need moving. We could spend huge amounts moving things about but would rather not. To have a mixer shower I think we would need a new tank in the loft and bigger hot water tank, so happy to stick with electric. I'd like built in units with plenty of storage, which we don't have at the moment.

I have looked at sites etc but don't want to waste tradespeople's time getting them to come round for quotes as it's a year or so away anyway (although they are probably booked up anyway!)

What should I put on my totaliser?

We stripped back to brickwork and replaced the floorboards, plus moved things significantly. Toilet and shower completely swapped round from opposite corners of the room and we moved a stud wall back 6 inches.

Key factor for us was that we did as much as we could ourselves, shopped around and only paid for the electrician. I trawled vintage and reclaim places for 18 months before we had everything we needed.

Cost 2.5k all in.

It can be done for £5k but be prepared for £1.5k - £2k of that to be spent on trades if you have it fully tiled.
I'm in the middle of a full refit for a small bathroom but I'm doing my own flooring and have shopped for sanitary ware and fittings in the sales. Also, a local handyman does a lot of work for me so only charges £220 a day.

I used a local, small scale builder who brought in a plumber and electrician when needed, we paid them all separately and there was no VAT. A bathroom specialist or a retail chain would have cost more. Also shopped around a lot for sales and discount codes etc.

We just did a very small shower room. Included some extra insulation in the walls when the plasterboard came off and everything new. Cost £6k but I think he underestimated the time and was honest so he didn't charge more.

We are in the south and have just had the bathroom refitted. Wet room style shower to replace the bath (arthritic knees making it hard to get in and out of a bath), and replacement built in furniture with built in cistern and semi integrated basin. No major moves to plumbing. £10k. It's very nice now it's done, well nearly, had major problems with fitters poor quality work, leaks etc and dismissed them before the job was finished, I'm finishing it myself.

We have spent 3.5k on new tiles, shower, loo, vanity, sink and bath. We have bought these over the last couple of months and looked for sales/end of lines.

Then our fitter is £250/day and has said 6-8 days work so around £2k for that. Then lighting is coming in at £700. And we have £500 for any other little things.

So I think we are looking at 6k all in give or take. We will rip the existing bathroom
out and paint the walls skirting’s ourselves.

SW here.

We paid around £9.5k in 2020 for a complete refurbishment of a slightly smaller but otherwise similar-sounding family bathroom without major changes to the pipework. That included all labour (around half the cost, worth every penny), full tiling and built in cabinets, Clearwater fittings, a new extractor system and Karndean flooring. The only thing we didn't replace was the window.

I would recommend a local trades person who can do the fitting rather than going to a showroom and getting them to sell you the bathroom and fit it.

IKEA can do a self design service in the store and online. Then when you go in store they check it with you and you buy the units.

Just redid our very small bathroom. New suite, tiling, plaster, electrics, plumbing, painting = about £7k.

Mine cost £10k, but that included knocking the separate bathroom and toilet into one room and moving all of the plumbing, as well as fixtures and fittings.

£12k here for en suite currently almost completed.

Had to have it fully stripped out, damaged walls redone, ceiling damage in hall repaired (leaking shower).

Fully tiled in a beautiful Porcellanosa tiles, gunmetal fittings, rainwater shower, 2 drawer wallhung unit with whb, wall-mounted wc, and tall cupboard unit. It's stunning.

I had it project managed by a plumber recommended by the bathroom company. He did everything but the tiling and plastering. Was well worth it.