Bathroom Fitting and Refurbishment in Mill Hill
Fix Your House designs and fits bathrooms in Mill Hill, NW7. We are local to NW7, our Head of Interior Design draws the room, and we manage the trades and stay responsible for the result. The design is free when you award us the build. Call 07777 759333, answered 24 hours a day. The first visit is free, and you get a fixed written price before any work starts. The design is free when you award us the build, and no VAT is added on top.
What we find in Mill Hill bathrooms
NW7 is dominated by large inter-war detached and semi-detached housing. The 1930s semi is the default house here, with older property clustered around the village and The Ridgeway. That single fact shapes almost every bathroom we are asked to quote for in Mill Hill.
In a 1930s Mill Hill semi the original bathroom usually sits over the hall or above the back addition, with a separate WC next door to it. The job we are asked for most often is taking out the wall between the two to make one proper bathroom. That means moving the WC waste to a new position on the soil stack, which is a drainage alteration — building regulations, not planning permission.
The second thing we look for is the supply pipework. Houses of this age were plumbed in lead or steel and much of it has been patched rather than replaced. If the run feeding your bathroom is still original, replacing it while the floor is already up costs a fraction of doing it as a separate job later. We will tell you at the visit which you have.
Third, if your house sits inside the Mill Hill (The Ridgeway) conservation area, or one of the Article 4 areas around The Forge and Lawrence Hill, permitted development rights for extensions, roof alterations, porches and outbuildings have been removed. That does not affect an internal bathroom refit at all. It matters the moment you want to gain the space by extending or by changing a window, so it is worth knowing before you plan around it.
How the job runs
- Free call-out and assessment — you only pay for the work. We measure, look at the existing pipework and the soil stack, and talk through what you want.
- Drawings from our own design team, not a supplier catalogue.
- A fixed written price before anything is ordered.
- Strip out, then first fix plumbing and any drainage alteration.
- Plaster, tank the wet areas, tile.
- Second fix, seal, and a snag list we work through with you.
Because we are local to NW7, materials come in stages rather than sitting on your driveway for a fortnight.
On site, a full bathroom refurbishment usually runs to one to two weeks, and longer if the layout moves or the room needs replastering.
How we price a Mill Hill bathroom
Every bathroom is different, so we do not publish a price list. The first visit is free: we measure up, look at the existing pipework and the soil stack, and talk through what you want. There is no charge for that visit whether you go ahead with us or not.
After the visit you get a fixed written price before anything is ordered, itemised so you can see exactly what is included. The price we quote is the price you pay — no VAT is added on top. It only changes if you ask us to change the scope, and we put that in writing too.
The design is free when you award us the build. The first design visit is free either way.
The electrical and gas part, stated plainly
Fixed electrical work in a bathroom is notifiable under Part P of the building regulations. Fix Your House is not a member of an electrical competent person scheme, so we do not self-certify that work. Where your bathroom needs a new circuit, a shower spur or a consumer unit change, a registered electrician carries out and certifies that part, and we tell you at the quote stage rather than on the day. Any gas work is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Non-notifiable work — replacing an existing light fitting, an existing extractor, repairs to an existing circuit outside the zones — we carry out, to BS 7671.
Who does the work
Mohammad Reza Hosseini is our Founder. Niloofar Tootoonchi is our Head of Interior Design. The company that draws your bathroom is the company accountable for fitting it, so there is nobody to point at when something does not line up.
Questions Mill Hill homeowners ask
How much does a bathroom refurbishment cost in Mill Hill?
Every bathroom is different, so we do not publish a figure. The first visit is free, and after it you get a fixed written price for your bathroom before any work starts. The price we quote is the price you pay — no VAT is added on top.
Do I need planning permission to refit a bathroom in NW7?
No. An internal bathroom refit does not need planning permission, including inside the Mill Hill conservation area. Building regulations do apply — to new or altered drainage, to structural openings, to ventilation and to notifiable electrical work. Barnet Council is the building control authority for NW7.
Can you knock the bathroom and the separate toilet into one room?
Yes, and in Mill Hill it is the job we are asked for most. The wall between them is usually non-structural in a 1930s semi, and the work is mostly in moving the WC waste to a new point on the soil stack and re-running the supply. We check both at the free visit before we price it.
Who is responsible if the problem turns out to be the drain?
In Barnet your water supply comes from Affinity Water and your wastewater goes to Thames Water — two different companies, which catches a lot of people out. Pipework inside your boundary is normally yours; the shared or public sewer is Thames Water’s. We will tell you which one it is before we charge you for anything.
How long will we be without a bathroom?
We give you the number of days in writing with the quote, and at the visit we tell you whether you will have a usable WC through the works. A full refurbishment is usually a one- to two-week job on site; a like-for-like replacement is normally quicker.
Is the design really free?
Yes, when you award us the build. The first design visit is free regardless of whether you go ahead.
Nearby and related
Parent page: bathroom fitting across North West London. Same service in neighbouring areas: Edgware, Hendon, Finchley, Barnet. Other work we do in NW7: kitchen renovation in Mill Hill and plumbing in Mill Hill.
Fix Your House is a renovation, interior design and property improvement company in North West London. The person who draws your room and the company accountable for building it are one and the same. We also cover plumbing and repairs.
Call us
Call 07777 759333 — we answer 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Or ask us to come and measure. Free call-out and assessment — you only pay for the work.
