Anything between £2k and £20k or £45k if you need a small internal wall knocking down.
Anything between £2k and £20k or £45k if you need a small internal wall knocking down.
Soldato
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I'd say you'd be looking at £6k
Forgive me - I obviously don’t know the full extent of the works needed but that sounds like an astonishing amount of money - a standard dormer loft conversion costs similar. How is the figure justified?
Good joke
A friend had an entire back of the house extension put up for 18 grand and that included internal fittings. And he chose the builder on the basis of his good reviews - other quotes came in cheaper.
Where 45 grand comes from, I'd be very much interested to learn, because it sounds like paying for good labour is coming in at a day rate of about £4000.
Where 45 grand comes from, I'd be very much interested to learn, because it sounds like paying for good labour is coming in at a day rate of about £4000.
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Interesting...
I've been quoted this:
Removing of existing bathroom suite, tiles etc
Decommission existing electric shower
Studding out window wall up to windowsill height
Fitting tile backer board to existing stud walls
Fitting new L shaped bath and alter waste to suit
Fitting new bath panel
Fitting new shower valve over bath and alter hot and cold water supplies to suit
Fitting new bath shower screen
Fitting new bath taps and alter hot and cold water supplies to suit
Fitting new WC set and alter water supply and sewer to suit
Fitting new basin and vanity unit and alter hot and cold water supplies and waste to suit
Fitting new magnifying mirror complete with light and electric supply to suit
Fitting new shaver point and electric supply to suit
Fitting new designer style radiator and alter flow and return pipe work to suit
Fitting 4 LED bathroom rated downlights
Reposition existing bathroom light and fan switch to landing wall
Existing extractor fan to be reused
Fully tile walls and floor
£4295 ex VAT = £5150 inc VAT!
And this is Northern Ireland, not London / South England! And the bathroom isn't even 2m x 2m...
I was expecting more like your quote.
I'm guessing that one or more of the following apply:
1) The guy we've picked prefers to source his stuff from the suppliers (he mentioned this is normally what he does, hence makes a bit of profit on that, whereas we were planning on buying everything separately)
2) Every bathroom renovation place right now is often booked out for months (everyone's getting home improvements instead of going on holidays)
3) He doesn't mind if he gets the job or not
4) He thinks we're loaded (we're one of very few detatched houses in the area and there's a sports car on the drive, albeit a 17 year old Nissan 350Z!)
Thoughts / opinions welcome - the guy does come highly recommended on Google / FB etc.
Does that price include all the fixtures and fittings?
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Interesting...
I've been quoted this:
Removing of existing bathroom suite, tiles etc
Decommission existing electric shower
Studding out window wall up to windowsill height
Fitting tile backer board to existing stud walls
Fitting new L shaped bath and alter waste to suit
Fitting new bath panel
Fitting new shower valve over bath and alter hot and cold water supplies to suit
Fitting new bath shower screen
Fitting new bath taps and alter hot and cold water supplies to suit
Fitting new WC set and alter water supply and sewer to suit
Fitting new basin and vanity unit and alter hot and cold water supplies and waste to suit
Fitting new magnifying mirror complete with light and electric supply to suit
Fitting new shaver point and electric supply to suit
Fitting new designer style radiator and alter flow and return pipe work to suit
Fitting 4 LED bathroom rated downlights
Reposition existing bathroom light and fan switch to landing wall
Existing extractor fan to be reused
Fully tile walls and floor
£4295 ex VAT = £5150 inc VAT!
The VAT doesn’t help. I assume he’s vat registered. How many quotes have you had? And you’re right everyone is having house work done so trades are charging what they want.
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Nope!
Sounds very very expensive, care to share the quote so we can make sure you're not being taken for a ride.
We've just had pretty much exactly this done (right down to the designer mirror, posh mirror needing elec, a bit of stud work, removing all the old stuff, new LED lights) but I got each trade in. Sparky was £500 (day and half + misc materials). Tiler was £1700 (room is 3m*2m) and plumber was £1750+VAT (others were cash so no VAT).
This is in Surrey so definitely extra for South East prices. Your price feels about 15-25% over before adding VAT onto it all. Our total that we paid out was £4300 for labour and I felt fine with that after seeing all the work done.
FWIW - this was with us purchasing absolutely everything ourselves like the LED lights, mirror, shower screen etc.... Trades just had to provide their own misc bits like elec cable, screws, sealant etc....
Soldato
I did my bathroom myself during lockdown. It's not huge but I didnt really skimp on fittings or quality. It cost me £4k for materials plus a plasterer for a day and a half. Adding labour I think would have been about £3k in addition.
Edit, basically your full list above was similar.
Edit, basically your full list above was similar.
Soldato
I did all my own bathroom……so only paid circa 1k for materials, which included a roll top bath.
Took out shower unit, took down all the tiles, took up the floor and redone the pipework, laid new floorboards, then osb, then fiited cushion flooring. Then i fitted tongue and groove too 850mm high all around the bathroom, then fitted dado rail above that, painted with waterproof bathroom paint, tiled the rest…..fitted new toilet and sink unit, then fitted new roll top bath
all done within a week. Jobs a good un
Took out shower unit, took down all the tiles, took up the floor and redone the pipework, laid new floorboards, then osb, then fiited cushion flooring. Then i fitted tongue and groove too 850mm high all around the bathroom, then fitted dado rail above that, painted with waterproof bathroom paint, tiled the rest…..fitted new toilet and sink unit, then fitted new roll top bath
all done within a week. Jobs a good un
Soldato
I wish mine had taken a week. It was probably 5-6 weeks doing it at weekends, also had to replumb loads .
Soldato
Posted this previously ....
We had some work done about 18months ago and these are "fit out" costs - the actual building work / first fix was included in the builders price.
We had some work done about 18months ago and these are "fit out" costs - the actual building work / first fix was included in the builders price.
Pics? What's cushion flooring?
Soldato
Cant do pics as i dont use hosting websites for my pictures……
Soldato
Or imgbb
Soldato
Here's my effort:
Still have to replace the door handle!
Still have to replace the door handle!