To Tile or Not To Tile?

[JP_]

Making a new bathroom from a 2.3m square room with solid brick walls. Money is very tight, so plan A is tile just the shower and plaster and paint the rest. Guessing plasterer will charge around £400-500 (ceiling needs tacking too as old artex and looks a but uneven).

But, then I thought, maybe I could tile the whole bathroom. Used a tile shop's calculator and cost of tiles seemed very high for the space, over £1500. Did I measure wrong?

2.5m wall, 2.3m square, one door about 75cm, one high window.

 

[daggermark]

All a matter of personal taste, I quite like to tile all walls that any shower/bath makes contact with, e.g. my main bathroom has side wall of bath fully tiled, then full-height tiles above the ends of the bath, reducing to 2/3 height of the wall for the rest e.g. https://i0.wp.com/www.tilemountain....ads/2019/04/Customer-Tyle-Style-Profile-3.jpg

So that's 23 sq m if I understand your message, I'm sure you could get something nice for about £400? The big retailers have plenty of options under £15 per sqm.

 

[foxhole]

Did a similar sized bathroom for £800 which included new ceiling and floor , bathroom suite and tiles , job lot off eBay for £300 including a border tile and basic tiling tools .
Shower panels are reasonable price and useful if you have limited tiling skills .