I am in the middle of a total remodel of one bathroom and some minor replacements (new sink & toilet) for the other for about $30K. I am sure it will be more in the end but probably not by much. Both are small bathrooms and nothing was moved. I got two other estimates-- one was for almost $10K less and the other $10K more. Go figure.

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Anonymous wrote:How big is your bathroom? Mind sharing what estimates you get? We’re doing the same and the first estimate was insanely high. We have a small 5x7.

I have a 5x7 bathroom and it cost 25k to remodel because its a 100 year old house and the sewer stack had to be replaced as well. This is the Chicago area so also HCOL. No illegal labor involved.

Lol at Chicago being HCOL. Baby I spent $11 on eggs today.

Anonymous wrote:How big is your bathroom? Mind sharing what estimates you get? We’re doing the same and the first estimate was insanely high. We have a small 5x7.

I have a 5x7 bathroom and it cost 25k to remodel because its a 100 year old house and the sewer stack had to be replaced as well. This is the Chicago area so also HCOL. No illegal labor involved.

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Anonymous wrote:Renovated a large master bath and added steam shower/sauna for 30k, not including materials

Where and when?

McLean, winter of 2022.

Wow, I got an entire 500sf studio bathroom and kitchen done for around 40K and this is in NYC.
17K of that was for labor and I bought everything - even the studs.
For comparison, my 7' long kitchen countertop with backplash, the stone for the shower window sill and bathroom counter was $1100. But then, I templated the shape myself and went out to the stone shop about 4 times while to answer questions and monitor.

It’s hard to just find someone that’s reasonably priced that you can also trust not to ruin your house. We had a horrible experience with a company redoing our tile floors and are terrified of making another mistake there.

Anonymous wrote:Renovated a large master bath and added steam shower/sauna for 30k, not including materials

Where and when?

Renovated a large master bath and added steam shower/sauna for 30k, not including materials

We have one quote for 25K, and it took several weeks. A lot of that was because we didn't understand what we wanted vs what was possible and had to keep changing things.

Anonymous wrote:The American ones have Hispanic undocumented artisans working for them and don’t pay them well.

True. Across the board the big question is what qualifications do they bring, are they licensed, do they have insurance--the usual stuff that makes a small bathroom update a major financial commitment.

The American ones have Hispanic undocumented artisans working for them and don’t pay them well.