Bathroom remodel cost in Orlando & Central Florida

The same table appears on our bathroom pages for every city we serve, from Oviedo and Winter Springs to Orlando and St. Cloud. Permit and inspection fees are set by your building department and are itemised separately in the estimate.

Planning ranges, not quotes. The conversion and the full remodel are compared in Walk-in shower conversion or full bathroom remodel?

• Size and type — a hall bath with a tub and one vanity costs less than a primary bath with a walk-in shower, a double vanity and a separate toilet room.
• Tile — the amount of tile (floor only, or floor plus full-height walls), the material and size of the tile, and pattern work such as herringbone or niches.
• Shower — a tub-to-shower conversion with waterproofing, slope and a drain; frameless glass costs more than a framed door; a curbless entry on a slab needs the floor recessed.
• Plumbing — keeping fixtures where they are is the least expensive path; moving a drain on a slab means cutting concrete, and old galvanized or cast-iron lines are often replaced while the floor is open.
• Vanity and fixtures — stock, semi-custom or custom vanity; the counter; faucets, shower valves and a comfort-height toilet.
• Electrical and ventilation — GFCI outlets, lighting and an exhaust fan vented to the outside, as the code requires.
• Accessibility — grab-bar blocking, a wider door, a bench and a hand-held shower add little when planned in and more when added later.
• What demolition reveals — water damage behind a tub surround or under the floor, which is common in older bathrooms.
• Permits and review — permit fees from your city or county, and HOA or condominium association review where it applies.

• About $15,000 sits in the middle of the hall-bath refresh range ($10,000 – $20,000) and at the lower end of a tub-to-shower conversion ($12,000 – $25,000): new tile, a stock vanity, fixtures and lighting with the plumbing kept where it is, or a straightforward conversion with a framed door.
• About $25,000 is the top of the conversion range and the lower part of the primary-bath range ($20,000 – $45,000): a conversion with frameless glass and full-height tile, or a primary bath remodel with a single vanity and mid-range tile in the same layout.
• About $40,000 approaches the top of the primary-bath range: a walk-in shower with frameless glass, a double vanity, full tile, new lighting and ventilation, and room for a relocated drain or a curbless entry.

Budgets above are round planning figures; the ranges they are compared with are our October 2026 price table.

Planning ranges from the same table as above; not quotes.

Bathroom work that moves or replaces plumbing, adds or changes wiring, or alters a wall goes through your city or county building department: the City of Oviedo Building Division for Oviedo addresses, City of Orlando Permitting Services for Orlando, Baldwin Park and Lake Nona, and the city building division or the county office elsewhere. Since July 1, 2026, a single-family owner can request an exemption for work valued under $7,500, but it excludes any electrical, plumbing, structural, mechanical or gas work and any property in a flood hazard area, so a like-for-like vanity or a new mirror may qualify while a shower conversion does not.

When the contract is over $5,000, the permit office also needs a copy of the recorded Notice of Commencement before the first inspection; we record it and post it on site. And if a contractor takes more than 10% of the price up front, Florida requires the permit application within 30 days and a start within 90 days of the permit being issued.

1. Site visit — we check the drain lines, the slab and the existing waterproofing before tile is discussed, because plumbing age decides more than finishes do.
2. Selections — tile, vanity, glass, fixtures and lighting, with lead times checked before the schedule is set.
3. Written, itemised estimate — each trade priced line by line, permit fees shown separately and allowances stated for anything not yet chosen.
4. Permit — filed with your building department when the scope touches plumbing, wiring or walls.
5. Build — demolition, rough plumbing and electrical with inspections, waterproofing and slope, tile, vanity and fixtures, glass last.
6. Final inspection and walkthrough — we close the permit and hand over the paperwork.

Most homeowners pay for a bathroom from savings, a home equity line of credit or a renovation loan. We don’t lend money, but the itemised estimate is the document lenders ask for, and you can ask about financing options during the estimate.