- Postcode districts
- RG14, RG20
- Nearby
- Thatcham, Tadley and Basingstoke
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Berkshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Newbury?
For Newbury, our guide range for a cloakroom or downstairs WC is £2,000 to £5,000 including VAT. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Splashback tiling, new floor
Upgrade
- Wall-hung WC with concealed frame
New cloakroom
- New waste or macerator
Guide prices for Newbury including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Newbury
We work right across Newbury — RG14 and RG20 — and in neighbouring Thatcham and Tadley.
Homes in and around Newbury vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If you are refreshing a dated cloakroom in Newbury, a wall-hung WC and slim vanity can change the room in a few days. We survey cloakrooms in Newbury with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Supplies across most of Berkshire are hard. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
Decisions to make first
Finishes
A small room can carry a bolder tile or wallpaper. A feature wall behind the WC costs far less here than in a full bathroom because there is so little of it.
WC style
A wall-hung WC on a frame gives the most floor space and looks neat. A back-to-wall pan in a short furniture unit is easier to fit against an uneven wall.
Rules that apply in England
In England, a new WC connected to the soil stack or drain is drainage work under Part H, and a newly formed cloakroom without an opening window should have mechanical extract; Approved Document F gives 6 litres per second as the design rate for a WC, against 15 for a bathroom. Because a cloakroom has no bath or shower, adding a light to an existing circuit is not notifiable under Part P, but a new circuit is.
