Kitchen & bathroom refurbishment in London

Should you renovate the kitchen or the bathroom first?

If you are doing both, plan them together and build them in an order that avoids doing work twice. Moving walls, chasing in pipes and cables, and replastering should be finished in both rooms before new units or tiles go in. In a house with one bathroom, it often makes sense to do the kitchen first while the bathroom stays in use, then refit the bathroom in a shorter, planned window. Where the bathroom sits above the kitchen, finish anything under the bathroom floor before the kitchen ceiling is closed and decorated. Our guide to the order of work in a renovation goes through the full sequence.

What a kitchen and bathroom renovation costs

The two rooms are priced in different ways. In a kitchen, the units, worktops and appliances drive most of the cost; in a bathroom, it is the tiling, waterproofing and sanitaryware. We keep typical London ranges on separate pages for kitchen installation costs and bathroom fitting costs. Doing both rooms in one job usually saves money on skips, protection and making good, because those are shared.

The work behind the finishes

Much of the work in both rooms ends up hidden. In a bathroom, the walls and floor around the shower or bath need waterproofing before they are tiled, and the extractor fan has to suit the size of the room. In a kitchen, the cooker hood should vent outside where it can, and moving the sink or hob means new pipe and cable runs. These items cost more when they are found late, so ask for them as separate lines in the quotation. Our guides on waterproofing before tiling and moving a kitchen sink explain the checks.

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