Our Delray Beach bathroom remodels open starting at $9,999 — a real number, for a full remodel: new shower or tub, vanity, fixtures, flooring, and wall finishes, with the permit pulled. What your bathroom lands above that starting point depends on the era of your house and what we find when the old work comes out — and Delray has more eras under one roofline than almost any town I work in. I’ll lay out the scopes and the Delray-specific drivers below.
I’m Joe. I run Onel Construction LLC out of Boca Raton, one town south of you. Delray’s older housing stock frames the whole conversation here: the custom homes around Lake Ida started going up in 1955 and ran through the ’80s, Tropic Isle’s one-story Florida homes followed the canals dredged in the ’50s, and downtown’s historic districts hold 1950s cottages. Bathrooms in those houses are typically small, plumbed in materials that have lived a full life, and tiled in ways nobody builds anymore. That mix is priced honestly below — not with a county-average table.
Key takeaways
- Onel bathroom remodels start at $9,999; your exact number is itemized in writing after the free in-home measure.
- The three scopes: remove-and-replace, tub-to-shower conversion, and full rework (layout or plumbing moves) — priced in the table below.
- Delray’s 1950s–80s stock brings two regular price drivers: original cast-iron drain lines at end of life, and drains set under the slab in the one-story homes.
- $1,000 off on projects of $10,000 or more.
- Financing through Acorn Finance: from $120/month on smaller jobs, rates as low as 4.49% APR with approved credit.
Delray Beach bathroom pricing, laid out scope by scope
| Scope | What it covers | Where the price lands |
|---|---|---|
| Remove-and-replace | Same layout: new tub or shower, vanity, toilet, fixtures, flooring, wall finishes | Opens at our $9,999 starting point |
| Tub-to-shower conversion | Tub out, walk-in shower in — new pan, walls, valve, glass or curtain line, drain work included | Above remove-and-replace; across South Florida typically from the low-to-mid teens |
| Full rework | Fixtures move, walls move, plumbing relocates — the layout you actually want | Across South Florida, layout-changing remodels commonly land in the twenties and up |
Across South Florida generally, a standard bathroom remodel is quoted anywhere from the mid-teens to the low twenties by metro-area contractors. Your written estimate replaces every range on this page with your bathroom’s actual lines — scope in build order, materials in Good / Better / Best grades over the same scope.
Why Delray Beach bathrooms land where they do on price
The drain lines’ age. Homes built around Lake Ida and across Delray’s older neighborhoods from the 1950s through the 1980s were plumbed with cast-iron drains, and cast iron in South Florida soil has a lifespan that many of these houses have now reached. When a bathroom is open is the cheapest moment in the home’s life to address a failing drain — what yours needs gets decided with the walls open and the options priced in front of you, at the measure and on demo day, never assumed into your base price.
Plumbing under the slab. Delray’s original one-story Florida homes sit on slabs, with drains running underneath them. A remove-and-replace keeps every drain where it lives and costs what the table says. Moving a toilet or converting a tub to a shower on a slab home can mean cutting concrete and re-routing the line — priced as its own named line when your scope calls for it, so the choice is yours with the number in front of you.
Small original bathrooms. The older Delray stock was built with compact baths — often one small hall bathroom serving the house. Less tile and less flooring pulls material cost down, and it’s exactly why Delray remove-and-replace jobs can sit right at the starting point. The same small footprint is also why layout changes cost proportionally more: every inch has to be re-plumbed, not just re-tiled.
Moisture history. Decades of showers in a small, under-ventilated room leave their record in the wallboard and framing behind the tile. The remodel addresses what’s there so new work isn’t built over old damage — found on demo day, verified in person, priced as a contingency line only if it’s real.
Historic-district review. If your home is in one of Delray’s downtown historic districts, exterior-affecting work carries the city’s historic preservation review alongside the building permit. Most bathroom work is interior and moves straight through permitting — where review applies, we schedule it into the job as part of the permit pass.
Delray Beach permit rules for bathroom work
Bathroom work that touches plumbing or electrical is permitted work in Delray Beach — which is to say, nearly every real remodel. I pull the permit in Onel’s name through the City of Delray Beach Development Services Building Division, which runs permit submissions electronically, and the city’s inspectors sign off the rough and final work. The permit record is also part of your home’s paper trail: a permitted bathroom is documented value at resale, and it’s the version your insurer recognizes.
The sequence a Delray Beach bathroom follows with Onel
- Send the photos, start the pricing — Text the word BATHROOM to (561) 462-9293 — send two wide photos of your space from different angles and tell us what you want done. We’ll start your estimate right from the photos, and the free in-home measure locks your exact written price.
- Free in-home measure — I measure the room, check water pressure and drain behavior, look at the access to your plumbing, and talk through the scope you want.
- Written itemized estimate — every line in build order — demo, plumbing, shower or tub set, walls, flooring, fixtures — materials in Good / Better / Best grades over the same scope, locked in writing for 14 days.
- Permit pulled — in Onel’s name with the City of Delray Beach, before work starts.
- Build — demo first, with the structure and drain check the day the old work comes out; then rough plumbing, shower or tub build with waterproofing, tile and walls, flooring, fixtures and finishes — in the estimate’s sequence.
- Final inspection & walkthrough — city inspection passed, water run and tested at every fixture with you, the finished bathroom checked against the estimate line by line.
Warranty
Every product and material I install — the shower system, the fixtures, the vanity — carries its full manufacturer’s warranty, and I register it for you, in your name, so the coverage paperwork is filed and in your hands. If a product ever has an issue, you hold exactly the documentation the manufacturer asks for. Text BATHROOM to (561) 462-9293 and your registration starts with the job.
Financing your Delray Beach bathroom
Through Acorn Finance: payments from $120/month on smaller jobs, typical projects in the low $200s–$300s/month, at rates as low as 4.49% APR with approved credit — the financing options come in writing, next to the estimate, so you can compare the cash price and the monthly price side by side. And bathrooms at $10,000 or more carry $1,000 off on projects of $10,000 or more.
What Delray Beach homeowners say
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Areas we serve
We’re based in Boca Raton and work across Palm Beach and Broward counties: Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Gulf Stream, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Lantana, Hypoluxo, Ocean Ridge, Briny Breezes, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, Parkland, Coconut Creek, Margate, Wellington, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, and the surrounding towns.
Questions Delray Beach homeowners ask before redoing a bathroom
My Delray house was built in the ’70s. Is the plumbing a problem waiting inside my remodel?
It’s the first thing we check, not a problem we hope around. Homes of that era around Lake Ida and across Delray were commonly drained in cast iron, and much of it is at the end of its service life now. If yours is sound, the estimate says so and we build. If it’s failing, you see the finding and the priced options while the bathroom is open — the cheapest moment to fix it. Text photos of your bathroom and the word BATHROOM to (561) 462-9293 and the measure starts that conversation with facts.
My bathroom is tiny — does a remodel even make sense?
It’s exactly where a remodel pays back fastest. Small rooms price lower on materials, and smart scope — a tub-to-shower conversion, a vanity with real storage, proper lighting — changes how the room works every single day. Most of Delray’s older homes have the same compact bath yours does; we’ve priced this room before. Send wide photos to (561) 462-9293 with the word BATHROOM and I’ll show you what your footprint can become, in writing.
Can you convert my tub to a walk-in shower?
Yes — it’s the most requested bathroom job in Delray. The conversion includes the drain work it requires, and on a slab home that line is priced openly in the estimate. It’s also the natural moment for a low threshold and grab-bar blocking if you want them. Your estimate lays out the full scope in build order before you commit to anything.
How long does a Delray Beach bathroom remodel take?
Most run two to four working weeks depending on scope and what demo finds behind the old work. The estimate carries the sequence; the structure and drain check on demo day confirms the calendar, and I’ll tell you what it shows the day we open it.
Do I need a permit for a bathroom remodel in Delray Beach?
Work that touches plumbing or electrical — yes, and that’s nearly every full remodel. I pull it in Onel’s name through the City of Delray Beach, and the inspections are part of the job, not an errand for you.
Should I keep a tub or convert to a walk-in shower for resale in Delray Beach?
In Delray, it depends on the house. If yours is one of the older homes around Lake Ida or downtown with a single small hall bathroom, keeping at least one tub protects resale for families who need it for kids. If you have a second bathroom with a tub, converting the primary to a walk-in shower is the move I see most — it’s the most requested job I do here, and buyers in Tropic Isle’s one-story homes value the easier access. I price both options in writing so you can decide with real numbers.
How do I keep a Delray Beach bathroom remodel from growing mold in Florida humidity?
Florida humidity wins if a bathroom is sealed wrong and vented poorly, and Delray’s older bathrooms were often under-ventilated for decades — that’s the moisture history I find behind the tile. In my builds, the shower gets proper waterproofing before tile, and we address any damaged wallboard or framing found on demo day instead of building new work over old damage. Keep the exhaust fan running during and after showers, and that new bathroom stays clean. I check ventilation at the free measure and put what yours needs in the estimate.
What is the most expensive part of a bathroom remodel in Delray Beach?
The plumbing and the shower build, almost every time. Tile and fixtures get the attention, but moving drains under a slab in Delray’s one-story homes, cutting concrete to re-route a line, or replacing cast-iron drains at the end of their life is where labor and cost stack up. A remove-and-replace that keeps every drain in place opens at Starting at $9,999. Once you move fixtures in a full rework, you’re into the twenties. That’s why I itemize plumbing as its own line — you see it before we start.
How do I get an exact price for my bathroom?
Wide photos of your bathroom plus the word BATHROOM, texted to (561) 462-9293, open the file. From there the photos become an itemized estimate for your room, and my in-person measure turns it into a firm written total.
Your Delray Beach bathroom, priced exactly and in writing
Text the word BATHROOM to (561) 462-9293 — send two wide photos of your space from different angles and tell us what you want done. We’ll start your estimate right from the photos, and the free in-home measure locks your exact written price. Free estimate. $1,000 off on projects of $10,000 or more.
— Joe, Onel Construction LLC, License CGC1511492, Boca Raton, FL
Prices shown are averages from recent jobs and current market data, set before the latest round of tariff-driven material price increases, and subject to change with inflation, tariffs, and market conditions. When we write your estimate, it is figured from the prices in effect at that moment.
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