14 Rivera Drive, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2RBinfo@avanzaheatingandcooling.co.uk Open 24/7Company No. 17201187 About Heating & Cooling Bathrooms Areas Contact 01702 967120Request Quote - Home - Services - Luxury Bathrooms Luxury Bathrooms · Essex # Luxury BathroomDesign & InstallationAcross Essex. Bespoke bathroom design, supply and full installation — from rip-out to silicone. One owner-led team handling plumbing, electrics, tiling and finishing, so your project hits a fixed written price and a guaranteed completion week. Request Free Quote 01702 967120 15+ years on the tools · Gas Safe registered · Open 24/7 · Same-Day Service Open 24/7 · Same-Day Service Gas Safe Registered Free Quote · Price Fixed 14 Days Fully Insured 1-Year Workmanship Guarantee Service Overview ## Luxury Bathrooms — What, Who, When & Why. Owner-led by Pierre Codarin from Southend-on-Sea. Single point of contact from first call to final invoice. What it is A luxury bathroom install with Avanza is a single-contract, single-team project covering design, supply, strip-out, first-fix plumbing and electrics, plastering, tiling, sanitaryware installation, sealing and snagging. You deal with one person — Pierre — from the first measure to the final clean. Who it's for Homeowners in Essex who want a bathroom that performs like a 5-star hotel and lasts 20 years. Typical clients are upgrading a tired family bathroom, converting a box room into an en-suite, or fitting a full wet room for accessibility or resale. When you need it Most clients move forward when their existing bathroom is dated, leaking, mouldy, or simply no longer matches the rest of the home. We also handle insurance-led refits after escape-of-water claims, and full strip-and-fit on rental refurbs between tenancies. Why hire a professional A luxury bathroom touches every trade in the house: gas, water, waste, electrics, ventilation, joinery and tiling. Hiring six different contractors creates six finger-pointing opportunities. One Gas Safe-registered, fully-insured team eliminates that risk and protects the warranty. Recent Bathroom Projects ## Real Installs. Finished, Signed Off, Photographed On Site. A snapshot of recent luxury bathroom installs across Essex — marble tiling, brass brassware, freestanding baths and walk-in showers, all completed by the Avanza team. The Real Cost Of Getting This Wrong ## What Happens If You Ignore It, Delay It, Or Hire The Wrong Person. A bathroom is one of the most expensive rooms in a house to get wrong. Cheap fits don't fail on day one — they fail on month nine, after the warranty has run and the cheap installer has gone quiet. ### If It's Ignored — The Damage Cascade - Silicone failure and grout shrinkage cause water to track behind tiles, rotting the floor joists below within 18 months. - Cheap chrome ware pits and flakes inside two years, especially in Essex's hard water belt — the room looks five years old at year two. - Under-spec extractor fans leave humid air sitting on plaster, blackening ceilings and voiding most paint warranties. - Badly-bonded wet-room formers leak into the ceiling below, triggering an insurance claim that the original install isn't covered by. ### Common Mistakes We're Asked To Fix - Buying sanitaryware online before the room is measured — half of it ends up the wrong dimension or missing fixings. - Letting a general builder run plumbing or gas work without a Gas Safe number on the certificate. - Skipping a proper tanking layer behind tiles in a wet area to shave a small saving off materials. - Choosing a 'cheapest quote wins' contractor with no fixed completion date or written specification. Our Process ## A System That Gets Built To Specification — Not To A Mood. - 01 ### Free On-Site Survey We measure, photograph and check existing services — water pressure, soil stack, joist direction, consumer unit capacity. No assumptions. 60–90 minutes on site. - 02 ### Design & Fixed Written Quote Within 48 hours you receive a written specification: every tile, tap and fitting itemised, plus a fixed price and a guaranteed start and finish week. - 03 ### Strip-Out & First Fix Old suite, tiles and any damaged substrate removed. Plumbing rough-in, electrics, fan ducting and underfloor heating mats installed and pressure-tested. - 04 ### Tanking, Tiling & Second Fix Wet areas fully tanked. Walls and floors tiled to wet-room standard. Sanitaryware fitted, taps and showers commissioned, lighting and fan terminated. - 05 ### Test, Snag, Hand Over Full leak test, electrical certificate, Building Regs notification where needed, professional clean, walkthrough, 12-month workmanship guarantee in writing. Benefits ## Concrete, Specific, Measurable. No Vague Promises. ### Single Point Of Contact One person owns the project end-to-end. No subcontractor chains, no blame-shifting. ### Fixed Written Price The number on your quote is the number on your invoice. No 'extras' invented mid-build. ### Guaranteed Completion Week We commit to a start week and a finish week in writing — and we stick to them. ### Built To Last 20 Years Solid-brass valves, fully tanked substrates, properly-rated extraction, real silicone — the room still looks new in 2035. ### Building Regs & Part P Compliant Notifiable electrics certified, gas work signed off Gas Safe, ventilation to current Approved Document F. ### Insurance-Backed Workmanship 12-month workmanship guarantee plus the full manufacturer warranties on every fitting. Inside The Detail ## The Materials, Methods & Variations That Decide The Outcome. These are the details cheaper installers skip — and the reason their work fails inside two years. Working across Southend-on-Sea · Chelmsford · Basildon · Colchester · Brentwood · Rayleigh · Wickford · Billericay · Harlow Full Service Area List ### Materials & Specifications We specify solid-brass internals on all taps and showers (Grohe, Hansgrohe, Vado, Crosswater), 10mm low-iron glass on shower screens, ceramic or porcelain tiles rated PEI 4+ for floors, and slip-rated R10 tiles in wet areas. Substrates are fully tanked with a liquid membrane behind tiles and a sheet membrane under wet-room formers. Underfloor heating mats are 200W/m² with a dedicated thermostat and a separately-fused spur. Wastes are 50mm minimum on showers, and soil branches are re-pitched if site conditions demand it. ### Wet Rooms vs Traditional Bathrooms Wet rooms suit smaller footprints, accessible installs, and properties where a stand-alone shower enclosure feels cramped. They require a sloped former, full tanking up to 1.8m, and a linear drain with a 75mm trap. Traditional bathrooms with a separate bath and enclosed shower remain the better choice in family homes where a soak in the bath is non-negotiable. We design both and will tell you straight which suits the room — not which one earns us more. ### En-Suites & Loft Conversions En-suites in loft conversions need careful attention to soil stack routing, macerator selection where gravity drainage isn't possible, and reinforced joist work where heavy fittings (cast-iron baths, stone resin trays) are specified. We work alongside structural engineers and loft conversion specialists where needed, and we coordinate Building Control sign-off so the en-suite hits FENSA and Part P at first inspection. ### Hard Water, Limescale & Essex South Essex sits in a hard water zone (250+ ppm CaCO₃). Without protection, limescale eats into chrome finishes, blocks aerators and shortens the life of thermostatic cartridges by 50%. Every Avanza luxury bathroom includes a recommendation for either a salt-based softener or a TwinTec-style cartridge unit, sized to the property's water demand. We install and commission these as a stand-alone option, or fold them into the bathroom quote. Questions ## StraightAnswers. Cost, timeline, guarantees, lifespan, emergency cover — answered without the sales speak. Ask Yours ### How much does a full luxury bathroom install cost in Essex? +Every bathroom is priced from a free on-site survey — we don't list 'from' prices because honest pricing depends on the room, the spec and the property. You'll receive a fixed itemised written quote, with the price locked in for 14 days so you can decide without anything moving on you. ### How long does a bathroom installation take from strip-out to finish? +A like-for-like swap is typically 7–10 working days. A full re-design with new layout, tiling and underfloor heating is 14–21 working days. We give you a guaranteed finish week in writing before any deposit is taken. ### Do you supply the bathroom or do I buy it myself? +Both work. We're happy to supply everything at trade pricing (often saving you 10–20% vs online retail), or fit a suite you've bought — provided the spec is sensible. We'll flag anything that won't last before it's installed, not after. ### Will my bathroom be guaranteed? +Yes — 12 months on our workmanship in writing, plus the full manufacturer warranty on every fitting (typically 5–25 years on quality brassware, 10 years on ceramic ware). ### Do you handle plastering, tiling and electrics in-house? +Yes. Plumbing, gas, tiling and second-fix electrics are handled in-house. We work with vetted plasterers and Part-P-registered electricians on the few items they're legally required to certify. Everything stays under one contract. ### Can you fit a bathroom in a flat with restricted access? +Yes — we regularly work in upper-floor flats and loft conversions. We protect lifts and common parts, schedule deliveries to suit building rules, and use macerator pumps where gravity drainage isn't viable. ### Do you cover my postcode in Essex? +Yes — we work across Southend-on-Sea, Chelmsford, Basildon, Colchester, Brentwood, Rayleigh, Wickford, Billericay and Harlow. If you're outside that ring, call 07809 414913 and we'll confirm coverage before you spend a minute filling in a form. ### Are you Gas Safe registered and fully insured? +Yes. Gas Safe registered for all gas work, fully insured, and trading as Avanza Heating & Bathrooms Ltd (Companies House 17201187). Gas Safe is our only listed accreditation. Certificates and policy numbers available on request before any work starts. Related Services ## Often Booked Alongside Luxury Bathrooms. ### Bathroom Tiling & Finishes Wall and floor tiling to wet-room standard, sealed properly. View Service ### Underfloor Heating Wet and electric underfloor systems, designed and installed. View Service ### Heating & Plumbing Full heating systems, radiator upgrades and general plumbing — our core trade across Essex. View Service Back to HomepageAll ServicesAll Service AreasContact Next Step ## Ready For A Bathroom That Still Looks New In 2035? Free on-site survey, fixed written quote within 48 hours, guaranteed finish week. Owner-led, Gas Safe, fully insured. Request Free Quote 01702 967120 Gas Safe registered · Fully insured · 1-year workmanship guarantee · Companies House 17201187 · Southend-on-Sea Premium bathrooms, heating and plumbing across Essex. 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