Real planning ranges for US home projects — synthesized from published industry data, broken down by scope, with the method shown. No sign-up. No sales calls.
Start with the projects homeowners price first.
$6,000 – $15,000
Typical midrange remodel of a standard full bathroom
$12,000 – $35,000
Typical midrange remodel, same layout, standard materials
$100 – $250 per sq ft
Full-gut remodels priced per square foot; partial multi-room projects below
Know your quantities before you talk to anyone.
Gallons, primer, material cost and pro-labor total for any room.
Tile count, boxes, thinset and installed cost — with waste included.
Cubic yards and bag counts for slabs, driveways and patios.
Sq ft to buy plus material, labor and total installed bands by material.
City-adjusted ranges with local permit and climate notes, published metro by metro. Wave 1:
Budget from the typical range, sanity-check every contractor quote against the breakdown, and hold 10–20% contingency aside for what demolition reveals. Our full method — three published sources minimum, no copied tables, dated refreshes — is on the Methodology page.