How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

I've seen that one in person. The finish is great, and I liked the way that the extended kitchen surface connects the kitchen to the living room. However, the little snug thing at the front doesn't work as there are so few walls to put any furniture against. In avoiding a corridor in the middle they created a corridor at the front.

Just had a quote of £6000 to redo a 3x3m bathroom (London) to do the whole thing (separate shower/bath, toilet staying in the same place) excluding supply the suite/tiles. Is that within the expected range? I can't keep up with trade inflation any more

think that's pretty reasonable

I'm sure I've seen folks saying they'd been given 10-12k quotes in this thread for similar jobs in the past year or so.

Assuming it includes materials (?) doesn't sound outlandish, as bonkers as that might seem.

that's cheap!

MIL paid about £7k (inc cheapish suite and tiles) all-in for a similar thing (although moving stuff around in the room) a year or so ago.

Well thanks for sharing it bc it made me realise we'd had a pocket door go missing on our plans and just sent a panicked whatsapp to our builders!

https://www.themodernhouse.com/past-sales/stockwell-park-crescent/
http://b-vds.co.uk/projects/tonal-terrace/
https://www.osullivanskoufoglou.com/riversdaleroad
https://www.osullivanskoufoglou.com/grovepark
https://www.themodernhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Highbury-New-Park.pdf
https://www.themodernhouse.com/past-sales/herbert-street/
https://www.themodernhouse.com/past-sales/howden-street/

few variations here

few variations here

We did this one recently and I think it's a very functional layout. Admittedly it's on the lower ground so a bit different but the middle kitchen works in my experience, unlike putting the kitchen at the front as @6pt mentioned, which I personally haven't seen done successfully yet - always makes a nice large house feel like a flat.

We did this one recently

Looks fantastic. Dread to think what that cost you!!

I think @Tenners works at Campbell Cadey rather than client? But still that is some project!

That double height library is amazing

Personally, about 600 hours...

Just had a quote of £6000 to redo a 3x3m bathroom (London) to do the whole thing (separate shower/bath, toilet staying in the same place) excluding supply the suite/tiles. Is that within the expected range? I can't keep up with trade inflation any more

My sister did one for £5.5k and she scrimped a lot. Stripped the old suite out herself and did a lot of the buying of the new one. £6k seems very good.

wow! congrats! looks amazing! great project!

I should clarify that that is not my house. I merely draw nice buildings, not live in them...

i am also an Architect....i know that feeling :(

Did mine in October and spent about £12k for full gutting and re-doing with some nice finishing kit, UFH etc

Thanks - I think I'm looking at £10k once I've added in the suite, tiles, taps etc. so it sounds like I'm in the right ballpark.

Sounds reasonable nowadays.

It feels like a lot but then I've also never paid for a bathroom before so have no context!

Bathroom bloke at wickes told me £7.5k was about average for them (I'm not in london's premium london, though)

We just had a quote for double that for 3.5x2m as per @hvsds I’d jump on it.

I just did my bathroom on the cheap for 6.5k that’s my second cousin (who does bathrooms) doing the work and me doing any running around plus doing things efficiently so LVT flooring with no grout/adhesive/time wasting, me doing the self level. He did the tiling which would normally be subbed out as he’s not a tiler and we picked big tiles to make it faster and the finish is good enough for what i want.
that price includes new stud walls and a full skim as the walls were fooked after ripping the tiles off.
the suite was not bargain basement just decent stuff that didn’t look grim as it has to last 2 years of rental and then not let the flat down when i come to sell.

Next bathroom we will try to do for £9.5k which will include some terrazzo, a tiler doing his thing, fancy custom metal powder coated vanity unit with reeded glass and satin bronze taps/towel radiator and the window reveal done in recycled plastic or perspex.

You can do things well without going silly you just have to put the work in sourcing, getting the right people and doing some of the work yourself. I have ripped out some of the bathroom already and will move all the rubble sacks and deal with waste collection as I want him doing the stuff i can’t do and do not want to pay him to stand in a queue at screwfix! appreciate this will not work for everyone and you might not have a ‘second cousin Dave’.

The plasterer was a bit of a find, nearly retired and from ‘Norf Kent’ but he starts at 7am as his wife gets up at 5am for work so he needs something to do, leaves just after lunch having cracked on with the job and charged me half London prices.

We swapped ours round so the dining/table area is at the front where the big bay window is and the living room area is in the middle. The sofas, coffee table and AV stuff seem to give the middle area a stronger "room" identity than the table did.

Our original thinking was we spent all our time at the table surfing/doing hobbies not watching TV so it we should have put place we spend most time where the natural light was. But after we switched we seem to spend more time in the living room area. Turns out we are just troglodytes.