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
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.
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.