Hello,
We have purchased a house built in 1998.
We now want to renovate the bathroom.
Our ideas are: a walk-in shower, corner bathtub, standard toilet, standard sink, and a mirror about 1.50 x 0.80 meters (5 feet x 2.6 feet), costing around 300€. The room is 11 square meters (118 square feet).
We plan to remove the old tiles ourselves. The new tiles we like cost about 25€ per square meter (2.3 square feet).
The tiling will only be halfway up the walls, except in the shower area, where it will go up to the ceiling.
The corner bathtub we like costs about 400€.
Can someone give an approximate price estimate? I know you can spend endless amounts on a bathroom, but we don’t want anything luxurious.
My budget is roughly around 10,000€. Is that realistic?
Thank you!
We have purchased a house built in 1998.
We now want to renovate the bathroom.
Our ideas are: a walk-in shower, corner bathtub, standard toilet, standard sink, and a mirror about 1.50 x 0.80 meters (5 feet x 2.6 feet), costing around 300€. The room is 11 square meters (118 square feet).
We plan to remove the old tiles ourselves. The new tiles we like cost about 25€ per square meter (2.3 square feet).
The tiling will only be halfway up the walls, except in the shower area, where it will go up to the ceiling.
The corner bathtub we like costs about 400€.
Can someone give an approximate price estimate? I know you can spend endless amounts on a bathroom, but we don’t want anything luxurious.
My budget is roughly around 10,000€. Is that realistic?
Thank you!
F
Felix198919 Oct 2016 09:47Are you planning to order the materials online? If so, you first need to find a fitter or installer who can put everything together for you.
Many professionals avoid this due to warranty concerns.
For us, ceramic fixtures cost about €7000 (approximately $7,400) online for two bathrooms.
Bathroom companies, however, want €10,000 ($10,600) or even €13,000 ($13,800) in one case.
Who will reroute the pipes, or is that not necessary? Do you have someone to handle the plumbing, installation, and tiling?
In my experience, the smaller your project, the more expensive it can become. We have often heard from tilers that the job isn’t very big!
Around 30 square meters (about 320 square feet) need to be tiled for both bathrooms combined. They often offered me flat rates because otherwise, it wouldn’t have been worth the travel and work time for them.
I believe it’s possible to manage it for €10,000 ($10,600) if you order online, including a few luxury touches. You just really need to compare prices.
As another example, one installer wanted to estimate 140 hours, while a second one only considered 70 hours.
Many professionals avoid this due to warranty concerns.
For us, ceramic fixtures cost about €7000 (approximately $7,400) online for two bathrooms.
Bathroom companies, however, want €10,000 ($10,600) or even €13,000 ($13,800) in one case.
Who will reroute the pipes, or is that not necessary? Do you have someone to handle the plumbing, installation, and tiling?
In my experience, the smaller your project, the more expensive it can become. We have often heard from tilers that the job isn’t very big!
Around 30 square meters (about 320 square feet) need to be tiled for both bathrooms combined. They often offered me flat rates because otherwise, it wouldn’t have been worth the travel and work time for them.
I believe it’s possible to manage it for €10,000 ($10,600) if you order online, including a few luxury touches. You just really need to compare prices.
As another example, one installer wanted to estimate 140 hours, while a second one only considered 70 hours.
G
garfunkel19 Oct 2016 22:08My Bathroom with 12m² (130 sq ft)
- new drywall floor screed
- new plumbing pipes
- new toilet (from the sanitary showroom)
- new shower 90x120cm (glass panel and door from the sanitary showroom)
- new bathtub 205l (corner tub from the sanitary showroom)
- new washbasin (glass + vanity unit from the sanitary showroom)
- new tiles on the wall halfway up (approx. 26m² (280 sq ft)) / on the floor approx. 10m² (110 sq ft)
I have done / will do everything myself except for the plumbing, installing the shower and bathtub, and the toilet including the cistern.
In addition, there are tile adhesive, grout, sealant, a few brushes, some bricks, lighting, a fan, an exhaust duct, fine plaster, plaster, new window sills, and new electrical work. I also did the electrical work myself.
The sanitary fixtures are good quality and solid mid-range price level.
All in all, my bathroom probably cost me around €15,000 and I really did a lot of the work myself.
If I had had everything done by professionals, and considering just half or a third of the time I spent myself, I would surely have ended up at around €20,000 or even a bit more.
If you have tiles installed, need new plumbing, and only do the demolition, plastering, and painting yourself, and are satisfied with more affordable sanitary fixtures, I still think €10,000 will be tight.
The term "walk-in shower" makes me doubt that you can manage with €10,000. In older buildings, if it is even possible, this usually involves some rework— for example, removing and renewing the screed.
Depending on how things develop, you may have to remove the screed and install a new one.
Installing dry screed yourself is doable (if you are an experienced DIYer), but these are mostly gypsum-based, which requires sealant that you also have to pay for. Dry screed including the screed layer itself is not very expensive, and the sealant doesn’t add much to the cost, but if you need professionals for this...
I recommend planning carefully and being aware that it could possibly cost €12,000 or more.
Some wishes might only be achievable with comparatively high costs.
Then you have to decide if it’s worth it to you.
Depending on how extensive the work gets due to individual requests, the cost of sanitary fixtures becomes less and less important.
- new drywall floor screed
- new plumbing pipes
- new toilet (from the sanitary showroom)
- new shower 90x120cm (glass panel and door from the sanitary showroom)
- new bathtub 205l (corner tub from the sanitary showroom)
- new washbasin (glass + vanity unit from the sanitary showroom)
- new tiles on the wall halfway up (approx. 26m² (280 sq ft)) / on the floor approx. 10m² (110 sq ft)
I have done / will do everything myself except for the plumbing, installing the shower and bathtub, and the toilet including the cistern.
In addition, there are tile adhesive, grout, sealant, a few brushes, some bricks, lighting, a fan, an exhaust duct, fine plaster, plaster, new window sills, and new electrical work. I also did the electrical work myself.
The sanitary fixtures are good quality and solid mid-range price level.
All in all, my bathroom probably cost me around €15,000 and I really did a lot of the work myself.
If I had had everything done by professionals, and considering just half or a third of the time I spent myself, I would surely have ended up at around €20,000 or even a bit more.
If you have tiles installed, need new plumbing, and only do the demolition, plastering, and painting yourself, and are satisfied with more affordable sanitary fixtures, I still think €10,000 will be tight.
The term "walk-in shower" makes me doubt that you can manage with €10,000. In older buildings, if it is even possible, this usually involves some rework— for example, removing and renewing the screed.
Depending on how things develop, you may have to remove the screed and install a new one.
Installing dry screed yourself is doable (if you are an experienced DIYer), but these are mostly gypsum-based, which requires sealant that you also have to pay for. Dry screed including the screed layer itself is not very expensive, and the sealant doesn’t add much to the cost, but if you need professionals for this...
I recommend planning carefully and being aware that it could possibly cost €12,000 or more.
Some wishes might only be achievable with comparatively high costs.
Then you have to decide if it’s worth it to you.
Depending on how extensive the work gets due to individual requests, the cost of sanitary fixtures becomes less and less important.
We are currently renovating the bathroom (10m² (108ft²)). A bedroom is being converted into a bathroom. We are staying well under 10,000 euros. However, all the work is being done ourselves. The floor has been fitted with underfloor heating using the dry screed method, all pipes are new, water and heating installations are with PEX tubing, bathtub and shower were purchased online. Bathroom furniture was bought from a furniture store (no, not Möbel Boss or Poco).
The tiles will cost around 1,000 euros.
I can provide a detailed price breakdown if needed.
The tiles will cost around 1,000 euros.
I can provide a detailed price breakdown if needed.
M
MavinLandmann28 Sep 2018 11:06Hello,
I also think that 10,000€ will be enough.
However, I am curious about what you think of aluminum composite panels in the bathroom?
That is the next renovation I am planning to carry out.
I also think that 10,000€ will be enough.
However, I am curious about what you think of aluminum composite panels in the bathroom?
That is the next renovation I am planning to carry out.
G
garfunkel28 Sep 2018 14:35How are these panels constructed? I could imagine that the aluminum panels cool down faster when the window is open, which causes condensation to form in the air right there. But I’m not sure if that’s actually the case.
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