Bathroom Renovation Brent

GS Renovation refits bathrooms, en-suites and wet rooms across Brent, working with the tight, awkward spaces typical of the borough's mansion flats and period homes in NW6, NW10 and HA0. We tank and waterproof properly, sort the drainage and ventilation, and finish to a high standard.

In Brent, a full bathroom refit typically costs £6,000 to £20,000 or more (indicative London ranges, MyBuilder and Checkatrade, 2026). GS Renovation Ltd, a building contractor based in Potters Bar, does the work in Brent: we carry the tanking, plumbing and tiling as one contract, with the electrics certified by a registered electrician.

How the job runs

1. Free design visit at your Brent home and an itemised quote.
2. Strip-out, then first-fix plumbing and electrics.
3. Tanking to the wet areas, then tiling.
4. Sanitaryware and second fix, with notifiable electrics certified by a registered electrician. Typically 10 to 15 working days on site.

Waterproofing and wet rooms in Brent flats

Getting the waterproofing right matters most in Brent's mansion blocks and period flats, because a leak affects the flat below and quickly involves the freeholder and managing agent. We tank the walls and floor before tiling, forming a fully sealed wet room or walk-in shower where the layout suits, and pay close attention to the falls so water reaches the drain rather than sitting on the floor.

Ventilation and drainage need real thought in these NW6 and NW2 flats, where soil stacks and extract routes are fixed and shared. We plan the pipework and a proper extractor to keep moisture down and protect the structure, and we build in sound insulation to the floor. Throughout, we work within the block's building-management rules and keep disruption to neighbours to a minimum.

Housing in Brent

For Brent the Council Tax list gives about 135,080 homes; by type 62% flats and 38% houses, by age 40% post-war, 32% interwar and 28% older than 1919. Most homes here are flats, and a bathroom in a flat in Brent sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so tanking comes first.

A new Brent bathroom above a neighbour, and what building control inspects

62% of homes in Brent are flats, so a new bathroom here often sits above someone else's bedroom or kitchen. That changes the priorities. The tanking under a walk-in shower, the fall of the waste and the seal around every pipe through the floor matter more than the tiles, because a slow leak shows up first in the flat below. Where the bathroom is moving, the new position has to reach the soil stack by gravity, and a pumped waste unit is a fallback rather than a plan. Agree access to the flat below with its owner in case a ceiling has to open for a pipe.

In Brent a building notice applies to residential use only and covers smaller projects such as creating a bathroom, so a new bathroom, as opposed to a refit in the same place, sits inside building control. Where Brent's own service is used, work on a notice can start once it is accepted, usually within 48 hours. The inspector looks at the drainage connection and the extract ventilation, and any new electrical circuit is certified by a registered electrician or notified. Keep the extract route in the drawings from the start, because a fan with nowhere to discharge is the item that holds up sign-off.

Space-saving bathrooms in Brent period homes

Bathrooms in Brent's Victorian terraces and interwar semis around Wembley and Harlesden are often small, carved out of a closet wing or the return at the back of the house. We plan the layout carefully to fit a decent shower, basin and WC, using wall-hung units, a walk-in enclosure and clever storage to make a tight footprint feel generous rather than cramped.

Underfloor heating frees up wall space and warms the tiled floor, and considered tiling and lighting lift the whole room. Where you want to add an en-suite off a bedroom, we run the drainage and ventilation to the right places and tank the space fully. New circuits and work near the bath or shower are notifiable under building regulations, so that work is certified by a registered electrician or notified to building control, and we hand over a room that is watertight and built to last.

• En-suite creation in bedrooms and loft rooms
• Walk-in showers and wet-room installation
• Soil pipe and waste re-routing within the floor build-up

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 35 statistical areas in Brent. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Why Choose GS Renovation in Brent

Brent homeowners choose GS Renovation for bathrooms because we tank and waterproof properly, which matters above all in the borough's stacked mansion flats where a leak reaches the flat below. We handle drainage, ventilation, tiling, underfloor heating and the notifiable electrics as one job, working within leasehold building-management rules. Backed by our founder's 30+ years of watertight results.

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Checked by Abdelaaziz Saaid, founder and director of GS Renovation Ltd (Companies House no. 14611254). Structural design is by the consulting engineer appointed to your project.