- Postcode districts
- SO50, SO53
- Nearby
- Hedge End, Southampton and Romsey
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Hampshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Eastleigh?
In Eastleigh, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, based on South East England prices. 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 Eastleigh including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Eastleigh
As well as Eastleigh itself (SO50 and SO53), we survey in Hedge End, Southampton and Romsey.
In Eastleigh, as anywhere, the age of the house decides a lot: pipe sizes, floor construction and where the soil stack runs. Where your Eastleigh home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. We survey cloakrooms in Eastleigh with the headroom in mind as well as the floor area, because under-stair spaces lose height quickly.
Supplies across most of Hampshire 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
- A concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A survey that checks the headroom under the stairs, the door swing and how the waste will reach the drain
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
Decisions to make first
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.
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.
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.
