Rental Bathroom Turnover
A rental bathroom turnover is the three-working-day refresh between tenants — new vanity, new toilet, new fixtures on existing rough-in, paint, re-caulk, and a regrout — built around the relisting window and priced for a portfolio, starting at $3,500 for a single unit. The tenant moved out Friday, the listing photos are scheduled the following Friday, and the bathroom needs to read as fresh in the listing carousel without the budget of a full remodel. Handis turns it around in three working days, photographable on day four, with a single point of contact across multi-unit contracts and volume discount on three units or more. The licensed Washington L&I plumber handles the toilet supply, any in-wall valve work, and the closet flange if it is cracked. For property managers, real-estate agents, and small residential investors who run a portfolio and need a known-quality, known-cost, known-timeline bathroom refresh on every turnover.
Scope
What a Rental Bathroom Turnover Includes
A rental turnover is the bathroom-update package built for the timing and the economics of a tenant transition or a relisting. The scope is fixed, the timeline is fixed, the finishes are durable mid-range product lines that hold up to tenant use and photograph well in a listing carousel. Three working days from demo to photo-ready. Volume discount on three or more units. The product list standardizes across the portfolio so every bathroom in a property manager's book reads consistent — same vanity catalog, same toilet, same fixture finish, same paint color across the portfolio.
New Vanity (Or Vanity Refresh)
Standard catalog vanity (Foremost, Glacier Bay, Wyndham) in 24, 30, 36, or 48-inch widths — picked from a curated short-list of tenant-durable, photogenic, in-stock SKUs that ship reliably. For older units where the existing solid-wood vanity has good bones, a vanity refresh (sand, repaint, new hardware, new top, new sink) is the cheaper option and runs faster than a full swap.
New Toilet
Standard catalog toilet (American Standard Cadet, Kohler Cimarron, Toto Drake) in white. Pull the existing toilet, inspect the closet flange (replace if cracked — common on older units), set a new wax ring, install, supply and stop, seat the bolts. The plumber sub handles flange replacement as a written change order with the cost passed through.
New Fixtures on Existing Rough-In
Mid-range fixtures (Moen Adler, Delta Foundations, Pfister Pasadena) in brushed nickel or chrome — durable, in-stock, no special-order. Faucet at the sink, showerhead at the wall, tub spout if the unit has a tub. The in-wall valve gets the cartridge swap if the new trim does not fit the old valve; otherwise the existing valve stays.
Full Re-Caulk and Regrout of Existing Tile
Strip every old caulk bead at the tub, shower, vanity, and toilet base back to clean substrate, treat any visible mildew, and lay fresh 100% mildew-resistant silicone. Grout — every line — gets cleaned and color-restored with a grout colorant, or re-applied where the original is failing. The existing tile stays; the budget goes to the visible finishes and the regrout that brings the tile back.
Fresh Paint
Two coats of mildew-resistant bathroom paint on walls and ceiling in a standard property-manager color (typically a clean white or a neutral light gray that photographs well and works across multiple units). Trim re-painted if specified.
Portfolio-Friendly Workflow
Single point of contact across multi-unit contracts. Standardized product catalog (we maintain a tenant-durable, listing-photogenic, in-stock short-list per property manager). Photo report at handoff with dated before-and-after images per bathroom. Net-30 invoicing on portfolios; consolidated billing across multi-unit contracts.
How a Rental Bathroom Turnover Runs
Six sequential phases over three working days from initial booking through photo-ready handoff — the actual calendar we run on every rental turnover, optimized for the relisting window and the property-manager workflow.
Booking and Product Confirm (Photo-Based for Property Managers)
A property manager or agent books the turnover by phone or email with photos of the unit; an on-site walk is welcome but not required for known-spec units. Handis confirms the standardized product short-list (vanity model, toilet, fixtures, paint color) and locks the calendar for the relisting window. The plumber day is pinned on the calendar.
Demo and Protection (Day One Morning)
Plastic-zip floor-to-ceiling at the doorway, runners down the entry hallway. Pull the old vanity, mirror, accessories, toilet, and light fixtures. Vacuum and trash-out at end of morning. The existing tile and rough plumbing stay in place; the substrate is exposed for inspection.
Licensed Plumber Half-Day (Day One Afternoon)
A licensed Washington L&I plumber arrives, swaps the in-wall valve cartridge if the new fixture trim needs it, replaces the closet flange if the inspection on demo flagged it, and pressure-tests every supply connection. Most rental turnovers need the half-day; flange replacement is a written change order if found.
Vanity, Toilet, Fixtures, and Accessory Install (Day Two)
Scribe the new vanity to the wall, set the countertop, drop the sink, plumb to floor. New toilet set on a fresh wax ring with new bolts. New faucet, showerhead, and tub spout on the refreshed valve. New mirror, towel bar, toilet paper holder, and hand towel ring mounted into studs or rated heavy-duty toggles.
Paint, Regrout, and Re-Caulk (Day Three)
Two coats of mildew-resistant bathroom paint on walls and ceiling in the standardized property-manager color. Full re-caulk of every wet seam in 100% mildew-resistant silicone with the cure-time notice on the door. Regrout of the existing tile — color-restore or thin-coat over-grout depending on the original condition.
Final Clean, Photo Report, and Handoff (End of Day Three)
Final clean — wipe every surface, polish the new mirror and fixtures, vacuum the floor a final time, pull the protection. Dated before-and-after photo report emailed to the property manager or agent. Unit is photo-ready and showing-ready for the following day. One-year project warranty documented on the invoice.
Rental Bathroom Turnover Pricing
Package pricing depends on bathroom size, whether vanity refresh or new vanity is in scope, and whether the unit needs flange replacement or other condition-driven adders. Licensed-plumber half-day is in the base. Net-30 invoicing on property-manager portfolios. Volume discount on contracts of three units or more. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us the unit count, the turnover window, and the standard finish — we will quote the contract.
Why Property Managers Book Handis Turnovers
Property managers and agents we work with come back to Handis because the turnover delivers on three things every relisting cycle needs — speed (three working days, photographable on day four), predictability (fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline, single point of contact), and consistency (same vanity, same toilet, same fixture finish, same paint color across the portfolio so every listing carousel reads consistent). Single-trade contractors will not show up for a portfolio of small rental bathrooms; the turnover package is built exactly for the portfolio operator.
Three working days, photo-ready on day four
The relisting window is the constraint. Tenant out Friday, listing photos the following Friday, new tenant moving in the week after. The turnover package hits a three-working-day Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday calendar so the bathroom is fully photo-ready by Thursday — and the same calendar holds across the portfolio when we run consecutive units.
Standardized SKU catalog across the portfolio
We maintain a tenant-durable, listing-photogenic, in-stock short-list per property manager — same vanity model, same toilet, same fixtures, same paint color. The standard product list reads consistent in every listing carousel, ships reliably, and keeps the per-unit math predictable. New SKUs get added by joint decision; the catalog is yours.
Single point of contact across multi-unit contracts
One project lead runs every unit in the contract. The property manager calls or emails one person, gets one consolidated photo report, and receives one consolidated invoice. The volume discount on three or more units is real — the per-unit price drops on the third unit and again on the tenth.
Property-manager invoicing — Net-30, consolidated
Net-30 invoicing on portfolios. Consolidated billing across multi-unit contracts. Tenant security-deposit chargeback documentation provided when the turnover includes condition-driven repairs (e.g., flange replacement traceable to tenant misuse). Standard W-9 and certificate of insurance on file.
Licensed plumber on site, named on the quote
The licensed Washington L&I plumber half-day is in the package base — they handle the in-wall valve cartridge swap if the new trim needs it, the closet flange replacement if the inspection flagged it, and the pressure test. They are named on the quote and they pull their own permits for their portion of the work. The portfolio operator sees exactly which line is Handis and which line is the licensed sub.
Estimate
Tell us the unit count, the turnover window (single unit or rolling portfolio), the standard finish color you want across the portfolio, and any unit-specific notes (older buildings with flange issues, larger units, condo restrictions). We send a written contract quote with per-unit pricing and volume discount applied.
What Property Managers Say
Recent rental bathroom turnover reviews from verified Seattle-area property managers, agents, and investors.
Tenant moved out Friday, listing photos scheduled the following Friday. Handis came in Monday morning, demoed and protected, plumber Monday afternoon for the valve swap, vanity and fixtures Tuesday, paint and regrout Wednesday. Photo-ready Thursday morning. New tenant moved in eleven days after the prior one. The cycle is the fastest we have hit in the portfolio.
Three units in the same building, three turnovers, one contract. Volume discount on the second and third units, all three done in seven working days with the crew sequenced unit to unit. Same vanity, same toilet, same fixture finish, same paint across the three. Building finally has a baseline finish across the portfolio.
Twelve-unit duplex portfolio rolling turnover, two units a month across the year. Standardized SKU catalog locked from month one, single point of contact, Net-30 invoicing, one consolidated photo report per month. Per-unit cost dropped on the tenth unit per the volume discount. No surprise line items in twelve months.
Tenant left a wobbly toilet and we found out at demo the flange was cracked — typical older unit. Handis quoted the brass-flange replacement as a written change order, plumber swapped it the same morning, kept the rest of the turnover on schedule. Photographed and re-listed on time. The change-order paperwork made the security-deposit chargeback clean.
Vanity refresh option on an older unit — kept the original solid-wood vanity, repainted it, new top, new sink, new hardware, new fixtures. Came in $1,500 under a full vanity swap and the cabinet looks new. We saved that across every older unit in the portfolio.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis rental bathroom turnover — pricing, scheduling, multi-unit contracts, invoicing, and what fits the package.