*sigh* this may take a while

EssexHebridean

I opened the Sant-And-Er account partly  because there was a branch near my office ....then literally within a few days of me opening the account, they closed the branch. Sigh! 

ohdearhowdidthathappen

EssexHebridean said:

I opened the Sant-And-Er account partly  because there was a branch near my office ....then literally within a few days of me opening the account, they closed the branch. Sigh! 

How annoying  

ohdearhowdidthathappen

We've had the money put by to do our bathroom since mid last year and have been waiting (im)patiently for our plumber to come free and we now have a date! 
He's really good and will project manage the whole job at a fair price so it's lovely to have a start date pencilled in.  He'll start in 8 weeks, so we need to start sourcing materials.  His quote includes everything; plumbing, tiling, electrics, plastering, carpentry, skip, project management etc and is £5k inc VAT.  We're changing from a 3 piece to a 4 piece with a big layout change.
We've got £8k put by, which therefore leaves £3k for loo, sink, shower, bath, tiles, paint, taps and flooring etc... I think it'll be plenty, but we'll need to be careful as it'll all add up.

savingholmes

Sounds exciting on the bathroom plans. 

I have 5 bank accounts. So if I hit a withdrawal limit - I can just reroute £ to another bank... It also creates opportunities for new switching bonuses...

lucielle

I have plumber envy!!  

L

mark55man

victoria plum (other websites are available) are still touting 70% off.  Everything we had got delivered within a week so your call if you go now and have stuff hanging around or go later when it might be more expensive

Debsnewbudget

Another vote for Victorian Plumbing
very good value  and lots in sale at the moment

EssexHebridean

Fantastic news on having a date for the plumber  - and yes, depending on the sort of thing you'd choose I'd say that budget will be fine for the purchase of the hardware and trimmings for it. Our "new" bathroom is 6 years old this year and I still absolutely love it. It still feels pretty much as fresh as it did when we first got it too. 

Drawingaline

Love a new bathroom. Our ensuite will need doing in the next year or so, some of the tiles are damaged and the shower door doesn't cost properly. Need to be saving for it.

ohdearhowdidthathappen

savingholmes said:

Sounds exciting on the bathroom plans. 

I have 5 bank accounts. So if I hit a withdrawal limit - I can just reroute £ to another bank... It also creates opportunities for new switching bonuses...

You must be really organised, I get confused unless I see it all in one place

lucielle said:

I have plumber envy!!  

L

He's so good and really very honest.  If we have random plumbing issues, he'll just come round and sort out with no charge.  He's done all our plumbing including for extension... I occasionally get other quotes to make sure all about right and he always comes in around the same and I've stopped bothering now

mark55man said:

victoria plum (other websites are available) are still touting 70% off.  Everything we had got delivered within a week so your call if you go now and have stuff hanging around or go later when it might be more expensive

Debsnewbudget said:

Another vote for Victorian Plumbing
very good value  and lots in sale at the moment

Thanks Mark and Debs, will take a look.  We're going to have a proper look at the weekend, we know our layout and the 'look' we want, so need to fine tune and check measurements.  We're going for mainly white with touches of black (taps, radiator, blind), grey floor so it shouldn't date as we have no intention of redoing while we live here.

EssexHebridean said:

Fantastic news on having a date for the plumber  - and yes, depending on the sort of thing you'd choose I'd say that budget will be fine for the purchase of the hardware and trimmings for it. Our "new" bathroom is 6 years old this year and I still absolutely love it. It still feels pretty much as fresh as it did when we first got it too. 

Really looking forward to it! We moved here 10 years ago and it was looking ok, but a bit tired so we just replaced taps and flooring and it refreshed the room.  Then when we did the extension, it got knocked around a bit to make way for new corridor and has looked really makeshift since.  

Drawingaline said:

Love a new bathroom. Our ensuite will need doing in the next year or so, some of the tiles are damaged and the shower door doesn't cost properly. Need to be saving for it.

We'll have to do our ensuite at some point... we fitted it as part of extension 4 years ago but with literally the cheapest stuff we could find as budget so tight.  We don't have a free standing shower in bathroom at the mo (hence the layout change!) so everyone uses the ensuite one... 7 of us showering everyday has taken a toll! 
Lovely plumber is going to quote us while he's working on bathroom so I know how much we need to save Maybe a job for next year... although I know now to book him a year in advance!  Because by then it should just be for DH and I, we can choose stuff that suit us rather than thinking of the ferals