I just got a quote for two full bath renovations. The all-in cost estimate (labor, building materials, and finishing materials like vanity and lighting) was about $51K. So about $25.5K/bathroom. I’m new to this stuff, but that seems a little high. FYI, we are not going for high-end stuff. Just updating some mid-2000s bathrooms.

Unfortunately, the only other quote I got was a labor only quote for the same two bathrooms, and that came in at about $17K total ($8.5K/bathroom).

Does the second quote seem more “normal”, or will there really be $34K in building materials and finishing materials to add on to the second, labor-only quote?

I have had a heck of a time getting quotes. One contractor came out, took measurements, and a month later told me they couldn’t take the job. No other contractors have replied to my messages, and I have contact around 10-12. This why I only have two quotes.

I live in the Midwest in a medium COL area, if that matters.

Update after bathroom renovations have been completed: I ended up going with the contractor with a labor-only quote of $17K. Total cost ended up at about $35K for the two bathrooms. Really happy with it.

Hey, just wanted to know has anyone dealt with Rebath(contracted with) home depot company? We had them out for a quote for some bathroom remodeling (didn't realize they basically do replace and not remodeling whole bathroom).Gave us a quote for under $20k to redo our shower. The issue we are having is they said they are the only contractors that home depot allows to work with them for bathroom stuff and they require full payment up front or put it on a home depot cc(not signing up for that). We have never had to pay contractors up front for work on the projects in our house. Usually it's been 15-30% upfront and the rest due at project completion/day of installation. Anybody dealt with this or got advice of go ahead or find someone else?