Small bathroom renovation in Lewisham
Making tight Victorian and flat bathrooms work harder — layout, storage and light, not just new tiles.
The converted flats of Brockley and New Cross supply Lewisham's smallest rooms — 1980s conversions that squeezed bathrooms into landings and half-rooms. The playbook: re-run the surface-mounted pipework into a boxed service wall, wall-hung fittings, sliding or outward-opening door, and extraction ducted to the outside rather than into the loft shared with the flat upstairs. On the Corbett Estate the small room is the original separate WC, which converts into a compact shower room using the stack it already sits on.
The houses we see in Lewisham
Brockley and Ladywell are handsome mid-Victorian terraces and semis, many converted to flats in the 1980s. The Corbett Estate is the standout: 3,000 near-identical Edwardian houses built 1896–1911, so consistent that we know the bathroom, stack position and joist direction before we knock. Hither Green and Catford are later Victorian terraces, heavily rented. The centre's new towers add leasehold apartment stock.
What small bathrooms involves
A small bathroom renovation in south London costs £4,000–£6,500 excluding VAT and takes one to two weeks. Most south London bathrooms are small — the back-addition bathroom of a Victorian terrace is typically under 4m² — and the wins are layout moves: a short-projection toilet, wall-hung basin, over-bath shower or walk-in tray, and every centimetre of wall used for storage.
This is for you if
- The bathroom is under 4m² and feels cramped however clean it is
- A bulky airing cupboard or old layout is eating half the room
- You want a shower but think the room is too small for one
- The only storage is a wobbly freestanding cabinet
- A dark internal bathroom with no window
- A rental flat bathroom that needs to survive tenants
What's included
- Layout options drawn before you commit — usually three ways to use the room
- Space-saving sanitaryware: short-projection WCs, wall-hung basins, sliding glass
- Built-in storage in the dead zones — over the door, in stud walls, boxed pipework
- Light-maximising finishes: large mirrors, reflective tiles, glass over solid
- Proper extraction sized for a small volume — the mould killer
- Full strip-out to fit-out in one to two weeks
The standard we work to
Same regulations as any bathroom: Part P electrics in zones, Part F ventilation — small rooms need the extractor most.
The full write-up — costs, timings and the questions people ask — is on our small bathroom renovation page. Prices and standards are the same in every town we cover.
| Guide range | £4,000 – £6,500 |
| Typical duration | 1–2 weeks |
| Compliance | Same regulations as any bathroom: Part P electrics in zones, Part F ventilation — small rooms need the extractor most. |
Guide ranges for budgeting, excluding VAT. We confirm a fixed price after a free home survey — the price we agree is the price you pay.
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Guide range £4,000 – £6,500 excluding VAT, typically 1–2 weeks. Free survey, fixed written quote.