How To Renovate Your Bathroom
A Bathroom renovation can add a new lease of life to your home, and real value if you’re looking to sell in the future. In addition, you will benefit from improved function, comfort and storage in your space, as well as reduced energy costs if you switch to more sustainable appliances and accessories.
However, with high costs, the risk of unmet timetables and the general disruption to your life, renovating a bathroom can be stressful. There’s lots to consider and a good amount of preparation required before it can even begin.
With that said, it doesn’t need to be as stressful as it might seem. You can achieve perfect results with minimal stress with the help of our bathroom renovation guide.
How to Start Planning a Bathroom Renovation
All renovations will require a thought out and thorough plan for your vision to be executed. To kick start the bathroom renovation process then, you need to make a start on a plan. To do this, you should…
Determine your budget
Decide what you want from your bathroom (your bathroom goals)
Design your bathroom
Choose your team
Prioritise eco friendly features
1. Determine Your Budget
Determine your budget at the start, and work out what you can achieve with it.
The average bathroom renovation cost starts at around £5,000, but costs will depend on what you want done, the size of your bathroom, and where you are in the UK.
Larger and structural changes will cost more than just updating your current bathroom, for example.
If you’re on a smaller budget and need to cut back on costs, you can refurbish your existing materials or source lower-cost, lookalike materials.
2. Decide What You want From Your Bathroom
You should then create a “bathroom goals” list and ask yourself some questions.
Do you want to change the layout of your existing space, and will structural work and permits be required?
How much storage do you require? Are there smart storage solutions you want to incorporate?
What’s your daily routine, and what role does your bathroom play in this? How could it be more functional?
Would you like a bath, shower or both? Do you want a freestanding tub or a shower/bath combo?
What style of bathroom do you want? Are there any design features you would like to include?
Does the bathroom need new heating, electrics or plumbing?
Do you want the bathroom to look bigger?
Once this is done, it’ll be much easier to visualise, plan and design your bathroom in accordance with the budget you set.
The average bathroom renovation cost starts at around £5,000.
3. Design Your Bathroom
Traditional, modern, farmhouse, beach or eclectic? The world is your oyster when choosing the design of your new bathroom.
You can use websites like Pinterest for inspiration, or create a mood board of your vision from online bathroom brochures, catalogues, bathroom design galleries, and other image searches.
A good mood board will give you a clear idea on the colour scheme, materials, and fixtures that you want to include.
Browsing a designer’s past projects is a great way to find inspiration for your new bathroom.
4.Choose Your Team
Although you might be tempted to do-it-yourself, it’s best to leave the actual renovation work down to the experts. You might end up paying out more for repairs if you DIY and it doesn’t go to plan.
When you choose a team, you should consider a tailored and end-to-end bespoke bathroom renovation service. At Cwtch Haus, we use expert design software to produce photo-realistic rendered images and a virtual walk-through of your plan, so you can visualise your bathroom before committing to the renovation.
An end-to-end service is great for getting your bathroom (and indeed kitchen and bedroom) renovation done by one reliable business and its experienced team. You’ll have complete peace of mind for all aspects of your bathroom renovation, and a beautiful and functional bathroom to prove it.
At Cwtch Haus, our bathroom renovation plans are unique and entirely bespoke to suit your lifestyle and needs. Book your free home measure today to find out how we can aid your home renovation today.
5. Prioritise Eco Friendly Features
Lastly, when planning a bathroom renovation, you’ll want to prioritise eco friendly features.
how to make your bathroom eco friendly
To make your bathroom more eco friendly, you should strongly consider energy-saving options.
This might include features such as a water-conserving shower head and energy efficient lighting to name a few options, but you could also consider repurposed tiles and furniture.
There are many eco friendly options out there. When you consider that the average shower uses 10 litres of water per minute, and ‘low-flow shower heads reduce the amount of water used to around 6 litres per minute or less’, it’s clear how much water you could be saving.
By making more eco friendly choices, your new bathroom won’t cost you the earth, and it will help to ensure you’re being kinder to the planet.
At Cwtch Haus, our bathroom renovation plans are unique and entirely bespoke to suit your lifestyle and needs.
How Long Does a Bathroom Renovation Take?
How long a bathroom renovation takes depends on the work required for the space. If you’re putting a bathroom into a room that’s never had a bathroom in it before, that could take over six weeks.
However, a smaller complete bathroom remodel could take between three and four weeks.
How We Can Help
After 15 years of working for national KBB companies, Cwtch Haus was established by Martin Jones in 2018, with a mission to deliver top quality products and bespoke kitchen, bathroom and bedroom design at an affordable price point.
Cwtch Haus dedicates time and attention to understand our customers’ lifestyles and habits to create a space that is perfectly tailored to their needs. We work to ensure that your space is not only beautiful, but practical for your everyday use.
Get in touch for your free consultation and design from one of our experts