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A full bathroom remodel in Highland Park typically runs $9,000-$28,000, with high-end projects involving custom cabinetry, architectural glass, and imported stone pushing well past that range. The biggest cost driver here isn’t labor. It’s the town’s separate permit desk, the deed-restriction review process, and lead times on specialty materials most Highland Park clients want. We’re Barrett & Sons Construction, and Tom Barrett has been running crews since 1998. We answer our own phone at (877) 610-1318, and we’ll give you a written scope before you spend a dime.
Highland Park is not Dallas. The town issues its own permits, runs its own inspections, and enforces deed restrictions that stop work even after a permit is issued. A contractor who treats your 1940s Colonial on Beverly Drive like a Dallas job will get red-tagged. Here’s what that means for your bathroom remodel, and why it actually works in your favor when the crew knows the town.
Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Highland Park’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
We’ve been hired to fix more than a few Highland Park bathrooms that another contractor started and couldn’t finish. The pattern is always the same: someone assumed Dallas jurisdiction, got a job shut down by the Highland Park building department, and the homeowner was left with a gutted bathroom and no one returning calls. Tom Barrett’s name, address, and license number are published on every contract we write. Look us up before you sign anything. That’s the point.
Our crews work in Highland Park regularly enough to know the inspectors by name. We know which shower pan tests they enforce, which tub-to-shower conversions trigger deed-restriction review, and which older homes along the 1920s-through-1950s platted streets have cast-iron stacks that are quietly failing behind the walls. That’s not knowledge you get from a call center. It’s knowledge you get from pulling permits in 75205 week after week.
And when something goes sideways, which happens in any honest remodel, you call one number. A live person answers, 24/7. Not a voicemail box, not an out-of-state answering service. You’ll likely end up talking to Tom directly. He lives twenty minutes away. If something’s wrong with your shower valve depth or your drain slope, he wants to know about it before the inspector does.
Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Highland Park
We’re a full-service Bathroom Remodeling company, but in Highland Park the work skews high-end. Custom millwork, designer coordination, specialty finishes, and architectural glass are the norm here, not the exception. These are the services we handle most often for Highland Park homeowners.
Full Bathroom Remodeling
A full gut and rebuild in Highland Park usually means moving plumbing, upgrading to a curbless shower with a linear drain, and installing custom cabinetry that matches the original millwork elsewhere in the house. Those 1920s-through-1950s Tudors and Colonials often have bathrooms that were last touched in the 1970s, so we’re frequently correcting bad subflooring and outdated rough-in work before we set a single tile. Expect $9,000-$28,000 depending on scope, and understand that the design review board can add time if your remodel changes the exterior window opening or adds a vent through a wall facing the street.
Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling
Highland Park homeowners want walk-in showers with frameless glass enclosures, zero-threshold entries, and bench seating. We install Schluter waterproofing systems and set pans to slope before any tile goes down. The Highland Park inspector will check your pre-slope and weep-hole details on the rough-in. A pan that passes in Dallas gets red-tagged here for missing the town’s test requirements. Our crews know exactly what that inspector looks for.
Tub-to-Shower Conversion
Converting a tub to a walk-in shower is one of the most requested changes in older Highland Park homes, especially for homeowners planning to age in place. The complication here is the foundation. Most of these mid-century slab homes sit on Blackland Prairie clay that moves seasonally, so we pay close attention to drain location and whether the slab needs core drilling. If the original cast-iron vent stack has corroded through at the subfloor, like the one we found on a 1940s Colonial off Beverly Drive, that’s a structural repair that needs to happen before the shower pan gets set. We’ll write it up as a change order before we touch it. No surprises.
Vanities, Tile & Fixtures
Custom vanities, designer tile, and high-end fixtures are standard in Highland Park. We coordinate directly with designers and architects, which means you don’t have to spend your Saturdays running between a showroom, a tile warehouse, and a plumbing supply house. We order KraftMaid cabinets, Cambria quartz, and specialty tile from named suppliers so you can look up exactly what you’re paying for. And if your trim installer is waiting on a custom vanity that got delayed, the written schedule already accounts for that lead time. The allowance that isn’t on paper is a surprise waiting for a date.
What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Highland Park
We install and service fixtures from the brands Highland Park homeowners actually specify. On recent jobs we’ve worked with Cambria quartz benches and countertops, KraftMaid cabinetry, and Schluter waterproofing systems, alongside Andersen windows when a bathroom remodel involves enlarging or replacing an opening facing the street or side yard. We don’t show up with mystery materials off a van. Everything we install has a name you can research, and every line item is in the written scope before we order.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Highland Park Homes
- Corroded cast-iron vent stacks and drain lines. Homes built before 1960 in Highland Park commonly have original cast-iron plumbing that’s rusting from the inside out. We find active leaks and compromised venting in roughly a third of the older bathrooms we open up, which means the remodel scope has to include replacement before any finish work begins.
- Foundation movement cracking tile and shower pans. The expansive clay under Highland Park expands and contracts with seasonal moisture changes. Showers set on improperly prepared slab sections will crack grout lines and leak. We account for movement with proper underlayment and pan design on every job.
- Deed-restriction triggers on window and vent changes. If your bathroom remodel changes the size or location of a window, or adds an exterior vent where one didn’t exist, the town’s architectural review can flag it. We check the deed restrictions before we order the window, because you can’t return a custom Andersens once it’s cut.
- Designer finishes with long lead times. Imported stone, custom-milled cabinetry, and architectural glass routinely run 10 to 14 weeks in this market. Homeowners who plan around labor availability get stuck paying for a finished rough-in that’s sitting idle. We schedule around material delivery, not crew availability, because that’s what actually controls the end date.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Highland Park, TX
Here’s what you should expect to pay in Highland Park’s market. These are real ranges from jobs we’ve priced in the 75205 area, not a national online average. A tub-to-shower conversion on a 1950s slab starts around $3,500. A small bathroom refresh runs $5,000-$12,000. A full luxury remodel with custom cabinetry, frameless glass, and architectural tile runs from $9,000 up to $28,000 or more depending on scope.
| Service | Typical Highland Park Price Range |
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| 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 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 - $3,000 |
The price we quote you is the price you pay. Every allowance, every scope change, every surprise found behind the wall gets written up as a change order before the work happens. No vague language, no surprise invoices at the end. And every completed job carries our written 90-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, call Tom and he comes back and makes it right.
We Also Serve Cities Near Highland Park
Highland Park is surrounded by Dallas, but we also work regularly in University Park, Richardson, and Irving, along with the broader Dallas metro. If you’re a few minutes outside the 75205 boundary, we’ll still come out and quote the job. Scheduling and dispatch run through our Dallas-Fort Worth office, and our crews serve Highland Park locally.
Serving Highland Park, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Highland Park 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 Park
Yes, you need a permit from the Town of Highland Park’s building department, not Dallas. Highland Park is an independent municipality with its own permit desk and inspectors. A Dallas permit means nothing here. Your contractor must pull the Highland Park permit before any rough-in work begins, or the job gets shut down mid-project. We handle this as part of every Highland Park job. Call (877) 610-1318 and we’ll explain exactly what your remodel requires.
Not always, but it’s common enough that we check for it on every pre-1960 home we quote in Highland Park. The expansive clay under your slab moves more than most people realize. If the original foundation wasn’t designed for modern shower pan loads, or if the cast-iron plumbing has corroded at the subfloor, you’re looking at structural repair before any finish work. We’ll tell you in writing before you sign, not after we open the wall.
Highland Park enforces deed restrictions alongside the building code, and a change to an exterior window size, a new vent location, or any exterior material change can trigger a review that stops permitted work. We check this before you order a single Andersen window, because cut glass can’t be returned. We’ll pull the deed covenant review as part of our permit process.
Materials. A luxury bathroom with custom-milled cabinetry, imported stone, and architectural glass routinely has lead times of 10 to 14 weeks. Labor takes a fraction of that. We write your schedule around when materials arrive, and we lock all allowances in writing before we order. That’s how you avoid a finished rough-in sitting idle for a month.
Yes, in most cases we can work around the existing drain location, especially where the concrete slab makes core drilling a cost you don’t need. We’ll assess the slab condition, check the original drain pipe for corrosion, and quote the conversion as a written scope. If the drain does need to move, you’ll know the exact cost before the first hammer swings. Call (877) 610-1318 for a free estimate.
Get Your Highland Park Bathroom Remodel Quote in Writing
You’ve probably heard enough promises from contractors. What we promise is specific: every allowance in writing, every change order signed before work proceeds, every permit pulled from the Town of Highland Park, and every job backed by the 90-Day Done Right Promise. Tom Barrett publishes his name, his address, and his license number. Ask anyone on your street, or look up the license number yourself.
Call (877) 610-1318 to schedule your free estimate. We serve all of Highland Park, 75205, and we’ll come out, take measurements, and give you a written scope you can hold us to. Senior and veteran discounts apply: 10% off, permanent, no fine print. The permit inspector works for you, not for us. That’s why we like him.
Written by Tom Barrett, Owner at Barrett & Sons Construction, serving Highland Park since our founding in 1998.