Bathroom Design in London

Award-winning bathroom design in London: principal en-suites, family bathrooms, shower rooms and WCs.

Bathrooms are small rooms with a lot of decisions in them. Tiles, stone, sanitaryware, glass, joinery, lighting, ventilation, heating, all in a few square metres, all needing to be right before the tiler starts. We have been doing bathroom design in London houses and flats for over 18 years, and they are the part of our work that has won the most awards.

Our bathroom design services in London

Principal en-suites, including double vanities, walk-in showers and freestanding baths.
Family bathrooms that work for more than one person in a hurry.
Shower rooms, wet rooms and guest bathrooms.
Powder rooms and WCs, where a small room can carry a bold idea.
Loft and basement bathrooms, including sloping ceilings and tanked walls.
Bathrooms in flats and mansion blocks, including the paperwork the freeholder needs.

Small bathroom tiled floor to ceiling in pink vertical tiles, with a mirrored cabinet and wall-hung basin – bathroom design in London

Bathroom wall in pink handmade-look rectangular tiles laid vertically in a stack bond, with a white vanity

How we design a bathroom

Brief and survey. We find out how you use the room, then measure it properly. On sloping ceilings or with bespoke pieces we always do a fresh measured survey.
Layouts and 3D. We compare layout options for how usable they feel, not just how much they fit in. One option might give you more linen storage, another a bigger shower or a feature wall.
Detail. Plans, elevations, tile setting-out, joinery and lighting, all coordinated, then priced.
Procurement and site. We order, track lead times and sequence deliveries with the builder: first fix, tiling, joinery templating, second fix.
Snagging. Silicone, tile edges, glass, wastes, towel rails. Everything is listed, photographed and followed up until it is done.

Bathtub with wall decor and shelving in a London bathroom design

Bathroom design by Kia Designs in London

What we tell clients

Leave at least 600mm between the bath and the toilet. A beautiful bath that you squeeze past every morning is not a beautiful bathroom.
Keeping the toilet near where it is now can save a lot of building work.
Agree the tile direction, not just the tile. Large-format tiles especially need a setting-out plan. Order about 10% extra for breakages.
Check tiles for hard-water staining and how easy they are to clean. This is London.
Use anti-slip tiles in the shower.
The extractor must vent outside. Write it into the builder’s instructions.
Check the wall depth before you choose the basin. A semi-recessed basin can work where depth is tight. A niche on an external wall may not be deep enough at all.
Think about where water goes. A niche that collects water is a cleaning job, not a shelf.
Confirm cabling before tiling. Smart systems, data and lighting are very hard to reach once the walls are finished.
Low ceiling? Ceiling-mounted lights will keep the sense of height better than a pendant. A dropped ceiling for downlights helps lighting but costs headroom.
The small things matter most day to day: a demisting mirror, a towel warmer, vanity storage for the things you actually use, and soft lighting for the evening.

Finished: the half-height tiling under the cabinet and mirror

Recent bathroom design projects in London

A home in Battersea. An en-suite with a walk-through shower, concealed wall-side drain, lit niches and a low product shelf, a minimal wall-hung vanity, textured concrete-look finishes and matt black fittings.
A house in Kensington. A principal bathroom and shower room with a bespoke asymmetric porcelain floor and illuminated niches.
A house in Islington. A second-floor bathroom with a wet-room shower, semi-recessed basin and electric underfloor heating.
A mansion flat in Maida Vale. A principal en-suite designed in 3D, with the drainage and structural information needed for the building’s Licence to Alter. See the Maida Vale project.
An apartment in Canary Wharf. Two en-suites and a WC, including a double-basin principal bathroom and freestanding towel warmer.
A house in Hampstead. Two bathrooms with a bespoke shower, with the bath sized to keep proper circulation space.
A country house in Cornwall. A redesigned master-suite bathroom with a new marble vanity top and shower screen. See the Cornwall manor house.

When it does not go to plan

A douche spray specified for a WC would not fit beside the cistern, so we checked it on site before anyone ordered it. A powder room came out smaller than drawn, so we had the wall lights moved 3cm from each edge so the glass team could template the mirror. Bathroom glass and stone arrived on different weeks, so we re-sequenced the mirrors, taps and lighting and told the client exactly what would follow and when.

Questions we get asked

Can you design just one bathroom? Bathrooms are usually part of a wider project for us, but tell us what you have in mind and we will be straight with you about whether we are the right fit.

Do I need permission to change a bathroom in a flat? Often, yes. Most buildings need a Licence to Alter or building-management consent, especially if drainage, walls or ventilation change, and some work also needs Building Regulations approval. We prepare the information.

What does it cost? See our pricing page for how our fees work.

Next step

If you are looking for bathroom design in London, the first conversation is free. Send us a photo of the room you are least happy with. Get in touch here.