New bathroom quote

lil_miss_17

Hi moneysavers,

we've had a quote for £2000 to do the following:

- rip out old bathroom
- put in new bathroom suite (toilet, sink and bath in same places as before)
- tile floors and walls
- fit heated towel rail

The quote doesn't include
- cost of new suite (we will get form Screwfix fr £200)
- cost of tiles and adhesive/grout
- cost of heated towel rail (approx 56 quid)

We are in Greater London/Surrey. Is this a reasonable quote?

markie1980

sounds expensive to me, unless it is a huge bathroom and a lot of tiling.
I would guess a maximum of £1400

tightrs

i paid £1000 for this about 3 years ago so i would agree with the previous post

sujman

Measure the sq mt of the walls and floor and apply £25 per sqmt for labour cost of fitting.

If you assumed its a 2 day job for everything else and £250 - £300 per day is a reasonable charge rate, that should give you a ball park figure for the cost of the job.

Kavanne

I paid £1400 labour, I supplied all materials except pipes and grout pretty much. Came to £2500 inc labour and materials.

lil_miss_17

our bathroom is about 2m square, and about 80% of the walls will be tiled, so quite a lot of tiling. Plus there's the floor to tile too. We're getting a polish guy to come round on Tuesday to give us a quote. He's been recommended to us by a colleague so we'll see what he comes up with.

tightrs - if you're in my area do you have the name of the company you used?

ajay3

we're about to do our bathroom and our quote is 2,595 plus vat. we live in inverness. we're doing a layout change - moving bath pipes and toilet pipes plus installing electric shower and towel rail. quote includes cost of shower and rail but not the suite. also includes ripping out old suite and tiles and flooring and replacing with wet wall on 2walls.

jamtart6

wow that is really expensive!

Kavanne

ajay3 wrote: »

we're about to do our bathroom and our quote is 2,595 plus vat. we live in inverness. we're doing a layout change - moving bath pipes and toilet pipes plus installing electric shower and towel rail. quote includes cost of shower and rail but not the suite. also includes ripping out old suite and tiles and flooring and replacing with wet wall on 2walls.

why dont you find someone who isn't vat registered?

worried_jim

I paid £800 labour for mine, 2 blokes recommended through a friend and they charged £400 each per week and they did everything electrical, plumbing and decoration, all I had to do was clean the tiles when they were finished.

andyhop

worried_jim wrote: »

I paid £800 labour for mine, 2 blokes recommended through a friend and they charged £400 each per week and they did everything electrical, plumbing and decoration, all I had to do was clean the tiles when they were finished.

£400 a week to be self employed!

As a kitchen and bathroom fitter i could make that working for a company 8-4 5 days a week after tax

You pay cheap you pay twice

Any bathroom no matter how small is £1500 exc suite and tiles, Tanking, Rcd protection, good quality silicones, grouts and fittings, certification are all inc