- Postcode districts
- CR2, CR5, CR8
- Nearby
- Coulsdon, South Croydon and Carshalton
- 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 Purley?
In Purley, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,200–£5,600 including VAT, based on London prices. Labour costs in London put local prices at about 25% above the UK guide figure. 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 Purley including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Purley
As well as Purley itself (CR2, CR5 and CR8), we survey in Coulsdon, South Croydon and Carshalton.
London homes in Purley often mean stairs, permits and neighbours below; we plan the logistics as carefully as the bathroom. If the only toilet in your Purley home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips. If your Purley cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly.
Water across much of Greater London is 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
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
Decisions to make first
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.
Basin
A corner basin fits the tightest rooms. A slim vanity basin with a cupboard underneath gives somewhere to keep spare toilet rolls and soap, and hides the trap.
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.
