BeforeAfter
Fulham, SW6 · 5.5 m²
Family bathroom, back to bare brickFull renovation
Bathroom renovation in London
Full strip-out and rebuild — plumbing, tanking, tiling and fit-out by one team.
Get a quote
From £9,500 · 16–20 working days on site
A bathroom is the hardest room in a house to get right. It has to stay watertight for years, everything is on show at close range, and the layout has to work around a window, a soil pipe and a door that were never set out for tile.
TileDegree does the whole thing with one team: strip-out, first fix, tanking, tiling and fit-out. No handovers between trades, one person responsible for the finish, and a fixed price agreed before anyone lifts a floorboard.
We tank properly, and you see it
The waterproof layer goes on before any tile, with reinforcing tape at every corner and around the waste and pipe penetrations. It is photographed and sent to you before we tile over it. A tiled shower without tanking behind it is the single most common reason bathrooms leak into the room below.
Setting out before adhesive
We mark datum lines, decide where the cut tiles fall, and plan how the pattern meets the floor, the ceiling line, the niche and the screen. Full tiles land where your eye goes first; thin slivers are designed out.
One fixed price
After the survey you get a written quote with the scope, the preparation included and the finish you are getting. It does not move unless you change what you asked for, and if we hit something genuinely hidden we stop and talk to you before spending your money.
You can usually stay in the house
The bathroom is out of use; the rest of the house is not. We seal the doorway, run dust extraction on the cutting, protect the route in and out, and clean up at the end of every day. If it is your only bathroom we talk through options at the survey.
What’s included
- Strip-out and waste removal
- First-fix plumbing and electrics to a compliant layout
- Tanking to the shower or the whole wet room
- Wall and floor tiling, set out from the main sightline
- Fitting your bath, basin, WC, brassware and screen
- Second-fix, silicone, sealing and a snag walk-through with you
- A daily photo update in your chat
Not included
- Sanitaryware, tiles and brassware — you buy these; we give you a spec sheet and quantities
- Structural work, moving windows, or underpinning
- Building control sign-off where notifiable work is involved (we tell you when it applies)
Bathroom renovation — recent
BeforeAfter
Islington, N1 · 3.2 m²
Loft en-suite turned wet roomHow it goes
From survey to snag list
Five stages. For each one: what we do, how long it takes, what we need from you, and when you pay.
- 01
Survey
We come to the room, measure up, check the substrate, the pipework and the electrics, and talk through layout and materials. We flag anything that affects the price or the schedule — damp, movement, notifiable work, lease conditions.
- How long
- 45–60 minutes on site
- From you
- Access, and a rough idea of the fittings you like
- Payment
- Free
- 02
Fixed quote
A written quote with the scope wall by wall, the preparation and tanking included, how edges and transitions are finished, and an indicative day-by-day schedule. It does not move unless you change the brief.
- How long
- Back to you within 2–3 working days
- From you
- Questions, and sign-off on the scope
- Payment
- A deposit to book the slot and order consumables
- 03
Strip-out
The old room comes out, waste is removed, and the substrate is exposed and assessed properly. If something genuinely hidden turns up, we stop and show you before spending your money.
- How long
- 1–2 days
- From you
- The room cleared; a parking space if you can
- Payment
- Stage payment on strip-out complete
- 04
Build
First fix, tanking (photographed before it disappears), plastering or boarding, then setting out and tiling, then second fix. One team throughout, a photo update every evening.
- How long
- The bulk of the schedule — 10–16 days for a bathroom
- From you
- Materials on site by the dates in the schedule
- Payment
- Stage payments at agreed points
- 05
Handover
Grout, silicone, sealing, a full clean, and a snag walk-through together. You list anything that is not right; we put it back before we leave. You get the tile and product details for your records.
- How long
- Half a day
- From you
- An hour to walk the room with us
- Payment
- Final payment after the snag list is cleared.
Questions
Bathroom renovation — questions
How long does it take?
A typical bathroom is 16–20 working days on site; a kitchen 13–18; a standalone tiling job 2–6. Tanking, large-format tile, natural stone and pattern work add time. You get an indicative day-by-day schedule with the quote, and a daily photo update once we start.
Can we stay in the house during the work?
For a bathroom or kitchen, yes — that room is out of use, the rest of the house is not. We seal the doorway, run dust extraction on cutting, protect the route in and out, and clean up at the end of every day. If it is your only bathroom, we talk through options at the survey.
Who buys the materials — you or us?
You buy the sanitaryware, tiles, brassware, units and worktops, so you stay in control of the choice and the spend. We give you a spec sheet with exact quantities (including a 10–15% tile allowance for cuts) and tell you when things need to be on site. We supply everything that goes behind the finish — adhesives, tanking, boards, grout, silicone, trims.
What about permissions for moving plumbing or a soil pipe?
Moving a WC or soil pipe within a room is usually fine without permission, but notifiable electrical work has to be certified, and some flats have lease conditions on wet areas over habitable rooms. We flag anything that applies at the survey and handle the certification for work we carry out.
What if we are not happy with something?
We finish with a snag walk-through together before the final payment — you list anything that is not right and we put it back before we leave.
Do you offer stage payments or finance?
Payment is in stages tied to progress — a deposit to book the slot and order consumables, then payments at agreed points, with the final payment only after the snag walk-through. We do not offer credit ourselves; some clients use a separate home-improvement loan.
Talk to us
Book a consultation
Send a couple of photos and where you are. We’ll call back the same working day with a straight answer on whether we’re the right fit and a rough range.
Where we work
All London boroughs, and north-west from Harrow out to Rickmansworth, Amersham, Chesham and the Chiltern towns around them.