- Postcode districts
- TN34, TN35, TN37, TN38
- Nearby
- Bexhill-on-Sea, Hailsham and Eastbourne
- 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 Hastings?
In Hastings, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, based on South East England prices. We adjust the national guide for South East England, where prices are typically about 12% above the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Compact WC and corner or wall basin
Upgrade
- Feature tiles and lighting
New cloakroom
- Formed under the stairs or in a utility
Guide prices for Hastings including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Hastings
In Hastings we cover TN34, TN35, TN37 and 1 more postcode districts; we also cover Bexhill-on-Sea, 4.8 miles away, and Hailsham.
Hastings has a wide mix of house ages, so the survey is where we spot old lead pipework, weak joists or a tight soil stack. If your Hastings cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. Where your Hastings home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Water across much of East Sussex is 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 survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
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.
Macerator or gravity
Gravity drainage is silent and needs no maintenance. A macerator lets a WC go where a pipe could not otherwise fall, provided another WC in the house is on gravity drainage.
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.
