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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Villas
Bathroom remodeling in Villas typically runs between $9,000 and $28,000 for a full gut-and-replace project, with smaller refreshes or tub-to-shower conversions landing closer to $3,500 to $10,000. Those numbers reflect the reality of working in unincorporated Lee County, where post-Hurricane Ian rebuild pressure still shapes material costs, permit timelines, and what inspectors look for. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and we’ve spent 29 years earning our name on the truck. If you’re weighing a remodel in Villas, call Tom’s team at (877) 610-1318 and we’ll walk your bathroom with you before any number goes in writing.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Villas’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Villas sits in the heart of Lee County’s Hurricane Ian reconstruction corridor. Ian made landfall in September 2022 just miles from here, and much of the unincorporated CDP’s pre-2001 housing stock took water, wind, or both. What that means for a bathroom remodel is this: you’re never just swapping tile. You’re often repairing hidden moisture damage while bringing plumbing and framing up to current Florida code. We know that because we’ve been working through it since the storm.
Tom Barrett founded this company in 1998, and his sons run the crews. When we quote a bathroom in Villas, the permit flows through the Lee County Building Department, not through a Fort Myers city office. That county portal carried one of the highest post-Ian backlogs in the state, and it still backs up during peak season. We sequence our permits and inspections knowing that, which is why our written scopes include contingency float instead of hopeful guesses. Our Villas customers tell us they picked us for that reason more than any other: we plan around the county, not around a sales script.
Ask anyone on your street, or look up Tom’s license number yourself. Calls are answered by a live person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That’s not a marketing line. It’s the way we’ve run the business for over 29 years.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Villas
Most Villas bathrooms were built between the late 1960s and the 1980s. Concrete block walls, original cast iron or galvanized piping, and layouts that worked fine for 1975 but feel cramped today. Here’s how we approach the four most common projects across 33907.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full remodel in Villas means pulling everything down to the studs, checking for hidden moisture behind the old tile, and rebuilding with current Florida Building Code wind and moisture standards in mind. We handle the gut, the rough plumbing, the waterproofing, the tile, the vanity, the fixtures, and the finish. Every eligible job gets a permit pulled through Lee County and an inspection signed before we call it done.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Most of the shower pans we tear out in Villas homes are showing their age, and more than a few have leaked into the concrete slab without anyone noticing until the baseboards started swelling. We rebuild walk-in showers with Schluter waterproofing systems as our standard, not as an upgrade. A properly waterproofed shower in a concrete block home will outlast the one it’s replacing by decades.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
If you’re aging in place or simply tired of stepping over a tub wall, a tub-to-shower conversion in Villas runs $3,500 to $10,000 depending on glass, tile, and plumbing moves. We replace the drain, check the slab for moisture, and build a curbless entry when the framing allows. This is the single most popular project we do for homeowners in their 60s and 70s across Lee County.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Not every Villas bathroom needs a full gut. If your vanity doors are swollen from Florida humidity and your fixtures are dated, we can replace them without tearing out the whole room. Vanity installation runs $800 to $3,000. New tile, new fixtures, new lighting placement, new mirror. It’s a smaller job with the same written change-order policy: nothing changes without paper in your hand first.
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 Villas
We install brands you can look up before you sign. Schluter for waterproofing, Grohe for fixtures, Sterling for tubs and shower bases. These aren’t mystery names off a van. When a Grohe cartridge fails five years from now, your plumber can walk into a supply house in Fort Myers and get the part. That matters in Villas, where so much of the housing stock is aging and so many repairs are already underway. We don’t sell house brands, and we don’t swap materials without a written change order telling you exactly what changed and why.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Villas Homes
- Water intrusion behind original 1970s tile. Villas homes built before the 2001 Florida Building Code overhaul often lack the modern waterproofing membranes we now install as standard. Moisture gets behind the tile, feeds mold, and quietly rots the drywall. By the time you see a stain, the damage is usually bigger than the stain.
- Rusted cast iron and galvanized drain lines. Homes in 33907 still run a surprising amount of original galvanized pipe. It corrodes from the inside, narrowing the drain until it backs up. A remodel is the right time to replace it, not after the new tile goes in.
- Slab moisture pushing through old vinyl flooring. Villas sits close to the drainage canals that crisscross the area, and shallow groundwater is a fact of life. Older slabs were poured without modern vapor barriers, so flooring choices and waterproofing details matter more here than they do in drier inland builds.
- Permit and inspection sequencing through Lee County. This one isn’t a problem in your bathroom, but it’s a problem on your calendar. The Lee County Building Department still carries one of the longest inspection backlogs in the state after Ian. We schedule our Villas jobs around the county’s rhythm, not against it.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Villas, FL
Here’s what you can expect to pay in Villas for the most common scopes. A full bathroom remodel runs $9,000 to $28,000. A small bathroom remodel runs $5,000 to $12,000. A walk-in shower installation runs $4,500 to $12,000. A tub-to-shower conversion runs $3,500 to $10,000. A shower replacement runs $3,000 to $8,500. A vanity installation runs $800 to $3,000.
What changes the price more than anything is what’s hiding behind the walls in a CBS home built before 2001. Water damage, old plumbing, and code upgrades add cost. That’s why we don’t quote over the phone. Tom or one of his sons will walk the bathroom, open the access panel, check the slab and the drain, and only then put a number in writing. Every allowance is in writing. Every scope change is a written change order before work proceeds. Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate. We’ll come out, look carefully, and give you a number that won’t change unless you change the job.
We Also Serve Cities Near Villas
Our crews serve Villas and the surrounding communities from Villas itself outward. We work across Fort Myers, Cypress Lake, McGregor, and Iona, and we’re familiar with the permit rhythms in each of those jurisdictions. If you’re in Villas proper or just outside the CDP line, our Bathroom Remodeling team can cover you. And if the remodel turns up roof or window issues, we also handle Roofing in Villas and Windows & Doors in Villas without you needing to find a second contractor.
Serving Villas, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Villas 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 Villas
We can usually get to a Villas home for an in-person walkthrough within a few days of your call. Estimates are free, and no trip charge applies inside the county. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll schedule a time that works around the county inspection calendar, not against it.
Yes. We work throughout 33907, including the neighborhoods near the drainage canals, the sections off Summerlin Road, and the smaller streets that feed into Winkler. Villas is unincorporated Lee County, not Fort Myers, so we pull every permit through the Lee County Building Department and schedule inspections through the county portal.
In some cases, yes. Material prices in Lee County have run higher since Ian because so much of the regional rebuild is consuming the same tile, fixtures, and plumbing supply. More importantly, many Villas bathrooms built before 2001 have hidden storm-related moisture that only surfaces during demolition. Our written change-order policy means you’ll know about it before we spend a dollar on it.
If something we installed isn’t done right, Tom comes back and makes it right within 90 days. One call to (877) 610-1318. It’s written on every contract, not buried in fine print, and it’s the same promise we’ve backed for over 29 years.
Yes, on every eligible job. The Lee County permit inspector works for you, not for me, and that’s exactly why I like him. If your last contractor told you permits were optional, they were wrong. We pull permits, schedule inspections, and sign off before we call the job complete.
Get Your Free Villas Bathroom Remodeling Estimate
Call Tom’s team at (877) 610-1318 today. We’ll walk your bathroom, write a scope in plain language, and put every allowance and every price change in writing before the first nail moves. You’ll get a real number from a real local contractor who answers his own phone. Ask for the Senior & Veteran discount if it applies, and mention this page for $40 off any repair over $200.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Villas and surrounding Lee County communities since 1998.