- Postcode districts
- BN1, BN3, BN41
- Nearby
- Brighton, Portslade and Shoreham-by-Sea
- Guide price
- £7,300–£14,500
- Typical time on site
- 6–12 working days
- Water
- Hard across most of East Sussex
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a loft bathroom cost in Hove?
In Hove, a loft bathroom typically costs £7,300–£14,500 including VAT, based on South East England prices. We adjust the national guide for South East England, where prices are typically about 12% above the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Refit
- Existing loft shower room
Signature
- Fitted furniture to the eaves
New loft bathroom
- Ventilation and electrics to regulations
Guide prices for Hove including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Hove
As well as Hove itself (BN1, BN3 and BN41), we survey in Brighton, Portslade and Shoreham-by-Sea.
Across a large town like Hove, homes range from older terraces to newer estates; the survey tells us which pipework and floor we are dealing with. We plan loft bathrooms in Hove around the roof line, so the shower sits where you can stand and the eaves become storage. If your Hove loft conversion has a bedroom but no bathroom, the survey starts with where the soil stack runs and how much headroom you have.
Most of East Sussex has hard water. If your supply in Hove is the same, limescale on shower glass and heads is a real issue: easy-clean glass, rub-clean nozzles and a squeegee make a big difference. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- A survey of the headroom across the room, with the usable height marked at each fitting position
- A drainage route from the loft to the soil stack with enough fall, or a pumped waste or macerator where the rules allow it
- An extractor fan ducted through the roof or a gable wall, with the duct insulated through cold spaces
- A check of the floor joists where a bath or large shower tray will sit
Decisions to make first
Roof window
A roof window over the bath or shower brings daylight and fresh air, but plan the blind for privacy and expect condensation on cold glass.
Getting the water pressure
A pumped shower suits a gravity system with a cold tank; an electric shower heats cold mains water at the point of use; a combi or unvented cylinder gives mains pressure throughout.
Rules that apply in England
In England, new drainage and a new connection to the soil stack fall under Part H, a new bathroom needs extract of 15 litres per second intermittent or 8 litres per second continuous under Approved Document F, and new circuits are notifiable under Part P. If the work includes an unvented hot-water cylinder, it must be fitted by a G3-qualified installer.
