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How much does a luxury bathroom cost in the UK in 2026?

By Jonathon Barclay, Founder 19 min read

Most cost guides for UK luxury bathrooms do the same thing. They give you a wide range — £10,000 to £100,000 — and call it answered. The number you actually need is much sharper than that, and it depends on three real things: what you spec, where you live, and which pricing model your showroom runs. We are going to give you all three, and a buyer-guide filter for working out whether the showroom you are talking to is genuinely competitive on product prices in the first place.

UK luxury bathroom scheme 2026 - terracotta zellige feature wall, matt black Crosswater Union Collection shower frame and brassware, fluted oak vanity, organic-shape backlit mirror, globe pendant light, anthracite ladder towel rail, micro-cement floor
Terracotta zellige, matt black brassware, fluted oak — the £25k+ tier of UK luxury bathroom in 2026. Spec, supply and installation costs unpacked below.

01 · The cost reality

What does a luxury bathroom actually cost in the UK in 2026?

A genuine UK luxury bathroom in 2026 starts at around £15,000 and stretches to £60,000+ depending on spec, with most full-luxury refurbs landing in the £18,000–£35,000 range. Below £10,000 you are not in the luxury market regardless of how the showroom describes it; you are buying mid-market products with mid-market install. Above £35,000 you are paying for bespoke fabrication, special-finish brassware, smart sanitaryware and integrated systems that take a project from luxury to bespoke principal-suite territory.

The trade press uses £30,000 as its working definition of where luxury actually starts. The kbbreview Bathroom Designer of the Year award has a dedicated category for projects over £30,000 — the industry treats that figure as the floor of bespoke. Below it, you are in standard luxury; above it, in bespoke. For comparison, the Houzz UK 2025 Bathroom Trends Study reports a median primary-bathroom spend of around $15,000 (USD), so most UK bathroom renovations sit below the bottom of the luxury band entirely. Most online cost-guide articles dilute their ranges by including these mid-market jobs. We are not going to.

The numbers below assume a designer-led, fully-installed, mid-sized family bathroom of around 5–8 square metres. Ensuites, cloakrooms and wetrooms vary from this baseline by 30–50% in either direction. London and the prime South-East postcodes typically run 15–25% higher on labour. Outside the South-East, particularly in the Midlands and the North, projects can come in 10–20% lower for the same spec.

2026 UK luxury bathroom project bands

Tier Total spend Headline spec
Entry designer-led £15,000 – £18,000 Mid-spec brassware, single freestanding bath, large-format porcelain tile, fitted vanity, walk-in shower
Standard luxury £18,000 – £35,000 Hansgrohe Axor or Crosswater Union brassware, Catalano sanitaryware, Ca’ Pietra natural stone or large-format porcelain, freestanding bath plus walk-in shower, bespoke vanity, underfloor heating
Bespoke principal suite £35,000 – £60,000+ Special-finish brassware (PVD bronze, brushed nickel), book-matched stone slabs, Geberit AquaClean smart WC, integrated lighting and audio, sometimes infrared sauna or steam

Source: kbbreview Bathroom Designer of the Year category structure (£30k+ category cap), Houzz UK 2025 Bathroom Trends Study, supplier 2026 trade pricing.

£30k+

Where luxury actually starts

28%

UK homeowners hire a designer

58%

Enlarged primary shower in renovation

Houzz UK 2025 Bathroom Trends Study · kbbreview 2026

02 · The entry tier

What does £15,000 buy in a luxury bathroom?

£15,000 is the entry point for a designer-led luxury bathroom in the UK in 2026. It buys a coherent specification across roughly 40–60 product lines, with mid-spec choices in every category and a competent install. What it does not buy is bespoke fabrication, special-finish brassware in 8–14 week lead times, or smart sanitaryware. Below this tier you are buying mid-market product or making compromises a designer-led showroom would talk you out of.

Typical £15,000 specification

Category Spec Indicative cost
Brassware Crosswater MPRO or Roper Rhodes, chrome or matt black £1,200 – £1,800
Sanitaryware Wall-hung WC with concealed cistern (Geberit Sigma), counter-top basin £800 – £1,400
Bath BC Designs single freestanding acrylic bath £1,500 – £2,200
Shower Walk-in enclosure, thermostatic valve, fixed head plus handset £1,400 – £2,000
Tile Large-format porcelain (60x60 or 60x120), full walls plus floor £1,200 – £2,000
Vanity Fitted vanity with stone or laminate top, soft-close drawers £800 – £1,400
Install Strip-out, plumbing, tiling, electrics, decoration (3–4 weeks on site) £5,500 – £7,500

Indicative ranges based on Bowman 2026 supplier pricing for a 5–6 sqm family bathroom. Real quotes vary by spec choices and access conditions.

Entry designer-led luxury bathroom around £15,000 - Calacatta marble feature wall, dark walnut storage niche, BC Designs Aurelius freestanding acrylic bath, chrome wall-mounted basin mixer - typical specification at the entry of UK luxury bathroom cost
A typical £15,000 specification - BC Designs freestanding bath, chrome brassware, large-format porcelain tile. The entry of the UK luxury bathroom band.

03 · The standard luxury tier

What does £25,000 buy in a luxury bathroom?

£25,000 is where standard luxury sits comfortably. It buys a step-up specification across roughly 60–90 product lines, with branded mid-to-upper choices in every category, natural-stone tile or large-format porcelain in a premium pattern, a bespoke vanity, both a freestanding bath AND a walk-in shower, underfloor heating, and a longer install programme to coordinate everything properly. This is the tier most kbbreview award-eligible projects sit in, and the tier where most home-counties luxury renovations land in 2026.

The step up from £15,000 to £25,000 is not just better products. It is more product lines, more design coordination, longer install, and a more forgiving margin for the spec choices that are harder to get right cheaply — especially the tile-and-grout coordination, the brassware-finish coordination across separate suppliers, and the lighting plan.

Typical £25,000 specification

Category Spec Indicative cost
Brassware Hansgrohe Axor or Crosswater Union, brushed brass or chrome £2,500 – £4,000
Sanitaryware Catalano wall-hung WC, ceramic counter-top basins (often two) £1,800 – £2,800
Bath BC Designs cast-stone or composite freestanding bath £2,400 – £3,800
Shower Walk-in enclosure, thermostatic, fixed rainfall plus handset, body jets optional £2,200 – £3,200
Tile Ca’ Pietra natural stone or premium porcelain, full walls plus floor, feature wall £2,400 – £4,000
Vanity Bespoke vanity with quartz or marble top, integrated lighting, push-open drawers £2,200 – £3,500
Underfloor heating Warmup electric mat with smart thermostat £500 – £900
Install Strip-out, plumbing, tiling, electrics, joinery, decoration (4–6 weeks on site) £7,500 – £10,000
Standard luxury UK bathroom around £25,000 - Catalano sanitaryware in Carolina green, panelled vanity wall, painted freestanding bath, statement deep-green colour scheme - typical specification at the standard luxury tier of UK luxury bathroom cost
A typical £25,000 specification - Catalano Carolina sanitaryware in colour, panelled vanity, painted freestanding bath. The standard luxury tier where most home-counties luxury renovations land.
“Each step up the cost band adds about a third for roughly the same room size. You are paying for finish coordination, not floor area.”

04 · The bespoke principal suite

What does £40,000+ buy in a luxury bathroom?

£40,000 and up is bespoke principal-suite territory. It buys roughly 90–150 product lines, special-finish brassware in 8–14 week lead times, book-matched natural-stone slabs, smart sanitaryware, and integrated systems — lighting, audio, sometimes infrared sauna pods or steam. The room itself is usually no bigger than a £25,000 bathroom; the spend goes on coordinated finishes, bespoke fabrication and the install hours needed to get all of it right.

Above £40,000 the spec sheet starts to include things you do not see in standard luxury: PVD bronze brassware (from Hansgrohe Axor or Crosswater Union special collections), book-matched marble slabs cut from the same block (Ca’ Pietra natural-stone direct-from-supplier programmes), a smart WC such as Geberit AquaClean Mera, integrated cove lighting on a DALI-controlled circuit, ceiling-mounted speakers, and sometimes a dedicated wellness corner — an infrared sauna or compact steam shower. The trend press calls it the “spathroom”.

The cost driver above £40,000 is fabrication and lead time, not just product price. A book-matched marble slab takes a week of skilled workshop labour to cut, dry-lay, polish and number-mark each panel. Special-finish brassware adds 15–25% to list price plus 8–14 weeks to delivery. Smart-WC plumbing requires specific waste positions and electrical supply with isolators. Most of the £15,000 step from £25,000 to £40,000 is bought back in coordination labour, not in the products themselves.

Bespoke principal suite UK luxury bathroom over £40,000 - BC Designs sculptural slipper freestanding bath, full-height book-matched marble feature wall, period drape curtain, chrome wall-mount bath filler, white marble floor, walk-in shower beyond - top of the UK luxury bathroom cost band
A £40,000+ bespoke principal suite - book-matched marble, sculptural slipper bath, period drape. The cost step buys coordination and fabrication, not extra floor area.

05 · The breakdown

Where does the money actually go in a luxury bathroom?

For a typical UK luxury bathroom in 2026, the spend splits roughly 60% on products, 30% on installation, 10% on design and project management. That ratio holds reasonably consistently from £15,000 up to about £35,000. Above £35,000 the product share creeps up to 65–70% as bespoke fabrication and special-finish brassware push their share of the budget higher, while install plateaus — a bigger spec does not always need many more install hours.

The misconception most homeowners arrive with is that “design” is the line item that varies most. It does not. Across all three tiers, design + project management runs at roughly 8–12% of the project. What varies wildly is product spend, which can be anywhere from £9,000 at the entry tier to £30,000+ at the bespoke tier. The right way to compare quotes is line by line at the product level — not on overall headline price.

Cost split across the three tiers

  £15k entry £25k standard £40k+ bespoke
Products ~£9,000 (60%) ~£15,000 (60%) ~£28,000 (70%)
Installation ~£4,500 (30%) ~£7,500 (30%) ~£9,000 (22%)
Design + project management ~£1,500 (10%) ~£2,500 (10%) ~£3,000 (8%)

At Bowman, design + project management is included rather than line-itemed because we benchmark product pricing against the major online retailers. The notional 8–12% is the cost the business absorbs as added value, not a charge folded into product margin.

Within the products line, the biggest single spend is usually tile (15–25% of the project), followed by brassware (10–18%), then sanitaryware (8–15%), bath (6–12%), shower kit (8–14%), and vanity (8–15%). Underfloor heating, lighting, accessories, and fittings make up the rest. Special-finish brassware can flip this hierarchy — a single PVD-bronze concealed valve plus head-and-handset can run £1,500–£3,000, eclipsing the entire sanitaryware line.

Within the install line, plumbing is usually the biggest single trade (35–45% of install cost), then tiling (25–35%), electrics (10–15%), joinery (10–15%), and decoration plus making-good (5–10%). If the project involves moving the WC stack or relocating the soil pipe, plumbing spikes to 50%+ and adds £1,500–£3,000 to the install line.

Hansgrohe Axor designer brassware close-up - the most expensive single line of a UK luxury bathroom specification, where special finishes can add 15-25% over standard chrome and 8-14 weeks of lead time
Hansgrohe Axor brassware - one of the spec lines that flips the cost hierarchy when chosen in special finishes (PVD bronze, brushed nickel). Lead time 8–14 weeks.

06 · The pricing-model question

Why do showrooms quote different prices for the same products?

Two showrooms can quote £3,200 and £3,800 respectively for the exact same Hansgrohe Axor brassware kit. The difference is not the product. It is the pricing model the showroom runs — and which one applies to your quote determines whether the design service you are getting is genuinely free or paid for through the basket.

There are three pricing models in the UK luxury bathroom market in 2026.

Model one

Independent fee-based designer

Charges £500–£3,000 for a design package, then leaves you to source products separately. You pay twice — once for the design, again for the products at retail or near-retail margins from a separate supplier. Best when you want product-agnostic advice. Downside: independent designers rarely take responsibility for the build phase, so you become the project manager between designer, supplier and fitter.

Model two — the most common

Margin-funded showroom designer

Most UK designer-led showrooms run this model. Design is offered free; the cost is recovered through product margin. List prices typically sit somewhere between RRP and online retailer pricing — the spread funds the designers. The model produces excellent design and works fine for the buyer who never compares to online prices. The trade-off: products carry a built-in design subsidy, and the showroom has to qualify clients hard because designer time is the cost that needs buying back.

Model three — rarer

Online-priced designer-led showroom

Benchmarks product pricing against the major UK online retailers (Drench, Victorian Plumbing, supplier-direct sites) on every brand they sell. Treats the design service as added value the business absorbs — not a paid customer-acquisition cost folded into list prices. Bowman runs this model. Same brassware, sanitaryware, tile and bath as the margin-funded showroom up the road, but priced like the major online retailers, with the design service alongside instead of on top.

None of these three models is dishonest. Margin-funded showrooms across the UK produce some of the best-designed bathrooms in the country — the model works, and a buyer who never compares to online retailer pricing will get excellent value. The reason it matters which model you are dealing with is that it changes how you should ask about cost.

The honest test for any UK luxury showroom in 2026: ask how their pricing on a named brand (Hansgrohe, Crosswater, Catalano, Geberit) compares to Drench, Victorian Plumbing, or the supplier’s direct site. A showroom running model three will tell you straight: “within a few percent of the online retailers on every brand we sell.” A showroom running model two will give you a softer answer — “our prices are competitive”, “we focus on value not just price”, “the design service is what makes the difference”. Both answers can come from a fundamentally honest business; they just describe two different pricing models.

If you ask the question and the answer is vague or evasive, the design is not really free.

Premium UK luxury bathroom fittings - green onyx-effect feature wall, fluted oak floating vanity with twin vessel basins, Crosswater matt black brassware throughout, freestanding bath, woven rattan pendant - the same fixtures retail at the same price online and at a showroom that benchmarks pricing transparently
The same brassware, basin and bath retail at the same price online and in a showroom that benchmarks pricing transparently. The design service comes alongside.
“If you ask a showroom how their pricing compares to the major online retailers and the answer is vague, the design is not really free.”

07 · What quotes leave out

What costs do bathroom estimates often leave out?

The biggest single cause of luxury bathroom budget overruns is not price increases mid-project. It is hidden lines that were never quoted in the first place. Six recurring ones are worth budgeting for explicitly before you sign anything.

01

Building Regulation extras

Approved Document G (in force 1 October 2024) limits domestic water consumption to 125 litres per person per day. Approved Document L mandates bathroom extract at 15 L/s intermittent or 8 L/s continuous — an extract-fan upgrade if the existing one underperforms. BS 7671 Amendment 3:2024 (in force from 31 July 2024) requires 30mA RCD protection on every bathroom circuit and removed Zone 3 from the IP-rating zoning system; older quotes citing Zone 3 are out of date.

Add £200–£800 if these were not separately quoted.

02

Soil-stack relocation

If your design moves the WC more than about a metre from its existing position, the soil pipe needs relocating. The single most common reason a budget creeps up mid-project on UK home renovation forums.

Add £1,500–£3,000 in plumbing rework.

03

Joist reinforcement under freestanding baths

A cast-iron freestanding bath weighs 200–300kg dry; full of water plus an adult, point loads on the floor can exceed 600kg over four feet. In Victorian and 1930s properties, original joists usually need reinforcement. Acrylic and cast-stone freestanding baths are lighter but still warrant a check.

Add £400–£900 in carpentry if reinforcement is needed.

04

Storage and access surcharges

If products arrive before strip-out is complete, they need storing. Most installers charge £30–£60 per pallet per week for warehouse storage. London flats with no lift, restricted access, or congestion-zone delivery charges add 5–15% to install. Order before strip-out is the operative rule, but it has cost implications even when followed.

Add £200–£1,500 depending on access conditions.

05

Site management and snagging

Free design typically excludes weekly site management visits during install (£60–£100 per visit at most luxury showrooms), trade coordination if you are using your own fitter (often charged hourly), and snagging visits after handover (£150–£300). Ask before you sign which of these are included and which are billed.

Add £300–£800 if excluded.

06

Variations after sign-off

Each round of variations after a design has been signed off costs designer time, and most showrooms will charge for the third or fourth round. The first one or two revision rounds are usually included; beyond that, expect £75–£150 per hour of additional design time. Avoidable by signing off thoroughly the first time.

Add £0–£1,000+ depending on indecision.

Ca Pietra Cote Bourgogne natural limestone tile in a luxury UK bathroom - natural stone carries a subfloor-preparation premium most quotes do not show, since limestone is unforgiving on bad subfloors and demands extra preparation labour
Natural stone like Ca’ Pietra Cote Bourgogne limestone carries a subfloor-preparation premium most quotes do not show. Stone is unforgiving on bad substrates.

08 · The geography

How much more does a luxury bathroom cost in London vs the home counties?

The same specification typically costs 15–25% more in London than in Essex, Hertfordshire or Kent. The difference is almost entirely labour rates and access surcharges, not products. The major UK online retailers fulfil from central distribution, so a Hansgrohe Axor concealed valve costs broadly the same to deliver to a Mayfair flat as to a Halstead cottage. What changes is the install economics around it.

London labour runs at a 20–30% premium on plumbing, 15–25% on tiling, and 25–40% on specialist trades like joinery and stonework. A central-London flat with no off-street parking, a stair-only access route, and a congestion-zone delivery charge can easily add £1,500–£3,000 to install on an otherwise identical specification. Listed-building consents and party-wall agreements add further cost in central postcodes. None of this is hidden — it is just structurally more expensive to build a bathroom in London than in the home counties for the same kit.

Essex and East England sit in a value sweet spot for UK luxury bathroom buyers. Catchment for London-grade designers, suppliers and trades, without the London labour premium. From our Braintree showroom we cover Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester and Maldon at standard rates; from our Leigh-on-Sea showroom we cover Leigh, Southend, Brentwood, Billericay and Rayleigh. We travel further for projects that warrant it.

If you are based in Essex and shopping luxury bathroom designers, the bathroom design service from our Braintree showroom is the right starting point. Buyers in west Essex tend to compare against London showrooms and notice the price difference quickly; the cost case for a home-counties showroom is strong even before the design and benchmarking conversation.

09 · The honest moves

How can you reduce the cost of a luxury bathroom without cutting corners?

Five honest moves. None of them involve cheaping out on the things that fail expensively later (waterproofing, RCDs, extract fans, or installer experience).

Move one

Order before strip-out

Wait for products on a stripped bathroom and you pay for storage, accommodation, family-of-four-bathing-elsewhere logistics, and reorder cycles. Order, deliver, store on site, then strip. Saves £500–£2,000 over a typical project.

Move two

Choose finishes available at standard lead times

Chrome and matt black brassware ship in days. PVD bronze and brushed nickel can take 8–14 weeks and carry a 15–25% premium. If the project timeline is tight, picking standard-finish brassware shaves both cost and lead time. Same applies to bespoke vanity finishes and special-cut stone.

Move three

Spec like-for-like with the existing soil stack

If the WC, basin and bath positions can stay roughly where they are, you avoid soil-stack relocation (£1,500–£3,000), wall-cutting (£400–£800) and floor-lifting (£300–£600) on the install. The room layout you already have is often closer to the right answer than a Pinterest-driven reorganisation.

Move four

Use a designer up front

Counter-intuitive but well-evidenced. A designer catches mis-specs that would otherwise cost a return-and-reorder cycle of £200–£800 each, and prevents soil-stack mistakes that cost £1,500–£3,000 to fix. Whether using a designer is right for your project depends on the four trigger conditions covered in our is a bathroom designer worth it guide.

The fifth move is the simplest and the one most articles avoid. Buy from a showroom that benchmarks against the major online retailers. If the showroom prices the same brassware, sanitaryware, tile and bath at roughly what you would pay buying online, you remove the design-funded margin uplift entirely — you are paying online product prices and getting the design service alongside as added value. Bowman runs this model deliberately. The honest test is the one we covered earlier: ask any showroom how their pricing compares to Drench or Victorian Plumbing, and listen to the answer.

What we do not recommend is cutting corners on tanking, waterproofing, RCDs, extract fans, soil-pipe falls, or installer experience. Those are the bits that fail invisibly during install and expensively in year three. Cheap fitter, dear repair, is the rule on UK home renovation forums for a reason.

Frequently asked questions

Everything UK homeowners ask about luxury bathroom cost in 2026.

Genuine luxury starts at around £15,000 and stretches to £60,000+ depending on spec. The kbbreview Bathroom Designer of the Year award has a dedicated category for projects over £30,000, which gives the trade press's working definition of where luxury actually begins. Houzz UK's 2025 Bathroom Trends Study reports a median primary-bathroom spend of around $15,000 (USD), so most UK bathroom renovations sit below the bottom of the luxury band. The £15-25k tier covers standard luxury full refurbs; £25-40k delivers bespoke vanities, freestanding bath, walk-in shower and natural stone; £40k+ is bespoke principal-suite territory.
Yes, at the entry of the band. £15,000 buys mid-spec brassware (Crosswater MPRO or Roper Rhodes), a single freestanding bath, large-format porcelain tile, a fitted vanity, walk-in shower with thermostatic valve, and a competent install. It won't include book-matched stone, smart WCs or special-finish brassware - those need £25k+. But it will deliver a coherent designer-led result that reads as luxury day one and lasts ten years. Below £10,000 you're in mid-market territory, regardless of how the showroom describes it.
Because UK showrooms run two pricing models. Most operate margin-funded: list prices sit a touch above the major online retailers (Drench, Victorian Plumbing, supplier-direct sites) because the spread funds the free design service. A smaller group - Bowman is one - benchmarks pricing against those online retailers on every brand we sell, and treats the design service as added value the business absorbs rather than recovers through margin. Same brassware, same supplier, different list price depending on which model the showroom runs. The honest test: ask any showroom how their pricing compares to the major online retailers. If they hesitate, the design isn't really free.
Six recurring ones. (1) Building Regulation extras: Approved Document G water efficiency limits, Approved Document L mandatory extract fan (15 L/s intermittent or 8 L/s continuous), Part P-compliant electrics with 30mA RCD per BS 7671 Amendment 3:2024 - all real costs. (2) Soil-stack relocation if the WC moves: £1,500-£3,000. (3) Joist reinforcement under a freestanding bath: £400-£900. (4) Storage if products arrive before strip-out: £30-£60 per pallet per week. (5) Site management and snagging visits: usually billed separately at luxury showrooms. (6) Variations after sign-off: each round costs designer time. Ask for a written breakdown including these lines.
Typically 15-25% more for the same specification, driven mostly by labour rates and access surcharges (parking, congestion zone, lift-and-stair surcharges in flats). Product pricing is broadly identical because the major UK online retailers fulfil from central distribution. Essex and East England sit in a value sweet spot: catchment for London-grade designers and trades, without the London labour premium. Bowman's Braintree showroom serves Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester and Maldon at standard rates; Leigh-on-Sea covers Leigh, Southend, Brentwood, Billericay and Rayleigh. We travel further for projects that warrant it.
It adds value indirectly more than directly. A coherent £25,000 luxury bathroom in a £600,000 home rarely adds £25,000 to the asking price; it adds saleability - properties with dated bathrooms sell slower and at a wider negotiation discount. The Houzz UK 2025 Bathroom Trends Study reports 58% of homeowners enlarged their primary shower during renovation, and 87% added at least one sustainable feature; both signal the spec the market expects in 2026. Property valuers in the home counties consistently flag dated bathrooms (and kitchens) as the rooms buyers walk-and-deduct from. Spend is recovered most reliably when you're staying 5+ years.
The £25,000 tier delivers Hansgrohe Axor or Crosswater Union brassware in standard finishes, Catalano sanitaryware, Ca' Pietra or large-format porcelain tile, freestanding bath plus walk-in shower, bespoke vanity, underfloor heating - around 60-90 product lines on the spec sheet. The £40,000+ tier adds book-matched natural-stone slabs (extra fabrication labour and waste), special-finish brassware in PVD bronze or brushed nickel (8-14 week lead time, 15-25% premium), smart WCs (Geberit AquaClean), integrated lighting and audio, sometimes infrared sauna pods or steam showers - around 90-150 product lines. Each step up adds about a third in cost for roughly the same physical room size; you're paying for finish coordination and bespoke fabrication, not a bigger room.
Three honest moves. (1) Order before strip-out - waiting for products on a stripped bathroom adds storage, accommodation and rework cost. (2) Choose finishes available at standard lead times - chrome and matt black ship in days; PVD bronze and brushed nickel can take 8-14 weeks and carry a premium. (3) Use an online-priced designer-led showroom - if the showroom benchmarks against the major online retailers, you pay product prices in line with shopping online and the design service comes alongside without a margin uplift. We don't recommend cutting corners on tanking, RCDs, extract fans or installer experience - those are the bits that fail expensively later.
UK luxury bathroom finish coordination - Ca' Pietra Palazzo Oro marble brickbond tile, oak-veneer floating vanity with white ceramic basin, gold pillar tap, woven storage stool with yellow towel - premium materials assembled by a designer-led showroom that benchmarks pricing against the major online retailers
Where £25,000+ goes - Ca' Pietra Palazzo Oro marble, oak vanity, gold tap. Priced against the major online retailers; the design and coordination come alongside.

What is next

Working out what your bathroom should cost?

We are happy to talk costs honestly. The first showroom appointment is free, and we benchmark our pricing against the major UK online retailers on every brand we sell — so you can compare line by line if you want to. If you'd rather get a feel for the numbers yourself first, our interactive price guide walks through the spec in your own time. Whether your project lands in the £15,000 entry tier or the £40,000+ bespoke tier, the design service comes alongside the product price, not on top of it.

We run our design service from showrooms in Braintree (Springwood Industrial Estate, CM7 2YN) and Leigh-on-Sea. There is no design fee, no margin uplift on products to fund design, and no obligation to buy — though we ask clients to be seriously planning a project before we allocate designer time, since we do not recover the cost through your basket.

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