Fluted oak and travertine.

Large travertine-effect tiles, a fluted oak-effect shower wall and matt black fittings.

Bathroom with large travertine-effect tiles, a tall matt black towel radiator, an oval backlit mirror and an oak-effect vanity unit with a wide white basin

Big tiles, and one wall that stands out.

Travertine effect across the walls and the floor, in a format that keeps the grout lines few. Opposite it in the shower sits a fluted wall in oak effect, and every fitting is matt black. That is the whole palette for Hannah's terrace bathroom: two materials and one colour.

  • roman blind
  • tall cabinet
  • wall-hung WC
Corner of the bathroom with a tall dark timber-effect cabinet, the sash window with a roman blind and the wall-hung WC beside it
  • rain shower
  • handset
  • fluted wall
Shower area with a fluted oak-effect wall, a matt black rain shower on a riser rail and a handset on a slide rail

The travertine runs straight through

The same tile on the wall and on the floor, right into the shower. Nothing stops the eye, so a narrow room reads wider than it is. The drain is long and dark, which keeps the floor one surface rather than a slab with a hole in it.

  • fluted recess
  • flush plate
  • wall-hung WC
Wall-hung WC against travertine-effect tiles, with a recess lined in fluted tile above it and a black flush plate

The shower got a wall of its own

The fluted oak-effect panel sits in the shower area only and runs from floor to ceiling. Against it hang a matt black rain shower on a riser rail, a handset on a slide rail below and a matt black thermostatic valve.

  • thermostatic valve
  • fluted wall
  • linear drain
Shower floor with a long dark linear drain, travertine-effect tiles running through and a matt black thermostatic valve on the fluted oak-effect wall

The WC sits under its own recess

Above the wall-hung WC is a recess lined in the same fluted tile, with a black flush plate below it. Nearby stands a tall dark timber cabinet, and over the wide white basin hangs an oval mirror with a soft light behind it.

Two to three weeks, and we come and look first.

This bathroom was built the same way as every other one we hand over: thirteen stages from strip-out to handover, and most of them you never see again once it is finished. That is exactly where a bathroom that lasts parts company with one that starts leaking. The whole job takes two to three weeks, and we come round before anything goes on paper.

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We come and look before a single tile comes off.

At your house or online, your choice. We go through all of it: the floor, the grout, the sealant, the falls, the waste. After that you know exactly what is going on and what will work in your room.

The bathroom survey normally costs

£169

We cover it.

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What you get

  • a written report of everything we find
  • a quote for your room, with everything in it
  • an honest answer. If you have got years left in it, we will just tell you that