Bathroom renovations
The bathroom concentrates plumbing, electrics, carpentry and tiling in few meters: it is the renovation where budgets drift most easily and where an honest plumber is worth their weight in gold.
The itemized quote
Ask for separate lines for demolition, plumbing, electrics, tiling, carpentry and materials, VAT included, plus what it excludes. The most expensive sentence in a renovation is 'that wasn't in the price'.
Honest timelines
A full bathroom takes weeks, not days: drying times, waterproofing tests and material waits. Today's impossible deadline is tomorrow's surprise.
Water points where they belong
Using the renovation to think about where the basin and the shower screen go costs the same as repeating the old layout. Design for real use: this is the moment for the next ten years.