What does a bathroom renovation cost in Buckinghamshire?
Our guide range in Buckinghamshire is £8,400–£16,750 including VAT. Prices in Buckinghamshire run at about 12% above the UK guide, based on South East England labour rates.
Refresh
- Make good and decorate
Full renovation
- Back to brick or studwork
Structural
- New drainage route
Guide prices for Buckinghamshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Buckinghamshire?
- Milton Keynes
- High Wycombe
- Aylesbury
- Bletchley
- Amersham
- Chesham
- Gerrards Cross
- Chalfont St Peter
- Marlow
- Amersham on the Hill
- Newport Pagnell
Most of Buckinghamshire has hard water. We plan easy-clean glass, rimless toilets and finishes that do not show limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Milton Keynes home is older and the bathroom still has original pipework or plaster behind the tiles, the survey shows whether a renovation or a refit makes more sense.
What the job includes
- New wiring, lighting, extractor fan and RCD protection, installed and certified by a qualified electrician
- New hot and cold pipework and wastes, with isolation valves to each fitting
- Repairs to rotten floorboards, joists or other timber found once the room is open
- Strip-out back to brick or studwork, with waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
- A survey of the structure and services: joists, walls, ceilings, pipework, wastes, wiring and ventilation
- Layout changes such as moved doors, new stud walls or boxing for concealed cisterns
Decisions to make first
Shower floor
With the floor already up, a renovation is the easiest time to form a level shower floor or a full wet room.
Plaster or boards
Plaster suits dry walls that will be painted. Cement-based tile backer boards are the better base behind showers and under heavy tiles.
Heating
Moving the radiator, adding a heated towel rail or laying underfloor heating is simpler while the room is stripped.
Combining rooms
Taking out the wall between a bathroom and a separate WC gives one larger room, but it is structural work and may need building control.
Rules that apply in England
Renovating a bathroom inside an existing home does not need planning permission. Listed buildings need listed building consent for alterations that affect their character, which can include internal work and new soil or vent pipes through walls. In a flat, check the lease: freeholder consent is often needed for wet rooms, moving the WC or new extract vents, and sound insulation and leak risk to the flat below matter. Electrical work must meet BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection on every bathroom circuit.
In England, structural changes, new drainage or a new connection to the soil stack under Part H, and new circuits under Part P can all be building regulations work. A registered electrician can self-certify the electrics; structural and drainage work may need a building notice or a full plans application to building control.