Minneapolis, MN
BATH REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Bath Remodel Estimating in Minneapolis Takes More Than a Napkin Number Minneapolis bath remodelers deal with conditions that contractors in milder climates skip entirely. Crawlspaces and slab-on-grade basements from the post-war building boom mean subfloor moisture barriers and heated-floor rough-ins show up on nearly every job ticket. Historic districts in Southwest Minneapolis—Kenwood, Lowry Hill, Linden Hills—add inspection layers and material restrictions that can swing a bid by thousands. On top of that, Hennepin County permit counters move at their own pace. Budget the time. Build it into your price. Estimate.Pro is built for exactly that kind of job. You walk the bathroom, the app builds the scope, and you send a priced bid in a median of 8 minutes. --- ## What Makes Minneapolis Bath Bids Different **Cold-weather rough-ins.** Exterior walls in a Minneapolis bathroom almost always need additional insulation detailing to hit Minnesota Energy Code (IECC 2021 as adopted by MN DLI) minimums. That's not a free line item. Estimate.Pro lets you save material cost workspaces so your foam board, vapor barrier, and blocking costs are pre-loaded—not re-typed on every job. **Permit fees are real money here.** A mid-range Minneapolis bath remodel permit through CPED (Community Planning and Economic Development) runs $200–$500 depending on valuation. Mechanical and plumbing sub-permits add to that. Estimate.Pro includes a permit-fee line in every bath scope so it's visible to the client and captured in your margin. **Labor rates in the Twin Cities metro are above national median.** Minneapolis union tile setter journeymen run $75–$85/hr fully burdened. Plumber rates hit $110–$130/hr for licensed master work. If you're using national cost databases, you're underpricing Minneapolis jobs. Estimate.Pro's saved material cost workspace lets you lock in your local labor rates so every estimate starts from accurate ground truth. **Older homes, older surprises.** A 1940s bungalow in Northeast Minneapolis or a 1960s split-level in Edina will almost certainly surface galvanized drain lines, knob-and-tube adjacency issues, or asbestos-containing floor mastic beneath the old vinyl. Build contingency language into your scope-of-work automatically—Estimate.Pro's AI scope builder flags these risk areas so the language lands in the contract, not as a surprise change order. --- ## How the Estimate Works 1. **Walk the bathroom.** Use AR measurement on supported devices for room dimensions—walls, floor, ceiling—captured live. On older devices or from photos, measurements are marked as estimates in the output. 2. **AI scope-of-work.** The app converts your walkthrough into a line-item scope: demo, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, rough-in, finish work. Add or remove lines. 3. **Price it.** Your saved labor rates and material costs populate automatically. Review, adjust, send. Median time from walkthrough start to sendable bid: 8 minutes. --- ## Pricing That Fits a Remodeler's Business - **Free tier:** No credit card. No time limit. Use it on real jobs before you decide. - **Pro — $39/seat/month:** Full estimating, saved cost workspaces, AR measurement. - **Elite — $79/seat/month:** Adds Stripe Connect payments and invoice exports. Platform fee is 0% on Pro+ plans (3% on Free). - **Crew — $399/month flat:** All seats, one price. Built for shops running multiple crews across the metro. --- ## Minneapolis Bath Remodelers Win More by Bidding Accurately The Twin Cities remodeling market is competitive. Angi and Houzz surface three competing bids to every homeowner in Edina or Minnetonka within hours of their first search. The contractors who win are not always the cheapest—they're the ones who send a clear, detailed, professional estimate first. Eight minutes from walkthrough to bid means you send while you're still in the parking lot. That's not a soft advantage. That's a closed job. Estimate.Pro supports 25 trades, so if your bath crew also handles tile, HVAC rough-ins, or finish carpentry, those scopes live in the same platform. No re-entering addresses. No juggling spreadsheets. Start free. No credit card. First bid tonight.