Bathroom tiling

Hi, I'm in the process of sourcing quotes for some tiling to be done in our (quite small) bathroom.
I've had my first quote and to be honest it seems quite a lot for the time it should take after doing my own research too so was hoping for some advice on that. A photo of our bathroom is below. We are having herringbone around the bath up to the ceiling (10cmx30cm tiles) and then half wall of horizontal tiles (same size) from the wall that the sink and toilet is on and wall opposite the bath. Price includes materials too and we've been quoted £1500. 




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  • bpj
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    Does the quote include removing existing tiles, prepping the surfaces and disposing of waste?
  • gozaimasu
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    edited 26 March 2021 at 2:45AM
    In 2016 I had a bathroom of that size completely redone for £3100 on interest free credit. That means new bath, toilet, shower, sink and tiling included. I did the floor myself (vinyl)
  • missile
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    Seems reasonable to me

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  • cattie
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    How many square metres in total? A majority of tilers will quote figures of around £30 per m2, (often higher in London) but of course removing exisiting tiles, repairing/preparing walls & disposal of waste can add to the final cost.

    I recently had my bathroom retiled but paid a daily rate of £200 & job lasted longer than I'd expected. If I'd been quoted the £1500, which includes materials, I think I'd be very pleased with the quote if it was the final cost of the job.
    The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.

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  • Silvertabby
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    The bathroom may be small, but there are a lot of fiddly bits in there.  Quote sounds very reasonable to me.  
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