Bathroom Remodeling Augusta, ME: Priced Before Demolition, Not After
- Newman Homes handles bathroom remodeling Augusta, ME homeowners can actually budget for, because we open the room and price what is behind it before you sign anything.
- Our shop is at 125 Community Dr, right here in the city.
- Brandon Roberge started the company in 2017 after 25+ years building custom homes in Florida and Massachusetts.
- 25+ years in construction, building as Newman Homes since 2017
- Over 200 projects completed in Central Maine
- Affordable work, two-year written warranty
Bathroom remodeling in Augusta, Maine, across the whole city, priced per bathroom rather than per house.
Every figure on this page is for one room, so two bathrooms carries two budgets. A small bathroom with basic updates starts at $12,000, a medium one lands near $15,000 topping out around $22,000, and a full gut where damage forces it runs $25,000 to $35,000.
Tile labor is the swing factor. A one-piece surround and a fully tiled shower can use identical fixtures and land thousands apart, because mosaic is slow and large format is not. Six things decide where an Augusta bathroom sits, and they get settled before quoting.
Finish Levels, and What Separates Them
Most of the price difference between two bathrooms of the same size is here, not in the labor.
Tile choice moves labor more than any other selection. Small mosaic and penny tile means hundreds of grout joints and constant alignment checking, while large-format panels go on quickly, though the substrate has to be flat enough to take them.
Builder grade. Stock vanity, a one-piece tub and shower surround, ceramic tile, and standard trim. Durable enough, and the fastest to install.
Mid range. Semi-custom vanity, porcelain floor and wall tile, a tiled shower with a glass enclosure, a quartz top, and name-brand valves. The layout stays where it is.
High end. Custom vanity, stone or large-format porcelain, a curbless or fully tiled shower, designer trim, and a heated floor.
What homeowners say
Read more reviews- ★★★★★
Great company to work with. Very communicative and quick with the work.
Michael M. - ★★★★★
Brandon was always very fair with any adjustments to our fixed price contract, and we were quite happy with the outcome.
David K.remodeling client - ★★★★★
Did a great job on my front steps and my stairs inside.
Dan T.
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What the Job Includes Here
Demolition, framing repair, plumbing and electrical rough-in, tile, fixtures, finish carpentry, paint, and a 2-year workmanship warranty.
Elijah prices the room and runs the site. We schedule the trades so the tile setter is not waiting on the plumber.
Joe pulls the Augusta permit. Brandon reviews anything structural and walks the finished room.
One contract, one price, one crew sequence that does not leave your only bathroom open for three weeks.
Where We Work in Augusta
Downtown and the streets near Capitol Park, the older housing off Riverside Drive, and the newer neighborhoods out toward Sidney and Windsor.
Inside the city sewer district the question is whether the existing stack can carry another fixture group.
Outside it, you are on a private system, and capacity has to be confirmed before a second bathroom gets added at all.
When to Schedule Augusta Bathroom Work
Three to eight weeks of lead time is typical, mostly driven by fixture and tile availability.
Augusta requires a permit for plumbing and electrical work, handled through the City of Augusta Bureau of Code Enforcement.
Bathrooms are indoor work, so this is one of the few things we build straight through a Maine winter. That makes January a genuinely good month to book one.
Why the Quoted Number Holds
Because we measure it. 94% on the original timeline and budget, tracked monthly, across 200+ projects since 2017.
Bathrooms are the single most common place a contractor discovers something and asks for more money.
We pull the toilet and check the subfloor at the estimate, so the surprise happens before the contract instead of after it.
Who We Remodel Bathrooms For in Augusta
Owners who have been putting this off for a while.
A single bath serving a family of four. A tub nobody has used since the kids left.
Grout that stopped being cleanable years ago.
The other common call is a house near the Kennebec where a slow leak finally reached the ceiling below.
That second kind is not a remodel anymore. It is a repair with a remodel attached, and it gets priced that way.
94% of our projects finish on the original timeline and budget. We track that monthly and will tell you the current figure.
How Much a Bathroom Remodel Costs in Augusta
These are per-bathroom figures. Two bathrooms is two projects, not one with a volume discount. The typical floor for a small bath with simple updates is about $12,000. Push the finishes up in that same room and it runs toward $20,000. A medium bathroom typically lands near $15,000, with $20,000 to $22,000 at the top of that scope. A larger bathroom getting updated runs $18,000 to $25,000. If demolition turns up real damage and the room needs a full gut, add $8,000 to $10,000 where the tile work is extensive. That is how a bathroom reaches $25,000 to $35,000. Six things move a number after we start. We check all of them before quoting, then hand you the breakdown by trade.
Vent stack.
An older stack may not serve a relocated or added fixture.
Subfloor.
Flex and out-of-level decking under old tile, which has to be corrected before anything new goes down.
Rot.
The most common discovery in an Augusta bathroom, and the most common reason a price changes.
Moving plumbing.
Keeping fixtures where they are is the cheapest bathroom you will ever build.
Tile versus surround.
A tiled shower costs meaningfully more than a solid surround, in labor before materials.
Septic capacity.
Adding a bathroom on a private system is a capacity question first.
How to Hire for Bathroom Remodeling Augusta, ME
Start with something most builders here will not say out loud: Maine has no state licensing standard for general contractors or builders.
Plumbers and electricians do hold state credentials, and ours are licensed plumbers and licensed electricians. For the builder running the job, the contract is the only real accountability.
Ask for these five.
Ask what happens if the subfloor is rotted. A builder who has no answer has not opened many floors.
A fixed-price contract itemized by trade, written under Maine's home construction contract statute, which caps the initial down payment at 1/3 of the price.
Insurance certificates for the builder and every subcontractor, sent to you.
A written allowance for tile and fixtures, so a selection change is a known number rather than an argument.
Ours is 2 years, alongside an A+ BBB record.
Work built to the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, which Augusta enforces locally.
Where is our shop?
Directions from Augusta, ME to our shop in Augusta
125 Community DrAugusta, ME 04330-8156
The Order of Work on a Augusta Bathroom
- Nothing gets quoted sight unseen.Augusta houses run from the Capitol Park-era streets to newer builds out toward Sidney, so we open the conversation standing in the room, looking at the floor, the flange and the stack.
- An itemized contract.Fixtures, tile, vanity, glass, plumbing and electrical each carry their own line, plus a written allowance for subfloor and framing repair.
- Demo is when the house tells you the truth.Anything found gets billed at the rate already written into the contract.
- Plumbing and wiring roughed, then inspected, then waterproofed.That order is not negotiable and it is what makes the tile work last.
- Tile, fixtures, glass and trim.Glass is templated after the tile is set, which is why it always arrives last.
- A written punch list, worked to zero.Then 2 years of workmanship coverage behind it.
Start an Augusta Bathroom Project
Call (207) 480-7700 and Brandon usually answers. The line is covered around the clock.
Email info@newmanhomesme.com with photos of the room, or request an estimate.