- Postcode districts
- CR2, CR5, CR8
- Nearby
- Coulsdon, South Croydon and Carshalton
- Guide price
- £450–£1,900
- Typical time on site
- half a day to 1 day
- Water
- Very hard across most of Greater London
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a new vanity unit cost in Purley?
As a guide, budget £450 to £1,900 including VAT for a new vanity unit in Purley; your written quote will pin it down. Labour costs in London put local prices at about 25% above the UK guide figure. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Fit your unit
- Fitting a unit you have bought
Supply and fit
- Basin, tap and waste
Double or bespoke
- Re-tiling behind
Guide prices for Purley including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Purley
In Purley we cover CR2, CR5 and CR8; we also cover Coulsdon, 1.7 miles away, and South Croydon.
In Purley, many bathrooms are in flats or converted houses, so we check lease consents, access and the floor below before we price. If your Purley water is hard, a tap with a removable aerator and a smooth one-piece basin top are easier to keep clean. Landlords in Purley can have a worn basin replaced with a vanity unit in half a day to a day.
Most of Greater London has very hard water. Taps, plug wastes and toilet pans scale up quickly, so chrome copes better than matt black, and a removable aerator is worth having. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Moving the waste and supply positions where the new unit needs them higher, lower or to one side
- A check that the wall can carry a wall-hung unit, with fixings to suit solid or stud walls
- A new tap, trap and the correct slotted or unslotted waste for the basin
- Isolation valves on the hot and cold supplies, so the tap can be changed later without draining the system
Decisions to make first
Waste and overflow
A basin with an overflow takes a slotted waste; one without needs an unslotted waste, often a push-button 'click-clack' type.
Width
Compact units around 400 mm wide suit cloakrooms; family bathrooms often take 600 to 800 mm for one basin and 1200 mm or more for two.
Rules that apply in England
In England, the tap and supply pipework come under the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. A new waste connection to the soil stack can be Part H work, and adding a light to the unit or above it is notifiable under Part P.
