- Postcode districts
- GU1, GU2, GU4
- Nearby
- Godalming, Woking and Aldershot
- Guide price
- £2,000–£5,000
- Typical time on site
- 2–4 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of Surrey
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a cloakroom or downstairs WC cost in Guildford?
In Guildford, a cloakroom or downstairs WC typically costs £2,000–£5,000 including VAT, based on South East England prices. Prices in South East England run at about 12% above 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
- 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 Guildford including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Guildford
We work right across Guildford — GU1, GU2 and GU4 — and in neighbouring Godalming and Woking.
Homes in and around Guildford vary, so we look at the floor, the walls and the water system before we price anything. Where your Guildford home already has a WC on gravity drainage, a macerator opens up more places a new cloakroom can go. If the only toilet in your Guildford home is upstairs, a cloakroom under the stairs or in the utility can save a lot of trips.
Most of Surrey has hard water. 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
- Compact sanitaryware: a short-projection, back-to-wall or wall-hung WC and a corner, wall-hung or slim vanity basin
- A new waste connection to the soil stack or drain, or a macerator where the rules allow it
- Strip-out of the old fittings, waste removal and making good on the hall side
- An extractor fan ducted to outside, wired with an overrun timer or linked to the light
Decisions to make first
WC style
A wall-hung WC on a frame gives the most floor space and looks neat. A back-to-wall pan in a short furniture unit is easier to fit against an uneven wall.
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.
