Tampa, FL
BATH REMODEL ESTIMATING.

## Bath Remodel Estimating in Tampa Moves Fast — Your Bids Should Too Tampa's housing market has stayed active through repeated boom cycles, and the metro's older bungalow stock in Hyde Park, Seminole Heights, and South Tampa keeps bath remodelers booked. The problem is that busy schedules leave little time to sit down and write detailed estimates. Customers here have done their Houzz research, they know what tile costs, and they will walk if your number takes three days to arrive. Estimate.Pro gets you from job walkthrough to a sendable bid in a median of 8 minutes. No SaaS fluff — just a structured workflow that covers scope of work, line-item materials, and labor in a single pass. --- ## What Makes Bath Estimating Different in Tampa **Humidity and waterproofing are non-negotiable.** Florida Building Code 2023 (FBC R307 and R702.4) requires proper vapor barriers and waterproofing membranes in wet areas. When you build your scope in Estimate.Pro, the AI-assisted scope generator prompts you to call out waterproofing as a discrete line item — not buried in a vague "tile prep" catch-all. That protects your margin and gives the customer a clear picture of what they're paying for. **Old cast iron, galvanized, and Orangeburg.** Homes built before 1970 in Palma Ceia, Ballast Point, and Ybor City-adjacent neighborhoods regularly hide surprises behind the drywall — galvanized supply lines, cast iron drain stacks, and occasionally Orangeburg sewer pipe. Estimate.Pro lets you add conditional allowances for rough plumbing replacement without rewriting the entire estimate. You present a base price and a documented contingency, which is a conversation your competitor probably isn't having. **HOA coordination in new-build corridors.** Fishhawk Ranch, Westchase, and New Tampa communities frequently require contractor proof of insurance and permit numbers before work begins. Tampa permits for bath remodels (structural or plumbing changes) are pulled through the Hillsborough County Construction Services portal. Permit fees for residential bath work in unincorporated Hillsborough County typically run $150–$350 depending on valuation, with City of Tampa permits in a similar range. Estimate.Pro's scope documents are formatted to attach directly to permit applications and HOA submissions. **Labor rates are climbing.** Skilled tile setters and finish carpenters in the Tampa–St. Pete metro are not cheap. You're competing for labor against a large commercial construction pipeline — the Port Tampa Bay development, downtown mixed-use projects, and continued I-4 corridor growth all pull from the same trade labor pool. Your estimate has to account for that cost accurately or you lose money on every job you win. --- ## How Estimate.Pro Works for Bath Remodelers **Walk the job, measure with AR.** On supported devices, the app's ONNX-assisted live AR measurement captures floor area, wall square footage, and fixture footprints in the field. On any device, photo measurements are clearly marked as estimates so you know what to verify. Either way, you're not squinting at a tape measure photo back at the truck. **AI scope of work generation.** Describe the job in plain language — demo existing tile, install Schluter Kerdi membrane, set 12×24 porcelain, new vanity, swap fixtures — and the app builds a structured scope document. Line items cover materials, labor, and disposal. You review and adjust; it doesn't guess on your behalf without showing its work. **Saved material cost workspace.** Tampa pricing from your preferred suppliers goes into your saved material workspace. Daltile has a distribution presence locally; so does Florida Tile. Your negotiated costs stay private and pre-loaded for every future estimate. **Send in minutes.** The finished estimate goes to the customer as a professional PDF. On Pro+ plans, Stripe Connect invoicing is built in with 0% platform fee. Free tier users pay 3% on collected payments — still no monthly card required to get started. --- ## Pricing Built for Solo Bath Remodelers and Crews - **Free forever** — no credit card, full estimating workflow, 3% payment fee - **Pro** — $39/seat/month, 0% Stripe Connect fee, full material cost workspace - **Elite** — $79/seat/month, invoice exports, advanced workflows - **Crew** — $399/month flat for your whole team If you're doing 4–6 bath remodels a month in Tampa, the time you recover on estimating alone covers the Pro subscription inside the first job. --- ## Start Your First Tampa Bath Estimate Free No trial period, no credit card. Open the app, walk your next job, and have a bid ready before you're back at the office.