Bathroom Renovation Notting Hill

GS Renovation builds bathrooms and en-suites across Notting Hill, fitting modern waterproof spaces into the Victorian townhouses and conversion flats of W11. We handle the tanking, drainage, tiling, heating and ventilation so a new bathroom performs reliably within an old period house.

In Notting Hill, 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 Notting Hill: 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 Notting Hill 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.

Wet rooms and waterproofing in Notting Hill

Putting a wet room or walk-in shower into a Notting Hill townhouse starts with proper tanking, because a leak in a multi-storey W11 house travels straight into the floors and ceilings below. We fully waterproof the shower zone before a single tile goes down, form correct falls to the drainage, and set out ventilation so damp does not sit in the fabric of a period building.

Drainage in older Notting Hill houses can be awkward, with soil pipes and runs set for a different layout, so we plan the connections carefully rather than forcing a fitting where it will not drain. Underfloor heating adds comfort without wall-mounted radiators eating into a small room, and considered tiling and lighting turn a functional space into one that suits the house.

Housing in Notting Hill

Take the 12,530 or so homes the valuation list gives Notting Hill: 76% flats, 24% houses, 75% from before 1919, 7% interwar and 17% post-war. Where most homes are flats, a bathroom in a flat in Notting Hill sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so it is tanked before tiling and a moved WC needs the freeholder's licence.

Bathroom pipework on Notting Hill's stucco elevations

A new bathroom in a Notting Hill stucco house is designed from the waste outwards, because a new soil or waste pipe on the outside changes an elevation that may sit in a conservation area. The Ladbroke Conservation Area was designated in 1969, and the Pembridge Conservation Area is bounded by Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill Gate, Pembridge Road and Portobello Road. A pipe run down a rear wall seen from gardens and neighbouring windows is an external alteration, and flats do not benefit from permitted development rights, so in a flat it can need planning permission as well as the freeholder's consent.

So the design starts inside. Find the existing soil stack, which in a converted house is shared, and place the new bathroom close enough for the waste to fall to it through a floor void that allows the run. Where that is not possible, a small pumped unit can connect a basin or shower over a longer distance, but it adds noise, needs power and must be reachable for servicing. Agree those points with the managing agent and the neighbour below before the room layout is fixed, not after the tiling.

En-suites and space-saving layouts in W11

Period Notting Hill bedrooms rarely came with en-suites, so adding one usually means winning space from a landing, cupboard or corner of a room. We design compact layouts that make a tight footprint work, choosing walk-in showers, wall-hung sanitaryware and clever storage so a small W11 en-suite still feels calm rather than cramped, and we route the plumbing and extraction to where they can actually go.

In these homes the challenge is fitting current standards of waterproofing, drainage and ventilation into an existing structure without harming original features nearby. We tank and tile to last, protect adjoining period fabric, and where the house is listed we advise on consent before altering anything of character. The finished bathroom looks right for the property and holds up to daily use.

• En-suite creation in bedrooms and loft rooms
• Wall and floor tiling in stone, porcelain or mosaic
• Underfloor heating and heated towel rails

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill West and Notting Hill South. Counts rounded by the VOA.

Once you know the scope of the bathroom renovation in Notting Hill, it helps to read chimney breast removal in Notting Hill, bathroom renovation across Kensington and Chelsea, bathroom fitting in London, how we handle bathroom renovation across London and Underfloor Heating Cost.

The GS Renovation Difference in Notting Hill

Bathrooms in period Notting Hill houses fail when waterproofing and drainage are treated as afterthoughts, and our founder's 30+ years on the tools has taught GS Renovation to do them first. We tank properly, plan drainage and ventilation around an old structure, and fit space-saving en-suites that respect the house. One team, tidy work, and a bathroom built to stay dry.

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.