What Should a Fitted Bathroom Quote Include?

The short answer

A sensible way to plan it

Work through the decisions in a steady order. It keeps the layout and essential work ahead of colours and finishing details, while giving you a useful checklist for a bathroom fitter or designer.

1. Step 1: Check the room and layout are described correctly. Record the answer beside your room measurements and explain why it matters to daily use. That makes it easier to compare layouts and prevents a small but important requirement from disappearing when products are chosen.
2. Step 2: Look for named product groups, quantities and finish assumptions. Record the answer beside your room measurements and explain why it matters to daily use. That makes it easier to compare layouts and prevents a small but important requirement from disappearing when products are chosen.
3. Step 3: Confirm wall, floor, lighting and ventilation work included. Record the answer beside your room measurements and explain why it matters to daily use. That makes it easier to compare layouts and prevents a small but important requirement from disappearing when products are chosen.
4. Step 4: Check removal, protection, access and waste arrangements. Record the answer beside your room measurements and explain why it matters to daily use. That makes it easier to compare layouts and prevents a small but important requirement from disappearing when products are chosen.
5. Step 5: Ask how changes and hidden work needed before fitting are handled. Record the answer beside your room measurements and explain why it matters to daily use. That makes it easier to compare layouts and prevents a small but important requirement from disappearing when products are chosen.

What to watch for

A polished picture does not show access, preparation, waterproofing or how fittings open. Check these common risks before agreeing the final layout and specification.

• A short total with no clear work included. Ask how this point will be checked, priced and recorded before installation. A clear written answer is more useful than an assumption made from a brochure image.
• Words such as 'standard fittings' with no explanation. Ask how this point will be checked, priced and recorded before installation. A clear written answer is more useful than an assumption made from a brochure image.
• A missing line for work needed before fitting or finishing. Ask how this point will be checked, priced and recorded before installation. A clear written answer is more useful than an assumption made from a brochure image.
• An attractive product allowance that does not match the design shown. Ask how this point will be checked, priced and recorded before installation. A clear written answer is more useful than an assumption made from a brochure image.

Questions worth asking

Bring these questions to the home visit. Note the answer in plain language and make sure any promise that affects cost, timing or finish appears in the final written quote.

• Is VAT treatment clear for the final business? Ask for the answer to be related to your measured room, chosen products and the work included, rather than a general answer that may not apply to your home.
• Are regulated trades and certification responsibilities named? Ask for the answer to be related to your measured room, chosen products and the work included, rather than a general answer that may not apply to your home.
• Who orders products and checks them on arrival? Ask for the answer to be related to your measured room, chosen products and the work included, rather than a general answer that may not apply to your home.
• What would cause the price to change? Ask for the answer to be related to your measured room, chosen products and the work included, rather than a general answer that may not apply to your home.