Dutchess County Bathrooms · Instant Bid
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11 quick questions, tap to answer. The price range moves as you go, so you see what each choice does. Confirm your number, your bid shows. Happy with the range? Tap the button, text us a few photos, and Martin sends back your written price.
- 1Answer 11 quick questions. What's there, what you want, how big, your budget. A price range shows as you tap.
- 2Confirm your number, see your bid. We text you a code; your bid shows the moment you enter it. Labor and materials, line by line.
- 3Happy with the range? We text you for photos. Three photos from your phone and Martin sends your written price.
Photo for illustrationPhoto for illustration, not a Narska job. Your finishes and price will differ.
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What a bid looks like
This page's own math, run on a common job: a whole 5 × 8 hall bath redone, new tub and tile to the ceiling, a 36 in. vanity, with typical picks (tile at $5 a sq ft, an $850 vanity, a $325 toilet).
How the bid is built
- Real materials at today's store prices: tile, backer board, waterproofing, thinset, grout, the base or pan, the valve trim and shower head. The vanity and toilet are yours to pick and buy; installing them is in
- Tear-out and waste removal ($250 to $650, by the size of the job)
- The town permit ($200) when the job needs one
- Floor protection and dust walls, and cleanup at the end of every work day
- A final walk-through with you, caulking and touch-ups
- Labor priced task by task, below what most contractors around here charge, done by Martin's own crew
- No padding for hidden repairs: if the crew finds damage behind the walls, you get a written change order with the price before that work starts
- A 10-year limited leak-free shower warranty and at least 1 year on other workmanship. Read the written terms before you sign.
- Moving plumbing or new wiring is called out, never hidden: Martin prices that part in person
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What Moves the Price
Six things decide most of a bathroom bid. The questions above ask about each one, so the range you see is built from the same things Martin prices from.
- 1. Walls up, or down to the studsThe biggest swing. A gut adds demo, new backer board and waterproofing everywhere, and usually a few plumbing fixes while the walls are open.
- 2. Crew daysNarska prices labor by the crew-day. A hall bath with the walls up is about a week; a gut with a tiled shower is closer to two.
- 3. How much tileSquare feet of wall and floor. Tile to the ceiling, a tiled shower floor, a niche and trim edges each add to it. The tile itself is yours to pick; its cost is in your written price.
- 4. Does anything move?Fixtures in the same spots: cheap. A toilet or drain moving two feet means the floor gets opened up; Martin prices moving the plumbing in person.
- 5. Tub, base, or tiled showerA tub or a one-piece base is the least work. A tiled pan with a curb adds a day or two and waterproofing; curbless adds more. Frameless glass is its own line.
- 6. What's behind the wallRot by the toilet or tub, old pipe, no vent. Nobody can see it from the room, which is why the bid is a range and the written price comes after Martin sees your answers and pictures.
Materials, tile, vanity, toilet, are at store prices plus 10% for pickups, returns and breakage, plus waste and sales tax, and you pick them. The price moves by exactly the difference.
Good to Know
Is the instant bid the final price?
It's an estimate built from your answers and today's material prices, good for 30 days. Martin prices it from your answers and pictures and puts the price in writing. Want him to come out? That look is free. If the room matches your answers, the number holds.
Do I buy the tile, vanity and toilet?
You pick them, wherever you like: Home Depot, Lowe's, Floor & Decor, online. Narska orders and pays for them, and they're part of the materials your deposit covers. If you'd rather buy something yourself, tell Martin; that can be worked out job by job.
Is moving the plumbing in the number?
No. Your quote covers everything else. Moving a drain, a valve or a supply line depends on what's behind your walls, so Martin looks at it in person and prices that part before anything is signed. Turning a tub into a shower moves the drain and valve; that plumbing is priced separately, before you sign. In Putnam County, Beacon and Poughkeepsie, a licensed plumber does all plumbing, including fixture hookups, priced separately. Swapping fixtures in the same spot is in the number. New wiring or a new fan needs a licensed electrician; that is priced separately too.
What if you find damage behind the walls?
Sometimes the old tile comes off and there's a soft subfloor around the toilet, a rotted stud or an old pipe. That isn't in the bid, because nobody can see it yet. Martin shows you what the crew found and gives you a written change order with the price before any of that work starts. Nothing extra happens without your OK.
Do I need a permit?
Swapping fixtures and tile in the same spots usually doesn't. Moving plumbing, new wiring or a new fan vent usually does. We check with your town before we start and file what's needed. A permit is $200; when your answers point to one, it's already in the bid.
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