What does a small bathroom cost in Bedfordshire?
Our guide range in Bedfordshire is £4,800–£9,000 including VAT. Prices in Bedfordshire run at about 6% above the UK guide, based on East of England labour rates.
Essential
- Short-projection WC and basin
Signature
- Large-format tiles, mirror cabinet
Bespoke
- Wet-room style floor
Guide prices for Bedfordshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Bedfordshire?
Most of Bedfordshire has very hard water. We plan easy-clean glass, rimless toilets and finishes that do not show limescale. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If the door of your Luton bathroom opens inwards and catches the basin, re-hanging it or fitting a sliding door is often part of the plan.
What the job includes
- Lighting, extractor fan and towel rail wired by a qualified electrician, tested and certified
- Recessed niches, mirror cabinets and wall-hung vanity units to get storage off the floor
- A measured survey including the door swing, window position, soil stack and any boxing that could be slimmed down
- Boarding, tanking and tiling, with larger tiles where they suit the walls to cut down grout lines
- Shorter, narrower or shower baths where a full 1700 mm bath does not sit well
- Strip-out, waste removal, testing and a clean handover
Decisions to make first
Storage
Recess shelves into stud walls or boxing, put a mirror cabinet over the basin and use the wall above the WC. Avoid floor-standing units in very tight rooms.
Glass
Clear glass with a slim profile or none lets the eye travel through the room. A fixed panel needs no clearance for a door to swing.
WC type
A short-projection close-coupled WC sits closer to the wall than a standard pan. A wall-hung WC on a concealed frame shows the floor beneath it and is easier to clean around.
Door
Re-hanging the door to open outwards, or fitting a sliding door, frees the space behind it. In a very small room this alone can make space for a bigger shower.
Rules that apply in England
A small bathroom refit in the same room does not need planning permission. The electrical zones matter more in a tight room because the lights and fan end up close to the shower: fittings above the bath or tray up to 2.25 m must be at least IPX4, and any socket other than a shaver supply unit must be at least 3 m from that zone, which in a small bathroom usually rules sockets out. Every circuit needs 30 mA RCD protection under BS 7671.
In England, changes to the wiring in a room with a bath or shower are notifiable under Part P, so use an electrician registered with a competent person scheme. If you replace the extractor fan, do not fit one that extracts less than the old one; Approved Document F gives 15 litres per second for an intermittent bathroom fan.