- Postcode districts
- SE5, SE24, SW9
- Nearby
- Peckham, Battersea and Streatham
- Guide price
- £2,200–£5,600
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Very hard across most of Greater London
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Brixton?
In Brixton, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,200–£5,600 including VAT, based on London prices. We adjust the national guide for London, where prices are typically about 25% above the UK average. 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 Brixton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Brixton
As well as Brixton itself (SE5, SE24 and SW9), we survey in Peckham, Battersea and Streatham.
London homes in Brixton often mean stairs, permits and neighbours below; we plan the logistics as carefully as the bathroom. We survey cloakrooms in Brixton with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly. If you are refreshing a dated cloakroom in Brixton, a wall-hung WC and slim vanity can change the room in a few days.
Supplies across most of Greater London are very 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
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
Decisions to make first
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.
Under-stair layout
Headroom drops quickly under stairs. The basin and the space in front of the WC need standing height; the low end of the room can take the cistern or storage.
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.
