Estimate Desk
Bathroom renovation cost estimate
Half bath, full bath, or a primary suite. Shower, vanity, and floor are separate choices. The band is a Kitsap planning range, about ±15%, not a contract price.
Default scenario
45 sf full bath, tile shower, stock vanity
$13,000 – $18,000
Rooms, surfaces, and fixtures. Many need a permit only when plumbing, circuits, or structure move.
Planning band
$13,000 – $18,000
About 8 working days on site. Not a bid.
Line items, notes and what is not in the band are below the form.
Planning bandLine items and notes
$13,000 – $18,000
Point total about $16,000 · about 8 working days on site
Default scenario: 45 sf full bath, tile shower, stock vanity. Not a contract price. The band is the point total plus or minus 15%, a planning allowance we set for early estimates, not a measured accuracy. Prices include materials, labor, JKM overhead and fee, and 9.3% Washington sales tax. Working days on site are crew days. Design, permits and material lead times add calendar time before and between them.
| Item | Qty | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Demo, protection, and haul-off | 45 sf | $1,035 |
| Tile shower — pan, walls, glass | 1 ls | $9,050 |
| Vanity, top, and faucet | 1 ls | $1,810 |
| Toilet | 1 ls | $865 |
| Tile floor | 50.4 sf | $1,386 |
| Fan, light, and paint | 1 ls | $1,250 |
| Permit allowance | 1 ls | $380 |
Notes
- Glass, a curbless pan, or a moved toilet can each add a week. This band assumes one existing wet wall.
Not in this band
- Hazardous-material abatement. Asbestos and lead are common on pre-1978 houses and are separately licensed work.
- Structural repair discovered after demolition.
- A new electrical panel, water service, or septic, unless that line is on this estimate.
- Design fees, except where a drawing line is shown.
- Financing and temporary housing. (Washington sales tax, 9.3%, is included in these prices.)
Planning band for Kitsap County. Not a bid. A site visit sets the number.
What the bathroom estimate covers
The bathroom estimate starts from the kind of bath you are working on, a half bath, a full bath or a primary suite, and from its floor area. Everything else is a separate choice: what happens to the shower, the vanity, the floor and the toilet. Each choice becomes its own line, so you can see which decision is carrying the number.
It begins with a full bath of modest size and a tiled shower, which is a common starting point for a renovation that goes beyond new fixtures. Change the area or the kind of bath and the quantities follow.
What moves the number
The shower is the line to watch. A tiled pan with tiled walls and a glass door is a different job from a prefab insert, and keeping the shower you have takes the line away altogether. The vanity can be painted, a stock unit or custom, and the toilet can stay, be replaced with a comfort-height unit or be mounted on the wall.
Scope sets the framework. A refresh swaps fixtures and surfaces. Retiling the wet area opens the shower walls and floor. A gut takes everything back to framing. The desk also asks whether a drain moves, because a drain in a new location means opening the floor and rerouting pipe.
Time and the things the desk assumes
The days on site depend on the scope and the kind of bath, from a short refresh to a longer primary bath. The notes under the result list the assumptions behind them. Glass, a curbless pan or a moved toilet can each add about a week, and the band assumes one existing wet wall.
What is not in the band
The band leaves out hazardous-material abatement, which matters in houses built before 1978 where old flooring, adhesives or paint may contain asbestos or lead. It also leaves out structural repair found once the floor or wall is open, such as a rotted subfloor. A new panel, water service or septic is excluded unless the estimate shows it, and so are design fees and financing. Washington sales tax is already included in the prices.
Many bathroom jobs need a permit only when plumbing, circuits or structure move. The office that issues it depends on where the house sits, and our permit guides explain how the five Kitsap authorities divide the communities. Use the band to set a budget, then ask for a site visit so we can check the walls and floor before writing the real estimate.
Scope ladder
Bathroom renovation: three scopes compared
Each row is the Estimate Desk engine run on the inputs listed, so these numbers move whenever the desk does. They are planning bands, about ±15%, not bids.
| Scope and what was priced | Planning band |
|---|---|
Refresh fixturesKeep the shower, floor and toilet. Paint the vanity and update the fan, light and paint in the same footprint.
| $2,900 – $3,900Point total about $3,400About 4 working days |
Retile the wet areaDesk defaultA tiled shower with a glass door, a stock vanity, a tile floor and a comfort-height toilet, with the plumbing left where it is.
| $13,000 – $18,000Point total about $16,000About 8 working days |
Gut a primary bathA larger room taken back to the studs, with a tile shower, a custom vanity, a wall-hung toilet and a drain that moves.
| $31,000 – $42,000Point total about $36,000About 16 working days |
Questions
Bathroom renovation estimates: common questions
What does the bathroom estimate assume before I change anything?
The starting band, $13,000 – $18,000, is the default scenario (45 sf full bath, tile shower, stock vanity). It includes demolition and protection, the tiled shower, the vanity, toilet and tile floor, a fan, light and paint line, and a permit allowance.
Is a half bath priced differently from a full or primary bath?
Yes. You choose the kind of bath and the floor area, and the desk prices the work from both. A half bath has no shower to build, so the largest line on the default estimate drops away. A primary bath prices its tiled shower higher and, when it is gutted, takes longer on site.
What can add time to a bathroom renovation?
A glass shower enclosure, a curbless shower pan or a toilet that moves can each add about a week. The band assumes one existing wet wall, so moving a drain to a new wall is a different and larger job.
Why does the bathroom estimate include a permit allowance?
Plumbing and electrical changes often need a permit, and the fee is set by the city or county that covers your address. The estimate shows an allowance as its own line so the cost is visible instead of buried.
A site visit sets the number
Bring your result to the walk. We measure, check what is behind the walls, and replace the planning band with a written estimate.