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A full bathroom remodel in Highland Village typically runs $9,000 to $28,000, with smaller baths landing between $5,000 and $12,000. That’s real money, so you deserve a contractor who puts every price on paper before a hammer swings. At Barrett & Sons Construction, we’ve spent 29 years earning that trust in Highland Village, one written change order and one passed inspection at a time. Call (877) 610-1318 and Tom or one of his sons will talk through your project personally, not route you to a call center.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Highland Village’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and he still lives close enough to Highland Village to meet you at the hardware store on a Saturday. His sons run the crews that show up at your door, background-checked and wearing the Barrett & Sons name. That’s not a talking point. It’s the way we’ve worked for nearly three decades, and it’s why homeowners in Lakewood Hills, Doubletree Ranch, and Castlewood Estates keep calling us back when the next project comes up.
We pull permits on every eligible bathroom remodel in Highland Village, and we don’t treat inspections as a hurdle to dodge. The permit inspector works for you, not for me. When he signs off, you know the waterproofing, framing, and electrical inside your walls meet code. Our 90-Day Done Right Promise is written on every contract: if something isn’t done right, one call brings Tom back to make it right. No fine print, no phone tree.
You can look up our license number, our address, and Tom’s name before you sign anything. Ask anyone on your street, or check the record yourself. We’d rather you verify us up front than find out later you hired the wrong crew.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Highland Village
We handle every part of a Highland Village bathroom remodel, from a simple vanity swap to a full gut renovation down to the studs. Here are the services Highland Village homeowners ask about most, along with honest pricing ranges for this market.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full bathroom remodel in Highland Village runs $9,000 to $28,000 depending on scope, fixtures, and what we find behind the walls once demolition starts. We replace everything: flooring, drywall, waterproofing, plumbing, electrical, venting, fixtures, and tile. Older Highland Village homes often hide failed waterproofing behind original tile, so we build a written allowance for unknowns into every full remodel contract before work begins. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free, itemized estimate.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Walk-in shower installation in Highland Village runs $4,500 to $12,000 for a complete replacement with proper waterproofing, framing, and tile. Many homeowners in this area want the old tub-and-shower combo opened into a curbless, low-threshold walk-in for easier access. We install Schluter and Wedi waterproofing systems under tile, never drywall-over-greenboard like the original 1980s builds. Your shower gets a 24-hour flood test before the glass goes on.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Tub-to-shower conversions in Highland Village run $3,500 to $10,000. This is one of the smartest moves for an older home, especially if you’re planning to age in place or just want a shower that actually drains correctly. Highland Village’s black clay soil shifts with the seasons, and we frequently see tubs that now drain backward because the slab has moved. A conversion is the perfect time to reset the slope, replace the drain, and build in proper waterproofing from the pan up.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Vanity installation in Highland Village runs $800 to $3,000, depending on whether you’re keeping existing plumbing or moving supply lines and drain location. We install KraftMaid vanities and Cambria or Silestone countertops, so what goes into your bathroom is a name you can look up, not whatever was on sale at the supply yard. Tile work includes full wall tile, shower surrounds, and floor tile over properly isolated and uncoupled substrates suited to Highland Village’s expansive clay.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Highland Village
We install materials you can verify before we start cutting. In bathrooms, that means Schluter and Wedi waterproofing systems, Delta and Moen fixtures, and American Standard or Kohler tubs. The permit inspector sees these names and knows what was installed. Highland Village’s hard water also matters here: we recommend fixtures with easily serviceable cartridges because the mineral buildup from Lake Lewisville’s supply line shortens the life of cheap internals. That’s the kind of local detail that keeps a bathroom working for 20 years instead of five.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Highland Village Homes
After 29 years of opening walls in Highland Village, we know what’s behind them. Here are the four most common problems, and how we handle each one.
- No waterproofing behind original tile. Homes built in the 1980s and early 2000s used drywall over greenboard as a tile substrate. Greenboard isn’t waterproof. By the time you notice a loose tile or a musty smell, that drywall has been wicking shower splash for years. We replace it with a true waterproofing system and a flood-tested pan.
- Slab movement cracking shower pans. Highland Village sits on expansive black clay that swells in wet winters and shrinks in drought summers. We regularly pull out original PVC shower pans cracked along the curb because the slab beneath them moved. A cracked pan leaks straight into the subfloor for months before you see the damage.
- Outdated electrical inside bathroom walls. Some 1980s Highland Village homes still have aluminum branch wiring. If we open a wall and find it, the city’s rough-in electrical inspection will flag it, and your project stalls. We check for this before we quote, not after demolition day.
- Tubs and drains out of alignment. When a slab shifts, a tub that once drained correctly can tip half a degree backward and leave a puddle at the back wall. You can’t fix this with caulk. The fix is removing the tub, resetting the slope, and replacing the drain assembly while the floor is open.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Highland Village, TX
Here’s what a bathroom remodel in Highland Village typically costs, broken down by scope. These are real ranges from this market, not national averages that don’t apply to your neighborhood.
| Service | Typical Range in Highland Village |
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| Full Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 - $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 - $12,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 - $12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 - $10,000 |
What moves a bathroom remodel quote in Highland Village isn’t a sales pitch. It’s what we find when walls come down: failed waterproofing, slab-shifted drains, aluminum wiring, or framing that never should have passed in the first place. Those discoveries are why we write a scope in writing, allowances in writing, and change orders in writing. An allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate, and we’ll walk the bathroom with you before we write a single number.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Village
While this page focuses on Highland Village, our crews also serve Flower Mound, Lewisville, Lake Dallas, and Corinth. If you’re a few minutes down FM 2499 or across the lake, you get the same Barrett & Sons crew, the same written pricing, and the same 90-Day Done Right Promise. Our Bathroom Remodeling team covers the full Denton County side of Lake Lewisville, and for projects right in town, we’re your local Bathroom Remodeling in Highland Village contractor.
Serving Highland Village, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Village area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Bathroom Remodeling in Highland Village
You don’t need a Corps of Engineers setback clearance or FEMA floodplain permit for an interior bathroom remodel that doesn’t change your home’s footprint, even on a lakefront Highland Village lot. Those federal overlays apply to additions, grading, retaining walls, and structures that extend beyond the existing building envelope. But we check your lot’s COE boundary before quoting any project, because we’ve seen too many Highland Village homeowners start a remodel not realizing their lot falls inside the flowage easement. For an interior bathroom, you’re clear. For anything that touches the exterior or the ground, we’ll flag the federal paperwork before it halts your project.
Highland Village sits on expansive Vertisol clay that swells during wet winters and shrinks dramatically in summer drought, and that movement doesn’t only affect foundations. It shifts the slab under your bathroom enough to crack shower pans, separate wall-tile joints, and pull vanity plumbing out of alignment. If your house has been there since the 1980s or 1990s, that slab has moved many times already. When we open a Highland Village bathroom wall, we’re not guessing what we’ll find. We’re checking for exactly this, and we price the fix honestly before work starts. Call (877) 610-1318 if you suspect slab movement behind your shower tile.
Once we open a permitted bathroom wall in Highland Village, the city requires anything we touch to meet current code, not the code from when your house was built. That typically means GFCI-protected circuits, an upgraded exhaust fan vented to the exterior, pressure-balanced or thermostatic shower valves, and waterproofing behind any tile we install. If we find aluminum branch wiring or a vent dumping into the attic, those get flagged on inspection and must be corrected. We plan for these upgrades in our initial scope, so the permit inspection doesn’t stop your job halfway through.
Yes, a bathroom remodel in Highland Village requires a permit any time we’re changing plumbing, electrical, or structural framing, which covers nearly every project we do. We pull the permit ourselves, schedule the inspections, and stand behind the sign-off. The city’s inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s exactly why we like him on the job. Any contractor who tells you a bathroom permit is optional in Highland Village is telling you to skip the step that protects your investment.
We expect surprises on older Highland Village homes, so surprises don’t hit your wallet unannounced. Every contract includes written allowances for things like replacing rotted subfloor, correcting slab-shifted drains, or upgrading code-flagged electrical. If we find something outside the allowance, you get a written change order before we touch it. No surprise invoices at the end. No “we’ll figure it out later.” On a 1994 home in the Lakewood Hills subdivision, our crew opened a hall bath to find the original PVC shower pan cracked along the curb from slab movement and the subfloor beneath the vinyl spongy in one corner. We pulled permits, replaced the pan with a mud-set mortar bed and PVC liner over an engineered slope, reframed the rotted section, and wrote a change order for the additional framing before touching it. Final inspection sign-off came after the tile was set and the shower held a 24-hour flood test. That’s how every Barrett & Sons job works.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Highland Village since 1998.
Ready to Start Your Bathroom Remodel in Highland Village?
You don’t need to decide today. You need a real price range and a contractor you can verify. Call (877) 610-1318 and Tom or one of his sons will walk your bathroom with you, check for the slab movement, the waterproofing failures, and the code upgrades your permit will trigger, and put every number in writing before you sign. Free estimates, Senior & Veteran 10% discount, and a $40 credit on any repair over $200. We answer the phone 24/7, and we live close enough to shake your hand on Saturday.