How Much Is a Bathroom Renovation?

In short: A bathroom renovation in the UK typically costs £3,000 to £15,000, with an average of around £7,000, according to MyJobQuote (July 2026) and Homebuilding & Renovating (April 2025). Rated People puts it higher, at £12,000 to £16,000 including VAT. Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens does not publish its own prices; these are third-party market figures. Keeping the existing layout keeps the cost down, while moving the toilet, forming a wet room or adding underfloor heating pushes it up. A full renovation takes 7 to 12 working days.

01 How much does a bathroom renovation cost?

A bathroom renovation in the UK costs between about £3,000 and £15,000, with an average of around £7,000 for materials and labour, according to MyJobQuote's new bathroom cost guide (updated July 2026). Homebuilding & Renovating also puts a complete renovation at around £7,000 on average (April 2025), while Rated People gives £12,000 to £16,000 including VAT (prices stated accurate as of 2026). Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens does not publish its own bathroom prices: every figure here is a published market figure, and we quote each bathroom in writing after a survey.

The sources differ mainly in what they count. Rated People's figures include VAT, ripping out the old suite and an allowance for materials; MyJobQuote splits its prices into budget, standard and premium tiers. The table sets them side by side.

MyJobQuote figures are from its New Bathroom Cost Guide, last updated 20 July 2026, and are drawn from quotes given by tradespeople on its platform. The Homebuilding & Renovating figure is from quantity surveyor Tim Phillips, last updated 9 April 2025. Rated People's figures include VAT and the removal of the old suite; its guide was first published in July 2022 and states its prices are accurate as of 2026.

02 What is the average cost of a fitted bathroom?

The average cost of a fitted bathroom in the UK is around £7,000 including materials and labour, according to MyJobQuote (July 2026) and Homebuilding & Renovating (April 2025), with most falling between £3,000 and £15,000. A new bathroom fitted here means the whole room: the old one stripped out, a new bathroom suite and shower, tiling, flooring, plumbing, electrics and ventilation.

The average cost of a new bathroom hides a wide spread. A budget refit that keeps the toilet, basin and bath where they are sits at £3,500 to £4,500 in MyJobQuote's figures; a premium bathroom with the layout changed sits at £11,000 to £15,000. Rated People's figures, which include VAT and the strip-out, start at around £12,100 for a small 2m × 2m room. Prices in the Midlands and Yorkshire run below London: MyJobQuote puts a mid-range bathroom at around £6,300 in the Midlands and £5,800 in Yorkshire.

03 What is included in a bathroom renovation?

A full bathroom renovation includes stripping out the old bathroom, a new suite and shower, all the tiling and flooring, first- and second-fix plumbing and electrics, ventilation and the finishing work. That is how MyJobQuote defines it, and it separates it from a refurbishment, which updates the surfaces or swaps a few items in the same layout. Homebuilding & Renovating's £7,000 average covers removal and disposal, the suite, a radiator, floor and wall tiles, new lighting, an extractor fan and decorating.

A quote worth comparing should list each of these:

• Strip-out of the old suite and tiles, and disposal of the waste.
• First-fix plumbing: new supply and waste pipework in the right positions.
• Electrics: lighting, the extractor fan, any new circuit, and the certificate for the work.
• Boarding or plastering, and tanking in the shower or wet areas.
• Wall and floor tiling, or other flooring.
• Second fix: fitting the suite, taps, shower, towel rail and accessories.
• Sealing, making good and clearing up, and decorating if agreed.

04 What affects the price of a bathroom renovation?

The layout and what is behind the walls move the price of a bathroom more than the suite does. These are the things that make the difference, with the published figures where a source gives one.

• Size. Rated People's figures rise from around £12,100 for a 2m × 2m bathroom to around £16,000 for 4m × 4m.
• Changing the layout. MyJobQuote notes that keeping the old plumbing positions saves hundreds, and that premium bathrooms are often reconfigured entirely, which adds to both materials and labour.
• Moving the toilet or the soil stack. Homebuilding & Renovating warns that moving soil stacks can be particularly expensive, adding a few hundred pounds to plumbing costs. The toilet waste has to reach the stack with a proper fall, and that distance decides what is possible.
• Tiling area. Rated People puts tiling labour at around £1,500 for a 2m × 2m bathroom, £2,350 for 3m × 3m and £3,400 for 4m × 4m. Our guide to what a tiler costs has the per-m² figures.
• Wet room and tanking. Rated People's wet room cost guide (May 2026) puts waterproofing and tanking at £800 to £2,000 and floor preparation and drainage at £1,000 to £3,000. See what tanking is.
• Electrics. MyJobQuote gives £900 to £1,200 for the electrical work, lighting, a new extractor fan and any new circuits.
• Underfloor heating. Rated People gives around £600 to £850 for electric underfloor heating in a 10m² bathroom, and £1,350 to £1,850 for a wet system. More in our underfloor heating guide.
• Region. MyJobQuote puts a mid-range bathroom at around £8,500 in London, £6,300 in the Midlands and £5,800 in Yorkshire.
• What is found under the old bathroom. MyJobQuote warns that rotten joists, old plumbing and damp behind the tiles can add several thousand pounds in older houses, and recommends a 15% contingency.

05 How much of a bathroom renovation is labour?

Labour makes up about 45 to 60 per cent of a bathroom renovation, according to MyJobQuote, which puts a bathroom fitter's work at £1,800 to £4,000 and the materials at £2,000 to £6,000 depending on brand and specification. Its average day rate for a bathroom fitter is £320, rising to £480. Stripping out the old bathroom, taking the waste away and making good costs £600 to £1,000 in the same guide; Rated People gives around £750 to £900, including a skip.

Rated People's installation-only figures, including VAT, are around £8,150 for a 2m × 2m bathroom, £10,000 for 3m × 3m and £12,150 for 4m × 4m, with £800 to £3,000 typical for materials. At the other end, Homebuilding & Renovating's quantity surveyor puts removing and installing a typical suite in the same layout at about £1,250 to £1,500 — a suite swap, before tiling, electrics or flooring.

Labour is the part people tend to underestimate. Research by the Federation of Master Builders, reported by Homebuilding & Renovating in April 2026, found that 71% of homeowners expect a bathroom renovation to cost under £10,000, and only 38% correctly identified labour as the most expensive part.

06 How long does a bathroom renovation take?

A full bathroom renovation takes 7 to 12 working days from strip-out to handover when one team works through it without gaps, which is our own figure. MyJobQuote gives 7 to 15 days, or as little as 5 for small jobs that change little, and Rated People anywhere from four days to three weeks, depending on whether one plumber or a team does the work. The same FMB research found 19% of homeowners expect a full renovation to be finished in a week or less. Our guide to how long a bathroom takes goes through it day by day.

07 Why do bathroom renovation quotes vary so much?

Bathroom quotes vary because each one includes a different amount of the job. One price covers the suite swap and expects you to find an electrician and a tiler; another includes strip-out, waste, electrics, plastering, tanking, tiling and making good. Before comparing totals, line the quotes up against the same list, and check whether each is shown with or without VAT. A low price that leaves out tanking or new boarding is low because it leaves out the part that stops the bathroom failing.

08 How does Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens price a bathroom renovation?

Barbers Bathrooms & Kitchens does not publish bathroom prices. We survey the room first — joist direction, the position of the soil stack, the pipe runs and the state of the walls — and then give a fixed written quote that lists what is included, so the figure you agree is the figure you pay. Plumbing, electrics, plastering, tiling and joinery are all done by our own team.

Our bathroom installation page explains how the work runs. If you are near our base in Creswell, see our pages for bathroom fitters in Worksop and bathroom fitters in Mansfield. The figures above are a sound way to judge whether any quote, ours included, is in the right range.