"al" wrote in message
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Was planning on getting our bathroom refitted late this spring, but
Homebase
have a sale on this Thursday/Friday that includes a few half price
bathroom
suites. Obviously, I can make up my own mind on what I like the look of
and
what will fit. However, AFAIK, Homebase also arrange for the fitting if
you
want them to. Not sure if this would be covered in their sale, but it it
was, it could be an attractive option. Two questions:

1) Has anyone here had Homebase fit a bathroom for them - are they any
good?

AFAIK none of the big boys emply their own fitters, inc. B&Q, Homebase, MFI,
etc. They merely sub-contract the work, although they are your port of call
should things go wrong (which is good). I have two joiners friends who fit
kitchen/bedrooms for MFI and B&Q. As a guide, when MFI charge you £1000 for
fitting a kitchen, they get around £700 for their efforts (2 day work for 2
people), and the rest goes to MFI.



2) How much should it cost roughly (details below)?

The bathroom is 1780 x 1830mm. There is a standard bath in there taking
up
about a third of the room behind the door, with the toilet and basin
beside
each other opposite. Not planning on moving anything as there isn't
enough
space to play with! Carpeted at the moment and has hideous green/white
tiling covering the walls. Would like to replace carpet with large stone
floor tiles and either re-tile or tile over the wall (either half way or
full way tiling). Current tiles are quite sound, if a little "curved" in
places.

Aside from that, I will be buying an electric shower (not sure if Homebase
will install that as part of it or not) so any recommendations on that
would
be welcome and also how much I should expect to pay to have it fitted.



a