En-suites in Cardiff

Postcode districts: CF10, CF11, CF24
Nearby: Penarth, Caerphilly and Barry
Guide price: £4,200–£8,400
Typical time on site: 4–8 working days
Water: Moderately hard across most of South Glamorgan
Survey: Free, at your home

What does an en-suite cost in Cardiff?

Guide price in Cardiff: £4,200–£8,400 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in Wales put local prices at about 7% below the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.

Refit

£3,700–£6,500

Existing en-suite, same layout

Typical

Upgrade

£5,600–£8,800

Fitted furniture with storage

New en-suite

£6,500–£13,000

Ventilation and electrics to regulations

Guide prices for Cardiff including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.

Working in Cardiff

We cover every part of Cardiff, including CF10, CF11 and CF24, and nearby Penarth (2.9 miles) and Caerphilly (6.7 miles).

Cardiff is a big place with every kind of home, from terraces to flats to new builds, so we never price from a photo alone. If your Cardiff home has one bathroom and a good-sized main bedroom, an en-suite is often the change that eases the morning queue. For an en-suite in Cardiff, the first question at the survey is always where the waste can reach the soil stack.

Most of South Glamorgan has moderately hard water. A quick wipe of the glass and an easy-clean coating are worth having on a new shower in Cardiff. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.

What the job includes

Tiling, silicone, testing and making good on the bedroom side of any new walls
A pumped waste or macerator where gravity drainage is not possible, and only where the house already has a WC on gravity drainage
IP-rated lighting, a shaver socket and the electrics done by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
An extractor fan ducted to outside, sized to the room and wired with an overrun timer or humidistat

Decisions to make first

Shower size

A 900 mm square tray is a comfortable minimum for an enclosure. In a long, narrow room, a 1200 by 800 mm walk-in tray with one glass panel feels far more generous.

Refit or new en-suite

A refit keeps the existing drainage and walls. A new en-suite costs more because the walls, waste route, fan duct and electrics all start from nothing.

Rules that apply in Wales

Wales has its own Part F with similar extract rates and its own Part P, which makes more electrical work notifiable than in England. The drainage for a new en-suite falls under Part H. The work should be notified, and you should receive the certificates at the end.

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En-suites in Cardiff: questions

How much does an en-suite cost in Cardiff?

An en-suite in Cardiff usually costs £4,200–£8,400 including VAT. Where you land in that range depends on the size of the room, whether the layout changes and the products you choose. After the free survey you get an itemised written quote, and the price is fixed in writing once the layout and products are agreed.

Do you cover CF10 in Cardiff?

Yes. We cover all of Cardiff, including CF10, CF11 and CF24, and nearby Penarth, Caerphilly and Barry. Survey visits are free and arranged at a time that suits you.

Is the water hard in Cardiff?

Who handles building control for an en-suite in Cardiff?

Building control for Cardiff is handled by the local council or an approved inspector. If your job needs sign-off — for example a new circuit, new drainage or a new extractor where there was none — we tell you at the survey and handle the notification as part of the work.

How much space do you need for an en-suite?

As a rough guide, about 2.5 m² is the practical minimum for a shower, basin and WC, for example a space of around 1.2 m by 2.1 m. The exact layout depends on where the door, window and soil stack are, so we test it against your measurements rather than a rule of thumb.