Bathroom Renovation Peckham

GS Renovation fits bathrooms and en-suites across Peckham, in SE15's flats, in post-war blocks and converted period houses, and in its Victorian terraces. We handle waterproofing, drainage, tiling and underfloor heating, making the most of the awkward closet-wing spaces period homes near Peckham Rye so often leave to the bathroom.

In Peckham, 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 Peckham: 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 Peckham 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 tanking in Peckham period homes

Water and old buildings do not forgive shortcuts, so every Peckham bathroom we build starts with proper waterproofing. We tank walls and floors before tiling, form the falls around walk-in showers and wet rooms, and make sure drainage and mechanical ventilation are sized to clear moisture, in a solid-walled house or a flat above a neighbour. That keeps an SE15 home free of damp long after the job is finished.

Underfloor heating suits these homes well, warming a tiled floor that would otherwise feel cold over suspended timber or solid ground floors. We build up the layers correctly so the heating, the tanking and the tiles all work together. Done properly, a Peckham bathroom looks sharp on day one and stays sound for years, which is exactly what a Victorian house needs from a wet room.

Housing in Peckham

On the valuation list Peckham counts about 26,680 homes, 74% flats and 26% houses; 36% predate 1919, 2% are interwar and 56% post-war. Most homes here are flats, and a bathroom in a flat in Peckham sits over a neighbour's ceiling, so tanking comes first.

A new shower or WC in Peckham is building control work

Replacing a tired bath with a new one is a refit. Adding a shower room where there was none, or a second WC under the stairs, is different. Southwark prices the installation of a new WC, shower or utility as a separate building control item in its final fees and charges schedule. An extra bathroom in a Peckham home is therefore an application, with its drainage and ventilation inspected. The completion certificate belongs in the house file with any structural paperwork. Budget the programme for that inspection, and decide the route to the soil stack before the tiles are chosen.

74% of homes in Peckham are flats, many in converted period houses where each flat's bathroom often sits over the one below and drains to a single rear stack. A new shower room away from that stack needs a waste that falls all the way inside your own floor void, and in an old house the joists may already be notched from earlier plumbing. Have the floor opened and the joists checked before the layout is fixed. The freeholder's consent under the lease may be needed for the new waste, and a leak from it lands in a neighbour's ceiling, so leave an access panel at every concealed joint.

Space-saving bathrooms in SE15 closet wings

The bathroom in a Peckham terrace usually sits in the rear closet wing, a narrow space that punishes a lazy layout. We plan the suite around the room's real dimensions, using wall-hung units, compact showers and considered storage to make a tight footprint feel generous. Where the plumbing allows, we relocate the soil connection and rework the drainage to open up a better arrangement.

Adding an en-suite to a main bedroom is popular across SE15, and we find the space by borrowing from a landing, a chimney recess or an oversized bedroom. We handle the drainage and ventilation, with the notifiable electrics certified by a registered electrician, tile to a high standard and match the finish to the character of the house, whether you want a crisp modern room or something softer to suit the period.

• Drainage falls set to the gully in wet rooms
• Freestanding and built-in bath installation
• Notifiable bathroom electrics certified by a registered electrician under Part P

VOA Council Tax stock of properties, March 2025, for all 6 statistical areas in Peckham. Counts rounded by the VOA.

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Why Peckham Homeowners Choose GS Renovation

Peckham homeowners choose GS Renovation because we build bathrooms that stay watertight in an old building. We tank properly, size drainage and ventilation for SE15's period houses and flats, and make the most of tight closet-wing spaces with clever layouts and underfloor heating. One team handles plumbing, electrics and tiling, backed by our founder's 30+ years on the tools.

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.