Ask three Surrey bathroom fitters for a price and you may well get three very different numbers, because "a bathroom" can mean anything from a straight swap of a tired suite to stripping back to brick and moving the soil pipe. The figures below reflect what full refits realistically cost around Egham, Staines, Virginia Water and the wider Runnymede area. Nothing here is a quote, but it should tell you whether the number in front of you is sensible.
For a standard family bathroom of roughly 2m x 2.2m, most complete renovations in this part of Surrey land somewhere between £6,000 and £14,000 including labour, materials, tiling and waste removal. The lower end assumes the layout stays put and you are choosing mid range trade suites. The upper end covers things like a walk in shower with a wetroom tray, floor to ceiling porcelain, underfloor heating and a fitted vanity unit.
Small cloakrooms and en suites usually sit between £3,000 and £6,500. Larger bathrooms, or period properties in places like Englefield Green and Thorpe where floors and walls are rarely square, can push past £16,000 once you factor in the extra time levelling everything up.
Labour is the biggest single line, and the thing that moves it most is whether the layout changes. Keeping the WC where it is avoids touching the soil stack, which is often the difference between a five day job and a nine day one. Moving the toilet across the room can add £800 to £1,500 once you account for new soil connections, floor lifting and making good.
Tiling is the second big variable. Half height tiling in a plain 300x600 ceramic is quick. Large format porcelain, herringbone patterns or tiling the full ceiling height on all four walls can easily double both the material cost and the days on site. Wetrooms add cost too, because proper tanking and a correctly formed fall are not optional and not quick.
Older Surrey housing stock throws up surprises. Plenty of 1930s and post war homes around Egham still have low pressure gravity fed systems, and if you want a decent rainfall shower you will likely need a pump or a system upgrade. That is a separate conversation with a Gas Safe engineer if the boiler is involved, and it can add £500 to £3,000.
Other common additions: replacing rotten floorboards once the old suite comes out, boxing in ugly pipework, an extractor fan that meets Part F, and electrical work that needs Part P notification. None of these are huge on their own, but together they can add ten per cent to a job. A good quote either includes them or names them clearly as provisional sums.
A quote that is one number on a single line is not a quote, it is a guess. Ask for labour and materials to be separated, ask what tile allowance is included per square metre, and check whether waste removal, making good and decorating are in or out. Two prices £3,000 apart often turn out to be near identical once you line up what each actually covers.
Be wary of anyone asking for a large payment up front. Staged payments tied to milestones, such as after first fix and after tiling, protect both sides. And check that whoever is doing the gas and electrical elements is registered for it, rather than taking a general assurance that it is all covered.
A straightforward refit with no layout change typically takes five to eight working days on site. Add two to four days if the layout moves, if you are fitting a wetroom, or if plastering needs proper drying time before tiling.
Most like for like refits do not need approval, but new electrical circuits in a bathroom fall under Part P and structural changes or new drainage connections may need sign off. Your installer should notify the relevant work through a competent person scheme.
Almost always, yes. Keeping the WC and bath or shower in their existing positions avoids moving soil and waste pipes, which is one of the most time consuming parts of the job and commonly saves £800 to £1,500.