Bathroom remodel cost in Terre Haute

The short answer

A national cost calculator can’t tell you what a bathroom costs in Terre Haute. These numbers can. They come from bathrooms we’ve bid and from bathroom work our customers approved between August 2025 and October 2026, around Terre Haute and the Wabash Valley. They’re ranges, not quotes. The size of your bathroom, the things you pick and what’s hiding behind the old tile set your final price.

Below we cover what moves a bathroom from one end of the range to the other, a few real jobs, what our price includes and what it doesn’t, and how to compare our bid with someone else’s. For how we design and build a bathroom, see our bathroom remodeling page.

• Bathroom remodel$20k–$60kFull gut and custom design
• Kitchen remodel$25k–$125kFull gut remodel
• Design (kitchens & baths)$180 first roomThen $36 for each additional room

Prices checked October 2026. Every proposal is one all-inclusive price: permits and sales tax built in.

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Bathroom remodel prices at a glance

Bathroom work	Price	What’s behind the number
Full-gut remodel with custom design	$20,000–$60,000	The range of full-gut, custom-designed bathrooms we’ve bid.
Bathroom-and-bedroom addition	About $66,200	An addition is new construction, not a remodel, so it’s priced differently.
Bathroom design	$180 first room, $36 each additional room	With our designer partner, under a short design agreement signed before your proposal.

We don’t price by the square foot. Every proposal is built from the actual cost of your job — materials, labor, equipment, permits and overhead. The figures here are simply what our past bids have worked out to.

Prices checked October 2026. The full-gut range comes from our bids. The addition comes from a job our customer approved, rounded to the nearest $100.

Where your bathroom lands in the range

Every bathroom in the $20,000 to $60,000 range is a full gut. The room comes down to the studs and subfloor, and it goes back with a waterproofed shower, tile, a new vanity, new lighting and a fan ducted outside. Bathrooms toward the low end keep the layout: the toilet, shower and vanity stay where they are, and the money goes into the finishes. Bathrooms toward the top move plumbing, build a large tiled walk-in shower with frameless glass, add a freestanding tub, or use custom cabinetry and stone counters.

The onboarding meeting and the design work tell us where yours lands. Call (812) 605-2560 or request an estimate, and Doug Stoliby, our sales manager, reaches out within 1 business day to set up that meeting.

What drives the cost of a bathroom

A bathroom packs plumbing, wiring, framing, waterproofing, tile, glass and trim into a room you can cross in three steps. Each trade needs its own time on site, in the right order. These are the eight things that move the number most.

Size of the room

A hall bath has less floor, less wall and fewer fixtures than a primary bath, so there’s less tile to set and less to build. A big primary bath with a separate tub and shower, or two sinks, sits higher in the range.

Moving plumbing

Leaving the toilet, shower and sink where they are saves real money. Moving a toilet or a shower drain means opening the floor and rerouting drain and vent lines, and the new rough-in has to pass inspection before the walls close. If you like your layout and just dislike your finishes, keep the layout.

Tile or a surround

A fully tiled shower can be any size, shape and pattern, with a niche or a bench built in. It also takes more labor than any other part of the room, and it leaves you grout lines to keep clean. An acrylic or composite surround goes in faster, has few seams and wipes down easily, but you choose from the sizes and styles the manufacturer makes. Some composite surrounds look like tile for less. If you’re undecided, we’ll price both. Our crew are professionals at high-end finishes, including tile, millwork and trim, and every tiled shower is waterproofed with the Schluter-Kerdi sheet-membrane system first.

Glass, vanity and fixtures

A frameless glass enclosure costs more than a framed door, and a framed door costs more than a curtain rod. Frameless glass also can’t be measured until the tile is finished, which adds a wait near the end. A stock vanity costs less than custom cabinetry, and the top can be anything from cultured marble to quartz or granite. Faucets, shower valves and toilets each come in a wide range of price levels too.

What’s under the old floor

Rot around an old toilet flange, a soft subfloor or mold behind old tile are the kinds of things nobody sees until demolition. If the subfloor flexes, it gets reframed or replaced before new tile goes down, because tile over a flexing floor cracks. We price what we can see before you sign. Anything we find once the room is open goes on a written change order that you approve before we do the work.

Adding a bathroom where there wasn’t one

A new bathroom starts with framing walls. Then water, drains, power, lighting, a fan and heat all have to reach a room that never had them. If the bathroom needs new space, it becomes an addition, which is priced as new construction rather than as a remodel. A bathroom-and-bedroom addition in Casey, Illinois, in 2026 came to about $66,200.

Ventilation, wiring and comfort upgrades

The exhaust fan gets ducted to the outside, not into the attic, so the moisture leaves the house instead of soaking the roof deck. Wiring near water has to meet code, and an older bathroom may need new circuits. Heated floors, a quieter fan and better lighting all add cost, and they’re the upgrades you notice every morning.

Permits and inspections

Inside Terre Haute city limits, the city code requires a permit for construction work, with a short list of exemptions for one- and two-family homes such as cabinets, shelving and floor coverings. The city inspects framing before the walls are covered and again at final. In unincorporated Vigo County, remodels that don’t move walls or add square footage fall under the county’s Demo/Remodel permit. In Brazil, the city requires a building permit when a project costs more than $500. We pull the permits and schedule the inspections, and the cost is in our price. Rules change, so if you’re planning to do any work yourself, check with the city’s building department or the county planning office first.

Real bathroom jobs from our records

These are real jobs, described by scope, town and year. Prices are rounded.

• Casey, Illinois, 2026: about $66,200. A bathroom-and-bedroom addition. It’s here to show the jump from remodeling a room to building a new one.
• Brazil, 2026: two bathrooms in a new home. We installed two bathrooms with Onyx showers as part of an interior finish package on a new home, along with the cabinets, laundry, 17 interior doors with trim, LVP and a flake epoxy floor. The whole package came to about $50,500, so it isn’t a bathroom-only price.

The full-gut range above comes from bathrooms we’ve bid. The addition sits above it, because it added new space to the house instead of remodeling a room that was already there.

What’s in our price

Your proposal has one all-inclusive price. For a bathroom, it covers:

• Demolition and hauling away the old bathroom
• Materials, named by brand and line where it matters
• Schluter-Kerdi waterproofing under every tiled shower
• Labor from our crew, plus the plumbing and electrical work we schedule and manage
• Permits, which we pull, and the inspections we schedule
• Sales tax
• Cleanup and waste removal every day, at our cost
• A ZipWall dust barrier at the doorway, and plywood over your lawn or driveway where materials come in
• Travel, which is built into the bid price, so there’s no separate trip charge
• Our one-year workmanship warranty, plus the manufacturers’ warranties on what we install

Co-owner Ryan Bolinger runs day-to-day execution on every job, and you can follow the schedule, approvals and inspection results in your JobTread client portal.

What isn’t in the original price

Design is billed on its own, under the design agreement you sign before the proposal: $180 for the first room and $36 for each additional room. Beyond that, two things can’t be priced on day one:

• Changes you decide on after signing. A different tile, a niche you didn’t plan, an extra outlet.
• Conditions hidden until demolition. Rot around the toilet flange, a soft subfloor, or old wiring that won’t pass inspection.

Each one gets a written change order, priced individually, that you approve in your JobTread client portal before the work happens. If you don’t approve it, we don’t do it.

How to compare bathroom bids

Our bids are rarely the lowest. The price pays for specific quality materials, real project management, plans and permits, general liability and workers’ compensation insurance, and livable wages for our crew. When you line our bid up against another one, check these:

• Same scope? A bid to swap a surround and a bid to gut the room aren’t the same job. Compare like with like.
• Named materials? Look for the tile, vanity, fixtures and glass named by brand and line. If a bid uses allowances instead, ask whether the allowance covers what you actually want.
• Waterproofing? Tile and grout aren’t waterproof by themselves. The bid should name the system. Ours is Schluter-Kerdi.
• Fan vented outside? A fan that blows into the attic moves the moisture problem instead of solving it.
• Permits and sales tax? Ours are in the price. Some bids leave them for later.
• Cleanup? Ask who hauls away the debris, and how often.
• Insurance? Ask for a certificate of insurance. We’ll send ours.
• Changes? Ask how changes are priced and approved, and whether it’s in writing.

Indiana’s Home Improvement Contracts Act (IC 24-5-11) covers home improvement work over $150. It calls for the contractor to give you a completed contract before you sign, with a reasonably detailed description of the work, approximate start and completion dates and the contract price, among other things. A number written on the back of a business card doesn’t meet that.

A bid that leaves these out isn’t cheaper. It just moves the cost somewhere you can’t see yet. Our pricing page has more on what “all-inclusive” means.

How a bathroom remodel runs, and how long it takes

1. Onboarding meeting — By appointment: your goals, budget and timeline.
2. Design agreement — Bathroom design is $180 for the first room and $36 for each additional room.
3. Design and selections — Layout, tile, vanity, fixtures and glass with our designer partner.
4. Budget and proposal — One all-inclusive price, good for 7 days.
5. Permits and scheduling — We pull the permits and order special-order items.
6. Construction — Tracked in your JobTread client portal, with written change orders.
7. Walkthrough and punch list — Then a Notice of Substantial Completion.
8. Warranty — One year on our workmanship, from substantial completion.

A full-gut bathroom usually takes 3 to 5 weeks on site once the tile, vanity and fixtures arrive, and your proposal lists approximate start and completion dates. What stretches a bathroom schedule: special-order tile, vanities and fixtures; frameless glass, which can’t be measured until the tile is done; inspection timing; and anything we find behind the old tile.

The one part of the schedule you control is selections. Pick your tile, vanity, fixtures and glass before demolition starts, so the room isn’t sitting torn apart while a decision waits. If it’s your only bathroom, tell us at the onboarding meeting so we can plan the schedule around it.

Paying for a bathroom remodel

Bathroom remodels follow our remodel payment schedule:

• 25% at signing
• 25% on day 1 of construction
• 25% at rough-in (after the rough-in inspection is completed, or when drywall is ready to begin)
• 15% at substantial completion
• 10% after the punch list is finished

The last 10% waits until every punch-list item is done. You can pay online through the invoice link, by check or in cash. The full process is on how we work.

Who we’re not a fit for

We’d rather tell you now than waste your time or ours.

• The cheapest bid. If price is your only priority we likely aren't the right choice. You can always find a lower number. We price for specific quality materials, professional project management, plans & permits, proper insurance (liability & workers' comp) and livable wages for our crew.
• Small service calls. We don't take handyman jobs or small general repairs under about 4 hours. Roof repairs are a separate service.
• Standalone trade work. We don't do standalone HVAC, electrical or plumbing unless it's part of a larger design/build project.

Not sure where your project lands? Call us at (812) 605-2560 and we’ll point you in the right direction.

Bathroom cost questions

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