- Postcode districts
- BN1, BN2, BN3, BN41
- Nearby
- Shoreham-by-Sea, Peacehaven and Lewes
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of East Sussex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Brighton?
Guide price in Brighton: £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in South East England put local prices at about 12% above the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Existing downstairs WC
Upgrade
- Vanity basin with storage
New cloakroom
- Extractor fan to regulations
Guide prices for Brighton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Brighton
In Brighton we cover BN1, BN2, BN3 and 1 more postcode districts; we also cover Shoreham-by-Sea, 5.9 miles away, and Peacehaven.
Brighton is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. For a new cloakroom in Brighton, the first thing we look at is where the nearest drain or soil stack runs. If the only toilet in your Brighton home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Supplies across most of East Sussex 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
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
Decisions to make first
Door
An outward-opening door is usually needed so it does not hit the WC. A sliding door suits a narrow hallway where an outward door would block the way.
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.
