How much should a new bathroom cost?

in_my_wellies

By chance I received an email from a bathroom company in America yesterday. He had miss typed the email address. The quote was $50,000, about £40,000 and she was providing the sanitary ware and tiles. I can see from the plans it's not a huge or complicated bathroom in quite a modern American house. 

I was shocked and after reading this thread I'm still puzzled as to how it can be that much. 

esksbanker

Doozergirl said:

MikeJXE said:

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Very nice in fact beautiful but thats a whole different world to the OP and their 3 meter square bathroom

Those bathrooms are for the mega rich and the design free included would never be noticed.

If I had a few million and live in a property that justified on of your bathrooms I wouldn't hesitate 

You have vast experience in mega projects but unfortunately none in what the OP is looking for 

Two of those projects cost less than £10k at the time with purchases from the local plumbers merchant and Topps Tiles.  

Two are in the very affluent range. The others sit in between.  The difference is mainly in cost of product.  

One is mine and much of it was sourced from ex-display and ebay.   

For the third time, you don't know what the OP is getting so you can't decide how long it needs to take or how much it costs.  A proper strip out and put back together doesn't take a few days. 

What does this £7-8k bathroom that you're describing look like?  

Which two pics are of the bathrooms in the very affluent range?

esksbanker

My bathroom, completed 5 months ago. Just under £14K. 

Doozergirl

esksbanker said:

Doozergirl said:

MikeJXE said:

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Very nice in fact beautiful but thats a whole different world to the OP and their 3 meter square bathroom

Those bathrooms are for the mega rich and the design free included would never be noticed.

If I had a few million and live in a property that justified on of your bathrooms I wouldn't hesitate 

You have vast experience in mega projects but unfortunately none in what the OP is looking for 

Two of those projects cost less than £10k at the time with purchases from the local plumbers merchant and Topps Tiles.  

Two are in the very affluent range. The others sit in between.  The difference is mainly in cost of product.  

One is mine and much of it was sourced from ex-display and ebay.   

For the third time, you don't know what the OP is getting so you can't decide how long it needs to take or how much it costs.  A proper strip out and put back together doesn't take a few days. 

What does this £7-8k bathroom that you're describing look like?  

Which two pics are of the bathrooms in the very affluent range?

Wanna guess? 🤭

Ganga

Doozergirl said:

esksbanker said:

Doozergirl said:

MikeJXE said:

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Very nice in fact beautiful but thats a whole different world to the OP and their 3 meter square bathroom

Those bathrooms are for the mega rich and the design free included would never be noticed.

If I had a few million and live in a property that justified on of your bathrooms I wouldn't hesitate 

You have vast experience in mega projects but unfortunately none in what the OP is looking for 

Two of those projects cost less than £10k at the time with purchases from the local plumbers merchant and Topps Tiles.  

Two are in the very affluent range. The others sit in between.  The difference is mainly in cost of product.  

One is mine and much of it was sourced from ex-display and ebay.   

For the third time, you don't know what the OP is getting so you can't decide how long it needs to take or how much it costs.  A proper strip out and put back together doesn't take a few days. 

What does this £7-8k bathroom that you're describing look like?  

Which two pics are of the bathrooms in the very affluent range?

Wanna guess? 🤭

1 and 5? only my guess.

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esksbanker said:

My bathroom, completed 5 months ago. Just under £14K. Everything was removed to the bare bones. > new stud wall and all other walls re-boarded, underfloor heating and all new electrics, VitrA sanitaryware and fixtures Hansgrohe shower with circular shower heads rather than those cheese grater shower heads, porcelain floor and wall tiles. I was taken aback when I noticed that the basin tap was £500+ though. Fitted precisely by a self employed neighbour. I can't fault his work for want of trying. Four weeks from start to finish.

Lol, my bathroom is a fraction of the size of yours and I got quoted more

Gavin83

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Crosswater taps. Assume this one is yours then. Looks great!

Are soft furnishings OK in a bathroom? I would have assumed they wouldn't react too well with the relatively high moisture content you'd commonly get in a bathroom.

Gavin83

Doozergirl said:

esksbanker said:

Doozergirl said:

MikeJXE said:

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Very nice in fact beautiful but thats a whole different world to the OP and their 3 meter square bathroom

Those bathrooms are for the mega rich and the design free included would never be noticed.

If I had a few million and live in a property that justified on of your bathrooms I wouldn't hesitate 

You have vast experience in mega projects but unfortunately none in what the OP is looking for 

Two of those projects cost less than £10k at the time with purchases from the local plumbers merchant and Topps Tiles.  

Two are in the very affluent range. The others sit in between.  The difference is mainly in cost of product.  

One is mine and much of it was sourced from ex-display and ebay.   

For the third time, you don't know what the OP is getting so you can't decide how long it needs to take or how much it costs.  A proper strip out and put back together doesn't take a few days. 

What does this £7-8k bathroom that you're describing look like?  

Which two pics are of the bathrooms in the very affluent range?

Wanna guess? 🤭

Ohh this is a fun game!

I'll go 5 & 6. I'm pretty confident on 6, less so on 5. It was a toss up between 5 and 7 for me.

It is quite interesting how hard it was to spot the difference though. Are you allowed to tell us how expensive they were?

Edit: The more I look at it the more I think it's 6 and 7. The fittings don't look at all cheap on 7 and I doubt the textured tiles were cheap either.

Doozergirl

Gavin83 said:

Doozergirl said:

esksbanker said:

Doozergirl said:

MikeJXE said:

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Very nice in fact beautiful but thats a whole different world to the OP and their 3 meter square bathroom

Those bathrooms are for the mega rich and the design free included would never be noticed.

If I had a few million and live in a property that justified on of your bathrooms I wouldn't hesitate 

You have vast experience in mega projects but unfortunately none in what the OP is looking for 

Two of those projects cost less than £10k at the time with purchases from the local plumbers merchant and Topps Tiles.  

Two are in the very affluent range. The others sit in between.  The difference is mainly in cost of product.  

One is mine and much of it was sourced from ex-display and ebay.   

For the third time, you don't know what the OP is getting so you can't decide how long it needs to take or how much it costs.  A proper strip out and put back together doesn't take a few days. 

What does this £7-8k bathroom that you're describing look like?  

Which two pics are of the bathrooms in the very affluent range?

Wanna guess? 🤭

Ohh this is a fun game!

I'll go 5 & 6. I'm pretty confident on 6, less so on 5. It was a toss up between 5 and 7 for me.

It is quite interesting how hard it was to spot the difference though. Are you allowed to tell us how expensive they were?

Edit: The more I look at it the more I think it's 6 and 7. The fittings don't look at all cheap on 7 and I doubt the textured tiles were cheap either.

You're right on 6.   I was told it's the same bathroom that Michelle Obama picked for the Whitehouse.   There's semi-precious stone in the tiling, amongst other things.   The tiles & fittings were £70k 😱, and there was as much building work as you can imagine on top, even the joists were wrecked.  It took a month to tile - the ones in the floor were individual and effectively dumped in bag like a jigsaw.  I had to get everything around the edges cut and polished by a stonemason. 

The other one is 9!   You can't see the tiles very well but they were insanely expensive too, like £1,000 a metre... 

Yes, the Crosswater stuff is mine. 😁   

Gavin83

Doozergirl said:

Gavin83 said:

Doozergirl said:

esksbanker said:

Doozergirl said:

MikeJXE said:

Doozergirl said:

The Federation of Master Builders, design fee included in build cost, mid to higher end of pay rates for our region, not enough.  

There's a range of product costs in these photos, but the same people build them. All from scratch - either newly created rooms or back to brick for a proper finish that will stand the test of time.   All designed and PMd by me, apart from the last one PMd by my husband.   

Very nice in fact beautiful but thats a whole different world to the OP and their 3 meter square bathroom

Those bathrooms are for the mega rich and the design free included would never be noticed.

If I had a few million and live in a property that justified on of your bathrooms I wouldn't hesitate 

You have vast experience in mega projects but unfortunately none in what the OP is looking for 

Two of those projects cost less than £10k at the time with purchases from the local plumbers merchant and Topps Tiles.  

Two are in the very affluent range. The others sit in between.  The difference is mainly in cost of product.  

One is mine and much of it was sourced from ex-display and ebay.   

For the third time, you don't know what the OP is getting so you can't decide how long it needs to take or how much it costs.  A proper strip out and put back together doesn't take a few days. 

What does this £7-8k bathroom that you're describing look like?  

Which two pics are of the bathrooms in the very affluent range?

Wanna guess? 🤭

Ohh this is a fun game!

I'll go 5 & 6. I'm pretty confident on 6, less so on 5. It was a toss up between 5 and 7 for me.

It is quite interesting how hard it was to spot the difference though. Are you allowed to tell us how expensive they were?

Edit: The more I look at it the more I think it's 6 and 7. The fittings don't look at all cheap on 7 and I doubt the textured tiles were cheap either.

You're right on 6.   I was told it's the same bathroom that Michelle Obama picked for the Whitehouse.   There's semi-precious stone in the tiling, amongst other things.   The tiles & fittings were £70k 😱, and there was as much building work as you can imagine on top, even the joists were wrecked.  It took a month to tile - the ones in the floor were individual and effectively dumped in bag like a jigsaw.  I had to get everything around the edges cut and polished by a stonemason. 

The other one is 9!   You can't see the tiles very well but they were insanely expensive too, like £1,000 a metre... 

Yes, the Crosswater stuff is mine. 😁   

That’s extortionate! I’m all for buying quality but you’d have to have money to burn to be buying £1k a meter tiles. It’s probably the size of the photo but I actually thought it was those wall panels….

Based on what you’re saying I assume the majority of the cost for truly expensive bathrooms is in the tiles. I did see a bath that cost £12k though so there are certainly expensive fixtures out there too.

My en-suite cost around £4k all in which included replacing the subfloor, adding extra joists and all the plumbing. I did do all the work myself though. I expect had I got someone in to do it I’d have been stumping up something in the region of £10k.