
A guest house remodel is a significant project and can easily cost over six figures. Learn how size, location, and any special features contribute to your guest house remodel cost.
Aka the Pricey, Slightly Dicey Remodel


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Age: 36
Location: Waukesha, WI
$250,000–$500,000
Bathroom addition, bathroom renovation, and new flooring in the bedroom
Four. I shopped around a bit, went to a few bathroom-specific companies, and ended up using a general contractor.
$20,000
$30,000
The contractor made a few mistakes and had to redo them.
(Not to mention: A few years later, we ended up having to replace a shower and re-tile a shower floor.)
Savings
We splurged on a floor-to-ceiling shower enclosure for the primary bedroom en suite. With the custom shower walls, tile floor, and wall tile it cost $10,000+.
Double vanity. It must have been $5,000; the same one with a different material would have cost half the price.

I ended up doing all the baseboard and trim myself. Now I know what hard work it is—I made over 100 trips between the second story and basement to make additional cuts because my measurements were off.
I totally should have hired a pro to do this for me—it would have saved so much time!
Glass shower walls! [It cost] $3,000 for custom shower walls, and it took forever.
I'll never forget when the contractors forgot to seal up a hole in the floor and our cat got in there (somehow). I ended up having to cut an additional hole in the floor to get him out.
HIRE PROFESSIONALS! Do not try to cut corners to save even $1,000 dollars.
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