'Luxury' new build flat - no shaving points or bathroom mirrors

AnotherJoe

fairy_lights wrote: »

Who uses shaving points these days, really?

I do. Electric toothbrush is plugged into it 24 x 365.

The OP should have one fitted now by the builder because it will be an absolute (and costly) pain to retrofit. Every new house I've bought (all two of them) had the ability to specify extra points etc, at a cost. Does this one not do that?

Hoploz

I can see that shaver sockets don't do a lot for the modern minimalist look. However, I think they are necessary. I would expect to have one of those bathroom units with built in shaver socket in a new bathroom. Ideally with a mirror on the front lol

pinkteapot

We also use our shaver socket all the time - toothbrushes and hubby's razor. BUT, this is the first house where we've actually used it, because the socket is just above a cabinet that you can sit your charging item on. Too often I see shaving sockets in the middle of a wall. What are you meant to do - leave your toothbrush dangling from it?!

DRP

pinkteapot wrote: »

We also use our shaver socket all the time - toothbrushes and hubby's razor. BUT, this is the first house where we've actually used it, because the socket is just above a cabinet that you can sit your charging item on. Too often I see shaving sockets in the middle of a wall. What are you meant to do - leave your toothbrush dangling from it?!

Yes 2x toothbrushes for us too.

A socket is often incorporated into a mirror/cabinet these days - we'll be installing one when we get our bathroom done...

ellie27

I can't believe you 'assumed' things would be included when you bought the house. You get what you pay for and thats whatever is on the plans when you signed.

What one persons idea of 'luxury' will not match what the next persons is.

Cornucopia

Mirror - not too bad, easily and cheaply fitted later. (I've had new builds with full-width mirrors provided, and others not - mostly not).

Shaver Point - essential. It will be a complete pain to retro-fit this, and it will require a qualified electrician to do work in a bathroom. The cable-run will be potentially lengthy, as there is unlikely to be any other mains supply in the bathroom that could be tapped into. I cannot recall any newbuild I have ever bought that did not come with these i.e. one per bathroom.

If the builders have put in the wiring and left it with a blanking plate, that's just cheap. Much easier to retrofit, though. Screwfix et al sell them, starting at about £13.

Mossfarr

I would want a shaver point too (for my toothbrush). I would also want a power source available so that I could install one of the new wall mirror/cabinets which have lighting. I would pay the builders extra to do this now before its all tiled. If you don't arrange for this to be done by the builders you will probably need to damage the lovely new tiling or have an ugly wiring conduit running down from the ceiling..

marksoton

Judging by the answers here it shouldn't be called a shaver point anymore but a toothbrush point.

Hoploz

Shaver/toothbrush point normally spurs from the lighting circuit

pathtofreedom

I'd expect a toothbrush point, is it too late to pay extra and get one put in? A mirror though I wouldn't expect to be included with a house, you'd buy that yourself depending on your style / taste.