Bathroom Renovations
in Huntsville.

A keep-layout refresh with mid-grade finishes typically runs $35,000 to $55,000. Custom tile showers, heated floors, and quartz vanities push that to $55,000 to $80,000. Reconfiguring the layout within the existing room runs $60,000 to $95,000, and expanding into adjacent space can exceed $90,000 depending on the structural work involved.

Because the toilet drain is the largest pipe in the room and it has to maintain slope to reach the stack. Moving it by two feet can mean opening the floor, rerouting a three-inch drain, adding venting, and in a slab or a cottage on piers, re-engineering how the drain leaves the building. Sinks and showers are far more forgiving. If budget is the priority, keep the toilet where it is.

New or relocated plumbing, new circuits, and any structural change require a permit from the Town of Huntsville building department, with a separate ESA notification for the electrical. Replacing a vanity, a toilet, and tile in the same locations generally does not. We confirm during the site visit.

A properly waterproofed tiled shower with a bonded membrane is the better long-term build and the better looking one. An acrylic base with tiled walls costs less and installs faster, and on a seasonal cottage that freezes it can be the more sensible choice. What we will not do is tile over drywall or use an unbonded membrane, which is where most shower failures in this region start.

Yes, and in Huntsville it is one of the highest-value upgrades per dollar in the entire renovation. Electric mat under tile with a programmable thermostat adds a modest amount to the project and changes how the room feels for five months of the year. It needs a dedicated circuit, which we account for in the electrical scope.

Fixture selection changes. Low-flow valves that behave badly on a variable-pressure lake draw system get swapped for pressure-balanced units that do not surprise you, and we plan the shutdown and drain-down sequence so the new plumbing survives its first winter. If your UV or sediment system is undersized for a second bathroom, we will flag it before we start rather than after.

Three to six weeks on site for most Huntsville bathrooms, longer if we are moving the wet wall or waiting on a specialty tile order. We sequence demolition so the room is only open when trades are actively in it, and we confirm tile and fixtures are on site before demolition starts.

Year-round. Huntsville has a strong four-season community, and we run interior renovations and new-build framing through the winter with the right protection in place. Only certain exterior masonry and concrete pours get seasonal scheduling.

Peninsula Lake, Fairy Lake, Mary Lake, Vernon Lake, and the north end of Lake of Bays, including properties out toward Hidden Valley and the Algonquin Park corridor.