Average Remodeling Costs

The question I always loathe to hear, "How much does a ....... cost on average?"

Sometimes this is a very easy question, but only when the customer knows what they want, the quality level of the materials, and have a realistic expectation of what things of their taste cost.

The ones I have yet to come up with a great answer to are usually paired with something along the lines of the following;

-Remodeling your home for cheap . com says a bathroom remodel costs $7,000
-I googled tile installations and it told me $2.50 a square foot for materials and labor.
-Retard (insert favorite DIY guru) said ................

I would love to know where some of these average numbers from a project come from.

examples from the web

Maybe you could have some pictures of what an average bathroom remodel looks like in your part of the country and then say "Well, is this what you were thinking of?". Chances are they want a fancy custom bathroom remodel not an "average" one.

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Cheapest I did a bath reno for was $4500...currently I am doing one for $20k plus tile and fixtures.

It's hard to put a number on this, but, after doing the numbers on the last 2 years, my average bathroom was $15,460.00
Lowest one $7000.00. Highest $48,000.00

Do a search for the Cost vs. Value Report from Remodeling Magazine...

Click on the year and then region to get average costs... I have a file that I keep on hand of third party articles, and their magazine, etc. when talking to clients that I pull out... makes it easier to establish pricing credibility if needed... It's also good to pull out the laptop and have something to show them and how it relates to their region... Best of luck... 8^)

Here's a 5500.00 bathroom.No new flooring.New shower,sink,light and paint.

The co I work for charged $9000 for just a shower!  oh, they built a wall and moved the water pipes to the adjacent wall. 

I did a bathroom once for $2500. It was my first bathroom and the HO purchased all the material. I don't think I'll ever do that again. Every day for 3 weeks straight man was I beat.

Great posts all, we can all agree there are no average costs. I went back and looked at the last three years of just bathrooms. Each of the estimates inflated an average of 18% just from Customer Upgrades during the project. And lets not mention the structural issues that always get uncovered.

But just for humor I averaged my last 6 bathrooms to be 29K. Some have marble, some have ceramic. Some have all the bells and whistles some have nothing special.

And just for comparison with TBFGhost mine cheapest was 6400 and highest was 67000.