Bathroom Renovation Hackney

GS Renovation refits bathrooms and en-suites across Hackney, from post-war estate flats and compact terraced houses near London Fields to warehouse conversions in Shoreditch and Hoxton. We handle the waterproofing, drainage, tiling and heating, whether you are a leaseholder in a modern block or the owner of a period home.

In Hackney, 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 Hackney: 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 Hackney 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 bathrooms in Hackney flats

In Hackney's conversions and new-build apartments, a bathroom sits above someone else's ceiling, so getting the waterproofing right is not optional. We fully tank the walls and floors before tiling, form falls to the drainage, and detail wet rooms and walk-in showers so water goes where it should. Reliable extraction and ventilation keep moisture down in flats where the windows are often fixed or limited in the bathroom.

Because moving soil pipes and waste in a leasehold flat affects the units below, we plan the drainage carefully and confirm what the lease and managing agent permit before altering services. Sound and waterproofing details are built to meet building regulations, and any notifiable electrical work near the bathroom is certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control. The result is a clean, well-sealed en-suite or bathroom that protects your flat and the ones around it.

Housing in Hackney

About 120,710 homes are listed for Hackney, and the mix is 17% houses to 83% flats, with 56% built after 1945, 8% in 1919 to 1939 and 35% earlier. Most homes here are flats, and a bathroom in a flat in Hackney sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so tanking comes first.

Bathrooms over someone else's ceiling in Hackney flats

83% of homes in Hackney are flats, so a bathroom refit here usually happens above someone's bedroom or kitchen. The details that matter are the ones you cannot see afterwards: the waterproofing under the tiles, the fall of the waste to the soil stack, and whether the new pipes pass through a floor that separates two homes. A floor between flats is a sound and fire barrier, so every hole cut through it for a pipe is sealed again to the same standard. We photograph the tanking and the sealed penetrations before tiling, so if the flat below ever reports a stain there is a record of how the floor was built.

In a Hackney flat divided out of an older house, and 35% of the borough's homes were built before 1919, the bathroom floor is typically timber joists rather than concrete. A new bath or shower tray waste has to cross those joists to reach the stack, and notching deep into a joist to get the fall weakens the floor under the heaviest fittings in the flat. The structural engineer we appoint sets the limits for notches and holes where the run is long, and a raised platform for the tray is sometimes the better answer than cutting.

Space-saving bathrooms in Hackney terraces

Period terraces around Victoria Park and Stoke Newington often have the bathroom squeezed into a rear closet wing or a converted box room. We make the most of tight footprints with space-saving layouts, walk-in showers and fittings scaled to the room, without the space ever feeling cramped. Underfloor heating frees up wall space and warms the tiled floor these older, sometimes draughty homes benefit from most.

Solid floors and old joists in Hackney terraces need proper preparation, so we strengthen and level where required, then tank and tile for a lasting finish. We upgrade the drainage and ventilation, add en-suites where a bedroom allows, and route new pipework sympathetically through the period structure. Notifiable electrical work is certified by a registered electrician under Part P or notified to building control, and we make good so the bathroom sits naturally within the character of the house.

• Bespoke vanity units and storage
• Floor strengthening before large-format tiles or stone
• Wall and floor tiling in stone, porcelain or mosaic

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 30 statistical areas in Hackney. Counts rounded by the VOA.

For the wider picture around bathroom renovation in Hackney, see chimney breast removal in Hackney, our Hackney area guide, bathroom fitting in London, bathroom renovation across London and Adding a Downstairs Toilet.

The GS Renovation Difference in Hackney

Hackney owners choose GS Renovation for bathrooms because a leak or poor waterproofing causes real damage, especially in flats stacked above neighbours. We tank properly, respect the lease and managing agent in conversions, and fit space-saving layouts in period terraces, handling plumbing, tiling, heating and electrics (certified by a registered electrician) as one job, backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools.

Reviewed jobs near Hackney

1 MyBuilder review from Stoke Newington, with each customer's own job title:

• Install new dishwasher, Stoke Newington, 24 May 2021 (5 out of 5)

Read all 31 on our reviews page.

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.