Bathroom Remodeling in Pflugerville, TX: 2026 Cost Guide

What a bathroom remodel costs in Pflugerville

Three tiers cover almost every bath we build in Pflugerville. The price is driven by how far the fixtures move, how much tile goes on the walls, and what is behind the drywall once it is open.

Everything below is a fixed price in writing, not an estimate that drifts. We price the job after the design is settled and after we have been inside your house and looked at the attic, the water heater and the drain locations.

• $25,000–$40,000 — guest or hall bath, same footprint. New tub or tub-shower, tile walls and floor, vanity, toilet, lighting, exhaust fan, paint, new valves and supply lines.
• $40,000–$65,000 — primary bath with a real layout change. Builder garden tub removed, shower enlarged into that space, drains and supply relocated, double vanity, frameless glass, full tile surround.
• $65,000+ — wet room or curbless shower with linear drain, slab work, large-format or mosaic tile, custom cabinetry, heated floor, upgraded fixtures throughout.
• Moves the price up: moving the toilet drain, pouring into the slab, second-floor baths over finished living space, niche and bench tile detail, frameless glass over 3/8 inch, two baths at once with one bathroom left in service.
• Moves the price down: keeping fixtures where they are, a tub-shower unit instead of frameless glass, a single vanity, porcelain tile in a running bond instead of herringbone or mosaic, and standard-height ceilings with no soffit rework.

What is particular about Pflugerville houses

Pflugerville grew fast through the 1990s and 2000s, so a large share of the baths we open up are builder-grade originals that are now 20 to 30 years old: cultured marble tops, a fiberglass tub-shower, a soffit over the vanity, and a big corner garden tub nobody has filled in a decade. That garden tub is usually the opportunity. Taking it out and running the shower across that wall is the single most common primary-bath change we build here, and it is what pushes a job from the $25k–$40k band into the $40k–$65k band, because the shower drain and valve have to move.

Most of these homes sit on a slab. Any time a drain has to move more than a few inches, that means cutting and re-pouring concrete, which adds days and dollars — we tell you that before you sign, not after demo. Two-story plans are common in the newer subdivisions, and a second-floor bath over a living room or kitchen means we plan for waterproofing and for protecting the ceiling below.

Central Texas water is hard, and it shows up on glass, valve cartridges and fixture finishes. We build in a frameless glass panel that can be squeegeed, specify valves with parts you can actually get, and lay out the shower so there are no fussy corners to scrub. Summer humidity and attic-mounted HVAC also make exhaust ventilation worth getting right: we vent fans to the outside, not into the attic, and size the fan to the room rather than reusing whatever was there.

Permits and inspections

A bath remodel that touches plumbing, electrical or walls is permit work. Which office issues that permit depends on your address — some Pflugerville homes fall under the City of Pflugerville, some under Travis County, and some addresses north and east sit in other jurisdictions. We confirm which one has authority over your property before we price the job, and we handle the application, the plans and the inspection scheduling. You do not chase paperwork.

Permit fees for a residential bath remodel in this area typically run $300–$900 depending on scope and jurisdiction. That is carried in your fixed price, so it is not a line item that shows up later.

Expect a rough inspection after the plumbing and wiring are in and before the walls close, and a final inspection at the end. If your remodel involves removing or opening a wall, enlarging a window or anything touching the structure, a licensed engineer and the permit office make that determination — not your contractor and not a sales rep. We bring the engineer in during design so the answer is on paper before demolition, and we build what is approved.

If your home is in an HOA — and many Pflugerville neighborhoods are — interior bath work usually does not involve them, but dumpster placement, material staging and work hours sometimes do. We ask about it in the first visit.

The timeline, week by week

Here is the realistic calendar from the first phone call to the final walkthrough. Construction on a bathroom is 3 to 5 weeks. The weeks before it are design, selections and permitting, and skipping them is how projects stall mid-build.

We hand you a construction calendar before demolition starts, and that is the one we build to. Materials are on site before we open the walls, so the job does not sit waiting on a vanity top.

• Week 1 — In-home visit. We measure, look at the attic and water heater, check drain and vent locations, and talk through scope and budget band.
• Weeks 2–4 — Design and selections. Layout drawings, tile, fixtures, vanity, glass and lighting chosen and specified. We price the exact scope and give you a fixed price in writing.
• Weeks 4–6 — Permit application and review, engineer involved if the scope calls for it. Materials ordered and delivered.
• Weeks 6–7 — Demolition and rough-in. Plumbing and electrical in the walls, slab work if a drain is moving, then the rough inspection.
• Weeks 7–9 — Waterproofing, tile, drywall, paint. This is the longest stretch and the one that decides how the finished room looks.
• Weeks 9–10 — Vanity, counter, fixtures, glass, mirrors, trim, final inspection, punch list and walkthrough.
• Add 1–2 weeks for a second bath running at the same time, slab cutting, or custom cabinetry with a longer lead time.

How our fixed-price design-build process works

Design-build means one contract covers design, permitting and construction. You are not hiring a designer, then bidding the drawings, then arguing with a builder about what the drawings meant. We draw it, price it, pull the permit and build it with our own carpenters.

The price is fixed before demolition. We write down the scope, the tile, the fixtures, the vanity, the glass — model numbers, not categories — and that number holds. The only thing that changes it is you changing the scope, or something genuinely hidden behind a wall, and if that happens we show you the condition, price the fix in writing and you approve it before we proceed. Our workmanship carries a 5-year warranty. Financing is available if you would rather not write one check.

Our crews are in-house carpenters, not a rotating cast of day labor. The same lead runs your job from demo to walkthrough, the site gets cleaned at the end of each day, and we keep one bathroom in service in the house wherever the plan allows.

What to ask any contractor before you sign

Bath remodels go wrong in the same few places every time: waterproofing, scope that was never written down, and permits nobody pulled. Ask these questions and the answers will separate the field quickly.

Then do this: walk your bath with a tape measure, note what you want moved versus what can stay, pick a budget band from the ranges above, and get a contractor into the house who will look in the attic before quoting. If you are in Pflugerville, call us and we will come measure.

• Who pulls the permit, and which office has jurisdiction over my address?
• What waterproofing system goes behind the tile, and is it a sheet or liquid membrane?
• Is this a fixed price in writing, and what exactly triggers a change order?
• Are the crews employees or subcontractors, and who is on site every day?
• What is the written warranty on workmanship, and how long?
• Will the drain have to move, and does that mean cutting the slab?
• What are the lead times on the vanity, tile and glass, and will everything be on site before demolition?

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