Small bathroom renovations · Davie, FL
Small Bathroom Renovations Davie, FL: More Room From the Same Walls
Small bathroom renovations Davie homeowners ask about come down to one question, how much fits in a room this size, and we answer it with the layout before anyone picks a tile.
- Estimate
- Free, in your bathroom
- Layout
- Drawn before finishes
- Changes
- Signed by you first
- Your contact
- One named person
- Part of Gaven Constructions
- Free on-site estimates
- Written 1-year workmanship warranty
- Dedicated project contact
Every Inch Has a Job
A small bathroom is not a big bathroom with less in it. It is a room where every fixture fights for the same few feet, and a choice that costs nothing in a large bath, like which way the door swings, decides whether this one works.
That is why we start with the layout and leave the finishes for later. Where the toilet sits, how wide the vanity can be, whether the tub stays or becomes a shower, which way the door opens: those four decisions set what the room can hold. Tile, paint and fixtures come after, and they are easier to choose once you know the space they have to fill.
You get a drawing of the room as it is and the room as it could be, side by side, before anything comes out. Then you decide.
When a Small Bathroom Renovation Makes Sense
A small bathroom renovation makes sense when the room is short on space, not short on looks.
The door and the fixtures collide. The door hits the vanity, or you have to close it to reach the toilet. A pocket door, a sliding door or a door that swings out often gives back the floor the room was losing.
There is nowhere to put anything. No drawers, a medicine cabinet that does not close, towels on the tank. In a small bath, storage has to go into the walls and up, because the floor is already taken. A recessed niche in the shower and a cabinet set between the studs hold more than they look like they should.
The tub takes the whole back wall and nobody bathes. In a guest bath or a hall bath, swapping the tub for a shower can open up the room. It is a real change to the drain and the waterproofing, so it is part of the plan, not a finish.
The vanity is too deep for the room. A standard vanity can eat the walking space in a narrow bath. A shallower one, a wall-hung one or a corner sink can leave room to move without losing the sink.
It is the bathroom guests use. The hall bath is often the one visitors see and the one the family uses least carefully. Making it easy to clean and hard to damage is a good reason to renovate on its own.
The fixtures are old and the walls are open anyway. If the tile is coming off, it is the cheapest moment to replace supply lines and valves, and to add the outlet or the fan the room never had.
When New Finishes Will Not Fix a Small Bathroom
If the real problem is a layout that does not work, renovating only the finishes leaves that problem in place: new tile on a room where the door still hits the vanity. In that case it makes more sense to study a layout that fits the space first, and choose finishes for that layout. We tell you which case you are in at the visit.
Three Ways to Renovate a Small Bathroom
There are three ways to renovate a small bathroom, and the difference is how much of the layout moves.
A refresh, with everything where it is. The toilet, the sink and the tub or shower stay in place. New tile, a new vanity of the same size, new fixtures, paint and lighting. It is the lightest version, and it works when the layout was never the problem. The plumbing behind the wall still gets looked at, because this is when it is easy to reach.
A rearranged room, inside the same walls. The fixtures move. The vanity goes to the other wall, the tub becomes a shower, the door changes to a pocket door. Moving a toilet or a drain means opening the floor, and in a house on a slab that is real work, so we only move what earns its place. This is the version that changes how the room feels.
A borrowed foot or two. Sometimes the room can grow into a closet, a linen cabinet or the hallway beside it. It means moving a wall, and that brings a permit and more trades into the job. When it works, it is the only way a small bath stops being small.
Whichever one fits, fixtures matter more in a small room because you use all of them every day. When the toilet is replaced, the EPA's WaterSense program for toilets labels models that are independently certified to use at least 20 percent less water than the federal standard while still meeting a performance test. We list the model you choose in the scope, so you know what is going in.
The Water Line Behind a Small Bathroom Wall in Davie
A small bathroom is where the water supply lines get redone: the shutoffs under the sink, the line to the toilet, the valve in the shower wall. Before that wall closes again, it is worth knowing what feeds it.
The Town of Davie keeps a Lead Service Line Inventory with an interactive map that shows, property by property, what material the water service line is made of, both on the Town's side of the meter and on the customer's side. With more than 30,000 customers and more than 10,000 service lines still to review, the Town is doing field inspections on private properties to fill it in.
So, at the visit, we look up your address on that map with you. Whatever the record says about your side of the line, you know it before the wall closes, and you can decide what to do about it while the bathroom is still open. The map tells you what is on record. It does not tell us anything about your house that we have not seen, and we do not guess.
We are based at 4491 S State Road 7, 3rd Floor, Ste PH16, Davie, FL 33314, and we take bathroom work in Davie and in 19 other Broward cities.
How a Small Bathroom Renovation Runs
- The visit. We measure the room, the doorway and the hallway outside it, and look under the sink, behind the toilet and at the floor around the tub or shower. We ask who uses the bathroom and for what.
- The layout. You see the room as it is and one or two layouts that fit, with the door swing, the vanity size and the shower or tub drawn to scale.
- The written proposal. Line items, what is included, what is not, payment terms and an estimated schedule that counts permits and material lead times, not only the days of work.
- Selections. Vanity, toilet, tile, glass and fixtures are chosen before demolition, measured against the layout so nothing arrives too big for the room.
- Demolition and rough-in. The old finishes come out and the plumber and the electrician do their work. If something behind the wall changes the scope, you see it and approve the change in writing first.
- Inspection, then the finishes. Nothing is covered until it passes. Then waterproofing, tile, the vanity, the toilet, the glass and the trim.
- The walkthrough. We run every fixture with you, check the door against the vanity, and hand you the warranty papers.
What a Small Bathroom Renovation Costs Around Davie
One Miami-Dade remodeling contractor's 2026 cost guide puts a small guest or hall bathroom that is fully refreshed, installed, at $8,000 to $10,000. That range is for a refresh: new finishes and fixtures with the layout left where it is. A renovation that moves the toilet, the drain or a wall is heavier work and sits outside it. It is their range for that scope, not our price.
A small bathroom does not cost a fraction of a large one, and that surprises people. The plumber, the electrician, the tile setter and the inspection come either way. A smaller floor saves on tile, not on trades.
What moves the price on a small bath is a short list:
Whether anything moves. Leaving the toilet and the drain in place saves more than any finish choice.
The shower or the tub. A built shower with tile and glass takes more work than a new tub with a tile surround.
What the walls hide. A soft subfloor or an old leak behind the tub shows up when the tile comes off. We plan for it, so a surprise has a price you approve.
The pieces you choose. A wall-hung vanity, a niche and a pocket door each add a step, and each one buys back space.
The visit and the written estimate are free. Our price comes after we have measured the room, with every line spelled out.
Why Homeowners Hand Us the Small Bath
A small bathroom goes wrong when someone orders the finishes before drawing the room: a vanity that blocks the door, a shower glass that cannot swing, a toilet too close to the wall.
The layout comes first. You approve a drawing to scale before anything is ordered.
One scope, in writing. What is included, what is not, and what you still need to choose, in one document.
One person to call. You know before work starts who coordinates the plumber, the electrician and the tile setter, and that person stays the same until the end.
No change without your signature. If the wall shows something new, you see the effect on price and schedule before it moves.
A written warranty. One year on our workmanship from the day we hand the bathroom back, plus what the manufacturers give you. General Contractor Davie is part of Gaven Constructions.
Permits
Permits and Inspections in Davie
When the Town needs a permit. Moving a drain, adding a circuit, changing a wall or swapping the tub for a shower usually goes through the Town's Building Division. Replacing a vanity in the same place may not. We tell you which applies to your scope and put it in the proposal.
When your HOA needs a say. If you live in an HOA, the association may have its own rules about work hours, dumpsters and contractors. That approval is separate from the Town's permit, and we list both.
Who answers for the work. The contract names the company doing the job, so you know who is responsible before it starts.
FAQ
Small Bathroom Renovation Questions From Davie Homeowners
How much does a small bathroom renovation cost in Davie?
One Miami-Dade remodeling contractor's 2026 guide puts a fully refreshed small guest or hall bath, installed, at $8,000 to $10,000. That covers a refresh with the layout in place. Moving fixtures costs more, and we give you our price in writing after a free visit.
Why are quotes for a small bathroom in Davie so different from each other?
Usually because they are not quoting the same job. One includes new supply lines and waterproofing, another leaves them out. Compare what each scope includes and excludes, line by line, before you compare the totals.
Can I fit a walk-in shower in a small bathroom in Davie?
Often, yes, if the tub comes out and the drain can move to where the shower floor needs it. We measure the room and draw it before you decide.
Why can the final cost of a small bathroom in Davie differ from the estimate?
The usual reason is what sits behind the tile: a soft subfloor, a leak or old valves. We stop, show you, and price it, and nothing is added without your written approval.
Where should I look at vanities and tile for a small bathroom in Davie?
Wherever you like. We give you the dimensions that fit the layout first, so you compare pieces that will actually go in the room.
Is a refresh enough for my small bathroom in Davie?
If the layout works and only the finishes are tired, yes. If the door, the vanity and the tub keep getting in each other's way, new finishes will not change that.
A small bathroom renovation is one of the remodeling services we offer in Davie, planned around the layout before the finishes.
Show us the small bath that is not working.
The door that hits the vanity, the tub nobody uses, the corner with no storage. We come to your house for free, measure the room, and put the layout and the scope in writing. Our office is at 4491 S State Road 7, 3rd Floor, Ste PH16, Davie, FL 33314.
