Data, measured 13 September 2026, from the PropDetect analysed base

What a refurb actually costs, room by room

From 11,430 individually costed rooms in UK property listings analysed by PropDetect, the median kitchen refurbishment costs £3,337 including VAT across 1,768 kitchens, and the median bathroom £1,356 across 1,986 bathrooms and shower rooms. Every figure on this page was measured on 13 September 2026 and is shown exactly as measured.

Two things in the table cut against most budgeting advice. A kitchen costs about 2.5 times a bathroom at the median, so treating the two as a pair is wrong. And the spread matters more than the average: a bathroom at the 90th percentile costs nearly 6.9 times one at the 25th, so "a bathroom is about two grand" is not a useful sentence. It depends almost entirely on whether you are replacing a suite or painting around one.

Refurbishment cost by room type

Including VAT. The lower quartile is the figure a quarter of rooms come in under; the top 10% is the figure one room in ten exceeds. Rooms counts the individually costed rooms behind each row.

Room	Lower quartile	Median	Top 10%	Rooms
Kitchen	£2,170	£3,337	£6,624	1,768
Living or dining	£962	£1,551	£4,583	1,679
Bathroom or shower room	£671	£1,356	£4,604	1,986
Bedroom	£600	£977	£3,340	2,877
Hall, landing, stairs	£399	£804	£1,510	1,626

The five room types shown account for 9,936 of the 11,430 costed rooms; the remainder are rooms that do not fit these groups, such as utility rooms, conservatories and garages.

Why the spread matters more than the median

The median is the room in the middle. It tells you what a typical job costs and nothing about yours. The gap between the lower quartile and the top 10% is where the budgeting decision actually lives: a kitchen with sound units and a dated worktop sits near £2,170, and a kitchen being ripped out and replaced sits near £6,624. Both are kitchens. The photographs usually tell you which one you are looking at, and that is the judgement the estimate is making room by room.

The hall, landing and stairs are the cheapest group at a median of £804 across 1,626 rooms, and also the tightest: the top 10% is only £1,510. There is not much to do to a hallway beyond decoration and flooring, and the data says so.

How these figures are produced

Each property analysed through PropDetect gets a room by room estimate: the floor plan establishes the rooms, the listing photographs establish the condition of each one, every element is judged keep, refresh or replace, and the work is priced at regional labour and material rates. This page aggregates those per-room totals. The method in full is in the refurbishment methodology.

How the numbers behind this page are produced, and what the method can and cannot see: does AI property valuation actually work, and the measured back-tests on the accuracy page.

What this data does not say

These are modelled estimates from what the listing photographs show, not builder invoices. A photograph cannot see behind plaster, under floors or into a roof, so any figure here is a floor for the visible work, not a forecast of the final bill.
Costs are per room and include VAT. They exclude EPC works, overheads such as skips and scaffolding, and the contingency a full appraisal carries on top.
Room types are as classified from the photographs. A kitchen diner is counted as a kitchen; a hallway, landing and staircase are grouped because they are usually decorated as one job.
Figures are as of 13 September 2026 and are refreshed from the committed query, never edited by hand.

One limit applies to every figure on this page: the properties were chosen by PropDetect users to analyse, so this is a sample of investor interest, not a survey of the UK market. Where our users search shapes what the numbers can say.

Common questions

How much does a kitchen refurb cost in the UK?

Across 1,768 individually costed kitchens in the PropDetect analysed base, the median is £3,337 including VAT. A quarter cost £2,170 or less and the top 10% cost £6,624 or more. The spread comes from what is being done: refreshing doors and worktops sits near the lower quartile, a full replacement with new units sits in the top decile. Measured 13 September 2026.

How much does a bathroom refurb cost in the UK?

Across 1,986 costed bathrooms and shower rooms the median is £1,356 including VAT, with a lower quartile of £671 and a top 10% of £4,604. A bathroom at the 90th percentile costs nearly 6.9 times one at the 25th, so a single average is not a useful budget. It depends almost entirely on whether the suite is being replaced or painted around.

How much should I budget to renovate a house in the UK?

Build it room by room rather than as a percentage of the price. At the medians measured here a kitchen is £3,337, a living or dining room £1,551, a bathroom £1,356, a bedroom £977 and the hall, landing and stairs £804, all including VAT. Add a contingency on top, because a photograph cannot see behind plaster. The regional picture, including cost per square foot, is on the companion page.

Does a kitchen cost more than a bathroom?

Yes, by a wide margin in this data: the median kitchen (£3,337, 1,768 rooms) is about 2.5 times the median bathroom (£1,356, 1,986 rooms). Much budgeting advice treats the two as a pair; the costed rooms say otherwise.

Where do these room costs come from?

Every property analysed through PropDetect gets a room by room refurbishment estimate priced from the listing photographs at regional labour and material rates, with each element judged keep, refresh or replace. This page aggregates 11,430 of those costed rooms. They are modelled estimates from what the photographs show, not builder invoices, and the limitations below say what that means.