On the finish of 2022, I confirmed y’all our completed grasp rest room that took 18 months to complete. In case you missed that complete earlier than and after submit, you’ll be able to click on right here to see all of these footage. I had promised that I’d collect the sources and the price of the rework for you, and I lastly had the chance to take a seat down and undergo 18 months price of receipts to determine simply how a lot our grasp bedroom-to-master rest room conversion value us.
The entire purpose we would have liked to do that conversion within the first place is as a result of Matt (he’s my husband, for these of you who’re new round right here) has M.S. and is confined to a wheelchair. So he wants a big rest room with loads of room to maneuver round, a wheelchair accessible vainness, and a big, curbless, wheelchair accessible bathe.
So beginning again in the summertime of 2021, we employed a contractor and had him and his staff get to work. My household and I had already completed the entire demolition on the room, so the contractor took a room that seemed like this…
…and turned it into this, with the entire “foundational” work completed, however not one of the fairly, ending work completed…
Getting the room to that time required shifting a wall to sq. up the room and provides us a toilet that’s 18.5′ x 12.5′. So the toilet is 231.25 sq. ft. That’s effectively over twice the scale of my kitchen. ?
So how a lot did it value to have the contractor do all of this work? Right here’s how these prices break down, together with the full we paid out to the contractor.
Contractor Prices:
- Demoing and reframing hallway wall – $1,230.00
- Pocket door framing set up – $550.00
- Joist restore – $450.00
- Plumbing restore (to eliminate the remaining forged iron plumbing) – $1,300.00
- Framing – $1,200.00
- OSB subfloor – $1,864.00
- Hardiboard subfloor – $1,258.00
- Electrical – $1,430.00
- Subfloor insulation – $694.00
- Wall insulation – $361.00
- Tough-in plumbing – $3,000.00
- Drywall – $3,730.00
- Bathe pan set up – $1,400.00
- Rest room set up – $75.00
- Bathtub set up – $800.00
- Contractor charges – $1,840.00
After the contractor completed his half, it was as much as me to take the room from what you see within the photograph above and switch it into this…
The entire mission took a year-and-a-half as a result of it was simply so in depth, and I acquired overwhelmed with it on a number of events and needed to flip my consideration to different issues. Plus, final yr was a really thrilling yr for us, crammed with a complete lot of recent and non-house-related issues, so these issues took my consideration away from the toilet as effectively.
However I lastly completed the entire rest room in December 2022. Once more, if you happen to missed the entire earlier than and after submit, you’ll be able to click on right here to see the entire footage and particulars. There’s much more to see in that submit than there might be on this one.
Among the many first initiatives I needed to sort out within the room was the entire tile — the bathe partitions and ground, the bathroom space ground, and the principle rest room ground. The bathe alone was a beast of a mission as a result of it’s so giant.
So right here’s how the entire tile and tile provide prices break down. I’m positive I’ve forgotten some issues, however they’d be minor prices.
Tile & Grout
The largest problem on this complete rest room was constructing the walnut vanities and storage cupboard. It took me a really very long time to determine the best way to make the vanities wheelchair accessible with out making them seem like wheelchair accessible vanities (if you recognize what I imply). My last resolution was to construct table-style vanities with loads of room beneath, after which add a storage cupboard between them to make up for the shortage of storage on the precise vanities.
I knew that constructing with walnut would value fairly a bit greater than constructing with a decrease grade lumber that might be painted. I used to be anticipating the upper value, and prepared to pay it as a result of I actually wished walnut for this function wall, and that is our grasp rest room, so the added expense was price it to me.
What I wasn’t relying on was the price of the quartz counter tops. I imply…YIKES!!! Granted, of the samples that caught my eye, and that I introduced residence, I did go along with the most costly one. It’s the one I favored probably the most, and I simply stored telling myself that it’s price it as a result of it’s our grasp rest room. I’m very glad I went with it, nevertheless it positive did blow that vainness and storage cupboard funds out of the water.
I suppose it’s actually not unhealthy contemplating we’re speaking about walnut “furnishings” spanning a 12.5-foot wall. Right here’s how these prices break down.
Walnut Vanities & Storage Cupboard
All the plumbing fixtures actually added up as effectively. It’s very tough to seek out a complete line of matching fixtures to suit your actual wants and desires, however I ended up going with the Delta Trinsic line within the Champagne Bronze for the entire metallic plumbing fixtures.
Right here’s the breakdown of the entire plumbing fixtures for the room…
Plumbing Fixtures
- Delta Trinsic Taps, champagne bronze – $763.08
- Delta Trinsic hand bathe, slide bar, and hose, champagne bronze – $250.62
- Delta Common Mixing Tough-In valve – $54.22
- Delta diverter rough-in valve – $83.32
- Delta Trinsic diverter trim, champagne bronze – $164.32
- Delta hand bathe wall provide elbow, champagne bronze – $63.96
- Delta Trinsic bathe head and quantity management, champagne bronze – $503.27
- Delta Trinsic wall mounted tub filler, champagne bronze – $855.16
- Delta wall-mount rough-in – $97.88
- Streamline Tub freestanding bathtub – $1,024.26
- Neodrain 36-inch brushed brash linear drains – $259.78
- Delta Trinsic common journey lever, champagne bronze – $30.00
- Orhemus brass P-traps – $84.42
- Kraus popup drains, brushed gold – $86.50
- Kraus Natura rest room sinks, matte white – $606.10
- Delta Foundations bathroom – $161.29
- Miscellaneous plumbing provides – $141.30
About half of the lighting for the room is fairly customary — extremely skinny ceiling lights, gentle and exhaust fan combos. However then I wished some good sconces flanking the vainness mirrors, and I wished a bubble gentle above the bathtub. I wished the bubble gentle to be an attention grabbing function within the room, so after I couldn’t discover one accessible that suited my wants and my style, I made a decision to DIY my very own bubble gentle.
Right here’s how the prices of the entire lighting break down for the room…
Lighting
Had we completed this rest room rework earlier than 2020, the price of the entire lumber, in addition to the French door, would have been about half of what I ended up paying. However lumber nowadays is so costly! And while you’re doing wainscoting and plenty of trim in a extremely giant room, these prices add up shortly.
I needed to undergo 18 months of Residence Depot receipts, which may get fairly complicated. So the price of the lumber and trim is one of the best estimate I may give you.
Lumber & Constructing Merchandise
The primer, paint, and clear topcoat (used for cupboard drawers) is fairly customary in each room I do. However distinctive to this room is the Trendy Masters Venetian plaster. I needed to combine the colour myself to get precisely what I wished, so sadly, I don’t have a method to cross alongside to those that have requested in regards to the coloration.
I had completed the same method in my mother’s grasp rest room rework over a decade in the past (and it’s nonetheless stunning as we speak), however this was my first time working with the Trendy Masters Venetian plaster. It value fairly a bit greater than latex paint, however I believe the ultimate look was effectively price the fee. (Truly, it prices about the identical as Benjamin Moore Aura paint, so it’s equal in value to a top quality latex paint.)
Right here’s the fee breakdown for the paint and different finishes for the room…
Paint & Finishes
Since this rest room is so massive, it wanted far more ornamental objects than a typical rest room may want. I did a butterfly gallery wall, constructed a big glass-front storage cupboard, put in a mural behind the bath, and so forth.
I didn’t put each little factor on this listing. I attempted to maintain it to the principle bathroomy stuff. So right here’s how the prices of the ornamental objects break down…
Ornamental Objects
This last class was, by far, the toughest class to determine. I attempted my hardest to separate these issues that had been bought particularly for the toilet (sandpaper, caulk, wooden filler, sanding discs, blades, and so forth.) from these issues that I bought whereas engaged on the toilet, however can use for a lot of different initiatives down the road (just like the set of gap noticed attachments for my drill). So that is simply my finest estimate, however I believe it’s fairly shut…
Miscellaneous
- Miscellaneous provides – $650.00 (estimate)
And that’s it! So how a lot did this huge mission — turning a master suite into an enormous wheelchair accessible rest room value?
GRAND TOTAL: $40,868.79
That’s a big quantity to pay for one room. I’m very effectively conscious of that. ? However in the entire scheme of issues, I’m fairly glad with that value. (Bear in mind, this is without doubt one of the causes we purchased a home that solely value $80,000. We wished to have the ability to totally customise it to suit our wants, and to sort out every room as we saved up cash for it in order that we wouldn’t be taking over an enormous mortgage and losing 1000’s upon 1000’s of {dollars} on curiosity. This manner, we do it on our timeline, accrue no debt, pay zero curiosity, and have precisely what we would like in the long run.)
Contemplating how giant the toilet is, and the way open and helpful it’s for my wheelchair-bound husband, I believe it’s price it. And contemplating that we’re post-pandemic, and every little thing prices far more than it did pre-2020, that’s simply the best way issues go nowadays. Every part prices extra, and there’s actually no means round that.
I’m very glad I DIYed half of the room myself, although. I’m fairly positive that quantity would have been nearer to $60,000 (or extra) had I employed out each final little bit of this room and hadn’t completed something myself. So though that last quantity is kind of giant, I’m very assured that I saved us fairly a big chunk of cash with my DIYing. And that’s cash that may go in the direction of ending up my studio with all of that customized cabinetry that I must construct!
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