What does a luxury bathroom cost on Merseyside?
Our guide range on Merseyside is £11,250–£23,500 including VAT. Prices on Merseyside run at about 6% below the UK guide, based on North West England labour rates.
Premium
- Designer brassware and wall-hung pieces
Signature
- Underfloor heating, layered lighting
Statement
- Natural stone or microcement
Guide prices for Merseyside including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover on Merseyside?
- Liverpool
- Birkenhead
- St Helens
- Southport
- Wallasey
- Bootle
- Bebington
- Huyton
- Kirkby
- Prescot
- Heswall
- Maghull
- Newton-le-Willows
- Golborne
- Formby
- Litherland
- Speke
- Garston
- Halewood
- Moreton
- Haydock
- Hunts Cross
- Allerton
Supplies across most of Merseyside are soft. That leaves you free to choose matt black, brushed brass or clear glass without worrying much about limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your Liverpool home has a larger main bathroom, a freestanding bath with a separate walk-in shower is usually where the design starts.
What the job includes
- Large-format porcelain, natural stone or microcement over full tanking
- Bespoke fitted furniture, mitred tile edges and recessed niches
- Underfloor heating, layered lighting and any steam unit wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- A detailed survey of the floor structure, hot-water capacity, water pressure and flow
- A full product schedule naming every piece of sanitaryware, brassware, tile and light fitting
- Concealed thermostatic or digital shower valves, set into the wall to the depth the manufacturer specifies
Decisions to make first
Lighting
Layer it: IP-rated ceiling lights for general use, a lit mirror at the basin and low-level LED in niches or plinths for night, each on its own switch or dimmer.
Brassware finish
Chrome is the easiest to keep clean. Brushed brass, nickel and matt black look striking but show limescale marks unless they are wiped down.
Freestanding bath material
Acrylic is light and warm to the touch. Stone resin holds heat and feels solid but is much heavier. Cast iron is the heaviest of all and nearly always needs a structural check.
Shower system
A concealed thermostatic valve with a ceiling head and handset is the usual choice. A digital valve sets the temperature from a wall panel, and a steam enclosure needs its own generator and supply.
Rules that apply in England
Internal bathroom work does not need planning permission, but a listed building needs listed building consent for alterations affecting its character, including new soil or vent pipes through walls. Heavy baths and stone floors add load to the floor structure, which should be checked first. Electrics must meet BS 7671, including the IP ratings in each zone and 30 mA RCD protection on every circuit.
In England, the new circuits a luxury bathroom often needs, for underfloor heating, a steam unit or a digital shower, are notifiable under Part P. An unvented hot-water cylinder, often fitted to feed a large shower, must be installed by a G3-qualified installer, and any work on the boiler must be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer.