3 bathrooms + guest WC - how much and from where?

[Indy]

In the process of getting bathroom designs and quotes and we've had the 1st one come through. 

 

£21k for 3 bathrooms (all 3 have showers, 1 has a bath and shower) and a guest WC. This is parts only.

 

I don't know if this is too low or too high but it doesn't include installation. Do I get an installer from the bathrooms company or would this be something the main contractor would be able to do as part of the larger overall build?

 

Also - the brands listed in there are new to me and not the usual ones I see in high street shops - AVA, Faeber, Vado, Kaldewei. Are these any good or any recommendations on brands?

[twice round the block]

Go to your local Grant and Stone plumbers merchant.

Choose the brand and style you want in the showroom and they will give you a price for trays, basins taps etc all in.

They will also recommend a couple of plumbers to price the job if you ask them.

 

[Russell griffiths]

£4000 per shower room £5000 for the shower/ bathroom, excluding tiles. 

[Indy]

Ok, just had a better look at ours and it’s closer to £22k than £21k, but it does include tiling all the way through all of the rooms and a wet room floor in the 3 bath rooms as well. 

[Indy]

Would love to hear more on this from others. We've been back and the quote has now come back at £22k ex VAT for the 4 bathrooms. Mid to high spec in terms of finishes.

• 2 x shower rooms
• 1 x bath + shower room
• 1 x guest WC 

This includes all fittings, vanity units, mirrors, storage and tiling/adhesives but not the install, internal lighting as per design and build out of the rooms (enclosed shower rooms, seating in one shower area etc). 

 

In terms of brands, they seemed to indicate these are quality fittings that will last under Hard London water for far longer than the base spec Grohe/Gerberit stuff. 

 

Is it too high and worth looking at alternatives? Personally, I'd like it to be under £20k if possible as installation will also be a decent amount. 

[JohnMo]

Go around showrooms look for ex display or offers.  Just looked at cost spreadsheets, the whole plumbing (including boiler), central heating and all parts for 3 bathrooms came in at £10k, all Branded parts no cheapo bits.

[Bramco]

On 18/11/2024 at 13:39, Indy said:

these are quality fittings that will last under Hard London water for far longer than the base spec Grohe/Gerberit stuff

They would say that wouldn't they......

 

Should be quite easy to price up 1 of the bathrooms according to their spec using the interweb and check out the quote. Use the simplest for speed.

We used our builder and his tiler and plumbers to do the bathrooms - worked out very well. We did client supply on all the fittings and tiles, with the exception of the wet room sealing and traps which were specced by the architect. We have 2 en-suites (1 with a £1k egg shaped bath), one family bathroom, with shower over a bath and 1 wc. Sanitaryware was £9500 ex. Tiling is a bit difficult to strip out as the floor tiles were part of the flooring we used throughout. Wall tiles for 1 of the en-suites and the family bathroom was about £500. So let's say £11.5k for the client supply items, that's without of course the labour provided by the builder's subbies.  That was 2.5 years ago.

 

EDIT - should add that it's all wall hung loos, top of the range taps, showers etc. from Hansgrohe, Geberit etc.

PS - if Brexit hadn't happened, we could have bought everything from Germany for about 30% less than we actually had to pay - don't believe it, check it out for yourself, I did because we'd bought from German outlets before..   :-(((((

 

Edited November 19 by Bramco