Cost of new bathroom installation - is this fair?

zareer · 31 March 2006 at 12:30PM

Hi, I am having a new bathroom suite installed and I have a quote for the work. Basically, the quote is for ripping out the existing tiles and bath/toilet/sink and installing a new 3pc bathroom suite, tiling the floor and part of the wall and repainting the whole area.

The full quote is:

Remove old suite and tiles
Plaster all walls to make good
fit new bath and taps
fit new toilet and cistern
fit new basin and taps
fit new built in thermostatic shower
fit new shower screen
fit new chrome towel rail
Fit marine plywood to floor and screw at 150mm centres with stainless screws
Tile floor and walls around bath
Decorate room in colour of your choice

And the quote: £4,850!

I live in NW London if this makes a difference. Anyone have a view as to whether this is reasonable? Thanks

booty40uk · 1 April 2006 at 12:08PM

Hi Zareer
What items are you suppling. ie suite, tiles, shower, shower screen etc?

Andy

beverleyhills · 1 April 2006 at 12:45PM

Does this include VAT?

zareer · 1 April 2006 at 12:50PM

Hi andy, I am supplying all the items - tiles, suite, everything. he quoted an additional £1,600 for supplying them all, which I thought was ridiculous.

beverlyhills, yes the price does include VAT.

pandas66 · 1 April 2006 at 12:58PM

So he's a regesterd electrian is he? and how big (approx) is the room, that can make a difference to the price.

wendyl1967 · 1 April 2006 at 1:44PM

I live in Lancashire. I am having a new en-suite fit next week. I am supplying everything. He has recently fit a boiler for us and charged the same as the other 3 quotes we got so I assume that he is average for this area.

To fit new toilet, shower base, shower, (plus new shower in main bathroom) shower door, sink with vanity unit, extractor fan and to rip out the old suite plus supply skip he is charging £1600.

Tiler is going to tile three walls of the shower and half way up the other two walls for £500. 11 1/2 square metre of tiles if that is any help for size. Supplying everything but the tiles.

Plasterer to skim walls, knock off old tiles and put up new plaster board in the shower is charging about £200. Not got his exact price yet. Just an estimate.

This does not include painting.

Your price does sound very expensive.

tanith · 1 April 2006 at 2:26PM

I'd seriously get another 2 quotes... sounds like a lorra lorra money to me

booty40uk · 1 April 2006 at 4:34PM

Hi Zareer
I would charge a maximum of £2500.00 based on what youl've told us. Maybe up to £3000.00 where you are. Definately get some more quotes. The whole job shouldnt take more than 2 weeks also.

Hope that helps
Andy

raymond · 2 April 2006 at 6:39PM

pandas66 wrote:

So he's a regesterd electrian is he? and how big (approx) is the room, that can make a difference to the price.

Why would he want or need to be a registered electrician ???

It does sound very very expensive tho

beverleyhills · 2 April 2006 at 9:46PM

It does seem a bit over the top, even for North London prices.

booty40uk · 3 April 2006 at 7:47AM

Hi Raymond
He will need to be a registered electrician because bathrooms and kitchens are defined as special locations by the NICEIC and can only have electrics done in them by an NICEIC registered sparks or a sparks holding the new Part P qualification.
Andy

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