Bathroom Remodeling in Westlake, Texas | 2026 Costs
A bathroom remodel in Westlake typically runs 3 to 5 weeks of construction, and most projects we build here land between $25,000 for a straightforward guest bath and $75,000 or more for a primary bath with a curbless shower, wet room and full replumb. Home Remodel Pro is a design-build contractor — we design it, price it, permit it and build it with our own carpenters. You get a fixed price in writing before anyone swings a hammer.
What a Westlake Bathroom Remodel Actually Costs
Westlake homes vary widely — 1970s ranch houses off Redbud Trail, 1990s two-story builds in Rob Roy, and newer construction along Bee Cave Road. The bones matter more than the zip code. Cast iron drains, galvanized supply lines, and slab-on-grade plumbing relocations drive cost more than the tile you pick.
Here is how the numbers usually break down on our jobs. Every one of these becomes a fixed number in your contract after design — no allowances that balloon at tile selection.
Financing is available if you would rather not pull from savings for the whole project.
- Guest or hall bath, same footprint, new tile, vanity, toilet and fixtures: roughly $25,000 to $40,000
- Primary bath refresh — keep the layout, replace everything, upgrade the shower: roughly $40,000 to $60,000
- Primary bath reconfiguration — curbless shower, wet room, freestanding tub, moved plumbing, custom vanity: roughly $60,000 to $90,000 and up
- Full replumb of a bath (repiping supply lines, new drain runs): typically adds $6,000 to $15,000 depending on slab versus crawlspace access
- Two baths built back-to-back in one mobilization usually saves 8 to 12 percent versus two separate projects
Curbless Showers, Wet Rooms and What They Take
Curbless showers are the most requested upgrade we get in Westlake, and they are also the most misquoted. To get a truly flush entry you have to drop the subfloor or, on a slab, cut and re-pour the shower pan area so the drain slope lives below finished floor height. That is demolition, plumbing and structural work — not a tile decision.
A wet room — shower and freestanding tub sharing one waterproofed enclosure behind a single glass panel — needs a continuous waterproofing membrane, a linear drain, and usually a second shower valve. We build these with a bonded sheet membrane and flood-test before tile goes down. Photos of the flood test go in your project file.
Plan for tile selection early. Large-format porcelain and stone slab shower walls need layout drawings and longer lead times than 3x6 subway, and we lock the selections before demolition so nothing stalls the calendar.
Permits and Inspections in West Lake Hills and Travis County
Westlake addresses do not all fall under the same authority. The City of West Lake Hills has its own building department and its own review timeline. Rollingwood runs its own permitting. Some addresses with Westlake mailing addresses sit in unincorporated Travis County or in the City of Austin's limited-purpose or full-purpose jurisdiction. The first thing we do is confirm which office reviews your project — that answer changes the review time and the fee schedule.
Bathroom remodels that stay inside existing walls and do not move plumbing sometimes need only a plumbing and electrical permit. Once you relocate a drain, move a wall, or expand the bath into a closet or adjacent room, you are into a full building permit with plan review. West Lake Hills also pays close attention to impervious cover and, on hillside lots, to anything that touches the exterior envelope — which matters if your remodel adds a window or an exterior vent.
We handle the permit applications, submit the drawings, and meet every inspector on site: rough plumbing, rough electrical, framing if applicable, and final. We do not ask homeowners to pull an owner-builder permit. That shortcut voids your protection and our workmanship warranty.
- We confirm jurisdiction — West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Travis County or City of Austin — before pricing
- Permit fees and review time are built into the fixed price and the schedule you receive
- Design and permitting are completed before demolition starts
- Every inspection is scheduled and attended by our project manager, not subcontracted out
How Our Fixed-Price Design-Build Process Works
Most cost overruns on a bathroom come from a contractor bidding off a napkin sketch and discovering the real scope at demo. We do the discovery first. We open a small inspection area, check the plumbing material, verify the joist or slab condition, and then draw the bath and select every finish before we price it.
You sign one contract with one company. The designer, the carpenters, the plumber and the tile setters all answer to the same project manager. Our carpenters are in-house employees, which is why vanity fit, trim and door casing come out clean and why we can hold the schedule when a subcontractor-based crew would be waiting on someone's other job.
The construction calendar we hand you at contract signing is the one we build to. A Westlake bathroom runs 3 to 5 weeks from demolition to final inspection. If you are remodeling your only full bath, we will tell you which two weeks the space is genuinely unusable so you can plan around it.
- Design and selections first — tile, vanity, plumbing fixtures, glass, lighting all chosen before pricing
- Fixed price in writing, signed before demolition
- City permits pulled and inspections scheduled by us
- In-house carpenters on site daily
- 5-year workmanship warranty on everything we build
- Financing available
Choosing a Bathroom Contractor in Westlake
Ask any contractor bidding your Westlake bath three questions. First: is this an estimate or a fixed price, and what specifically would change it? Second: who is actually doing the work — your employees or whoever is available that week? Third: who pulls the permit and meets the inspector?
Also ask how they waterproof. If the answer is a painted-on membrane over standard drywall with no flood test, keep looking. Shower failures show up two to four years later as a soft spot in the hallway floor, and by then most warranties have expired. Ours runs five years on workmanship.
If you want a real number for your bathroom, we will walk the space, check the plumbing, and put a fixed price in front of you.
Westlake homeowners also ask
How long will my bathroom be out of service?
Plan on 3 to 5 weeks of construction for a Westlake bathroom, start to final inspection. The room itself is fully unusable for roughly the first two to three weeks — demolition, plumbing rough-in, inspection, waterproofing and tile. Fixtures, glass and trim go in after that. We give you dated milestones at contract signing.
Do I need a permit for a bathroom remodel in West Lake Hills?
Usually yes. If you are replacing fixtures in the same locations, you may need only plumbing and electrical permits. Moving a drain, relocating a wall, or expanding the bathroom triggers a full building permit with plan review. West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Travis County and the City of Austin each have different requirements, so we confirm your jurisdiction first and handle the submittal and inspections either way.
Why does a curbless shower cost more than a standard one?
Because the slope has to live below your finished floor. On a slab foundation that means saw-cutting the concrete, resetting the drain and re-pouring the pan area. On a pier-and-beam or second-floor bath it means dropping the subfloor between joists. Add a linear drain, a bonded waterproofing membrane and a flood test, and a curbless conversion typically adds $8,000 to $18,000 over a standard curbed shower.
Can the price change after we start?
Only if you change the scope. We complete design, selections and permitting before demolition, and the number in your contract is fixed in writing. If you decide mid-project to add heated floors or swap to a stone slab wall, we write a change order with a fixed price for that addition before we proceed. You never get a surprise invoice at the end.