The main bathroom in most homes works harder than any other room upstairs. Children are bathed in it, adults shower in it before work, and it often holds the towels, medicines and cleaning products for the whole house. A family bathroom has to keep a bath, give you a shower that is worth using, and stand up to splashing, steam and a lot of traffic.
We plan it around how your household actually uses the room: who needs the bath, whether the shower goes over it or in its own enclosure, where the toilet sits on the soil stack and how much storage you need. Most family bathrooms we price come in between £6,000 and £11,000 supplied and fitted, including VAT, and the written quote lists every product and every job so nothing is left vague.
What does a family bathroom with us include?
- A free home survey covering room sizes, the soil stack position, your boiler or cylinder type and water pressure
- A layout that keeps a full-size bath, with options for a shower over it or a separate enclosure if the room allows
- Supply of the bath, basin, WC, brassware, shower, screen, tiles and heated towel rail
- Strip-out of the old suite and tiles, with the waste taken away by a licensed waste carrier
- New pipework, wastes and isolation valves, plus a thermostatic shower valve so the temperature holds when someone runs a tap
- Moisture-resistant boarding and tanking around the bath and shower before any tiling
- Wall and floor tiling, with a floor finish chosen to grip under wet feet
- Lights, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Final silicone, a test of every tap and waste, and a clean handover
How much does a family bathroom cost?
Our UK guide range is £6,000–£11,000 including VAT. Typical prices by kind of job:
Essential
- Bath with shower over and screen
- White suite, chrome taps
- Tiling around bath and basin
Signature
- Fitted vanity and WC unit
- Thermostatic shower, bath screen
- Porcelain tiles, heated towel rail
Bespoke
- Separate bath and shower
- Double basin or freestanding bath
- Underfloor heating, feature lighting
National guide prices including VAT, reviewed October 2026. London is typically about 25% higher and the North East, Wales and Northern Ireland around 7–12% lower. Your written quote after the survey is the price that counts.
What do you need to decide?
Bath shape
A standard 1700 mm bath fits most rooms. A shower bath widens at one end to give more standing room under the shower; a double-ended bath puts the waste in the middle so two children can share without one sitting on the plug.
Shower over the bath or separate
A shower over the bath with a fixed or hinged screen is the most space-efficient. A separate enclosure needs roughly another square metre of floor but means the bath queue no longer holds up the shower queue.
Bath material
Reinforced acrylic is warm to the touch and light on the floor. Steel enamel is harder-wearing and feels more solid, but it draws heat from the water faster.
Screen or curtain
Glass keeps water in better than a curtain and does not go mouldy at the hem. A folding or hinged screen swings out of the way when you are kneeling to bath a child.
Storage
A vanity under the basin, a tall unit or a mirror cabinet. High-level or lockable storage keeps medicines and cleaning products out of reach of small children.
Floor
Matt or textured porcelain is the hardest-wearing option. Luxury vinyl tile (LVT) is warmer, quieter and cheaper to lay. Avoid polished tiles where children climb out of the bath.
