Cost of new bathroom installation

A question about : Cost of new bathroom installation

Hi, I am having a new bathroom suite installed and I have a quote for the work. Basically, the quote is for ripping out the existing tiles and bath/toilet/sink and installing a new 3pc bathroom suite, tiling the floor and part of the wall and repainting the whole area.

The full quote is:

Remove old suite and tiles
Plaster all walls to make good
fit new bath and taps
fit new toilet and cistern
fit new basin and taps
fit new built in thermostatic shower
fit new shower screen
fit new chrome towel rail
Fit marine plywood to floor and screw at 150mm centres with stainless screws
Tile floor and walls around bath
Decorate room in colour of your choice

And the quote: £4,850!

I live in NW London if this makes a difference. Anyone have a view as to whether this is reasonable? Thanks

Best answers:

• Hi Zareer
  What items are you suppling. ie suite, tiles, shower, shower screen etc?
  Andy
• Does this include VAT?
• Hi andy, I am supplying all the items - tiles, suite, everything. he quoted an additional Ј1,600 for supplying them all, which I thought was ridiculous.
  beverlyhills, yes the price does include VAT.
• So he's a regesterd electrian is he? and how big (approx) is the room, that can make a difference to the price.
• I live in Lancashire. I am having a new en-suite fit next week. I am supplying everything. He has recently fit a boiler for us and charged the same as the other 3 quotes we got so I assume that he is average for this area.
  To fit new toilet, shower base, shower, (plus new shower in main bathroom) shower door, sink with vanity unit, extractor fan and to rip out the old suite plus supply skip he is charging Ј1600.
  Tiler is going to tile three walls of the shower and half way up the other two walls for Ј500. 11 1/2 square metre of tiles if that is any help for size. Supplying everything but the tiles.
  Plasterer to skim walls, knock off old tiles and put up new plaster board in the shower is charging about Ј200. Not got his exact price yet. Just an estimate.
  This does not include painting.
  Your price does sound very expensive.
• I'd seriously get another 2 quotes... sounds like a lorra lorra money to me
• Hi Zareer
  I would charge a maximum of Ј2500.00 based on what youl've told us. Maybe up to Ј3000.00 where you are. Definately get some more quotes. The whole job shouldnt take more than 2 weeks also.
  Hope that helps
  Andy
• It does seem a bit over the top, even for North London prices.
• Hi Raymond
  He will need to be a registered electrician because bathrooms and kitchens are defined as special locations by the NICEIC and can only have electrics done in them by an NICEIC registered sparks or a sparks holding the new Part P qualification.
  Andy
• Sounds very expensive _ I live in South East london and have been quoted Ј2000 plus VAT and that included installing fitted furniture - get some more quotes it really does make a difference. HTH
• Raymond
  The job, as far as i can tell, is removing a bathroom suite and installing new with the addition of a thermostatic shower. The shower will need plumbing in and i am ,rightly or wrongly, going to assume that there will be some degree of plumbing pipework required for the new suite configerations. Therefore, all the pipework will need bonding and cross bonding in accordance with chapter 5 article 4.3 of the 16th edition of the IEE regs. Therefore he will need to be a qualified electrician.
  Andy
• Have you asked individual tradesmen to quote on the work?
  Plumbers dont tile - sparks dont lay floors??
  Sounds to me as if you are getting a builder who will 'sub out' the work, adding his (large) bit on for the trouble.
  You will need a plasterer who would more than likely remove the tiles for you.
  A plumber for the fittings Inc Shower and he will probably know someone in the electrical trade to wire it up.
  Finally you need a tiler for the floor and walls, although often they can be separate tiling jobs.
  Sound to me like you are after the convenience of paying one man and if so you pay through your nostrils.
  I doubt if you would find one man qualified enough to do all of the work.
• i could come to n london (im the tiler) with
  friend(corgi reg plumber)
  supply the lot tiles, suite, labour, fitting, for Ј4800 !
• Was about to say the same thing tilemeister.I reckon at them prices i could stay in a nice hotel and make a holiday of it.
• Hey Tilemeister and Woodbutcher. I'll meet you there and we'll knock it out over the weekend between us at that price!!!
  Andy
• Good morning: I do know a CORGI registered plumber who has his Part P, is an excellent tiler and can do general building works as well...but I am biased as he has been my partner for 7 years now. We have just moved to East Kent after relocating from the south coast (renovated our home there, sold it online and used an online conveyancer as well.. we like a bargain!)
  Good luck with your search.