- Postcode districts
- YO11, YO12
- Nearby
- Guisborough, Redcar and York
- Guide price
- £1,650–£4,200
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Moderately hard across most of North Yorkshire
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Scarborough?
Our guide price for a cloakroom or downstairs WC in Scarborough is £1,650–£4,200 including VAT. Prices in Yorkshire and the Humber run at about 7% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. 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 Scarborough including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Scarborough
We cover every part of Scarborough, including YO11 and YO12, and nearby Guisborough (31.6 miles) and Redcar (35.1 miles).
Homes in and around Scarborough vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. If your Scarborough cloakroom has no window, we size and duct the extractor fan so the room clears properly. Where your Scarborough home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go.
Supplies across most of North Yorkshire are moderately hard. Taps and wastes will need an occasional descale, and chrome or brushed finishes are easier to keep clean than polished brass. 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 concealed cistern frame or WC unit where the space allows
- Splashback or feature tiling and a new floor, often LVT or porcelain
- Lighting wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
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.
