The Benefits of Adding a Bathroom in your Ottawa Home
One of the most impactful type of bathroom renovation one can consider is the addition of a bathroom. This service is not merely a luxury; it’s a strategic investment with numerous benefits.
Enhanced Home Value
One of the primary reasons to consider a bathroom addition in Ottawa is the potential increase in property value. In the real estate market, the number of bathrooms can significantly influence a home’s desirability and resale price. A new bathroom can make a property stand out in the competitive Ottawa market, often resulting in a higher selling price and a quicker sale when the time comes.
Improved Functionality and Comfort
For growing families or homes that frequently host guests, an extra bathroom can alleviate the daily stress of a shared space. Morning routines and evening wind-downs become more manageable, allowing multiple family members to get ready simultaneously without the wait. The convenience of an additional bathroom means less disruption to daily life and a more harmonious living environment.
Customization to Fit Your Lifestyle
Building a new bathroom from scratch gives homeowners in Ottawa the freedom to tailor the space to their specific needs. Whether it’s a spa-like retreat with a soaker tub and heated floors, a practical three-piece setup for guests, or an en-suite for added privacy, the possibilities are endless. This customization allows for personal touches that reflect the homeowner’s taste and lifestyle.
Safety and Comfort
For families with elderly members or those with disabilities, safety in the bathroom is paramount. Converting a tub to a shower can improve safety by reducing the risk of slips and falls. The addition of grab bars, non-slip flooring, and bench seating can enhance the comfort and safety of the shower, providing peace of mind for all users.
Adaptability for Accessibility
An additional bathroom can also be designed with accessibility in mind, accommodating aging residents or those with disabilities. Features like walk-in showers, raised toilets, and grab bars can make a significant difference in the safety and independence of individuals with mobility challenges. This foresight ensures the home can adapt to the evolving needs of its occupants over time.
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
With the addition of a new bathroom, Ottawa homeowners have the chance to incorporate energy-efficient fixtures and sustainable materials. Low-flow toilets, LED lighting, and water-saving showerheads can reduce the environmental footprint and utility costs. In a city that values sustainability, these features can be particularly appealing.
Meeting the Demands of Modern Living
The contemporary lifestyle often demands more from our living spaces. A bathroom addition can meet this demand by providing a dedicated laundry room, mudroom, or powder room that modern families find indispensable. This adaptability makes the home more functional and suited to the fast-paced lives of Ottawa’s residents.
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Discover the Benefits of Miracle Dream Homes for Converting Your Bath Tun into Shower
Miracle Dream Homes is a reliable bathroom renovation company in the Ottawa area. We offer an extensive range of products and services, from concept development to installation, ensuring that no detail is overlooked. A renovated bathroom not only adds value but also provides many other benefits. Let’s explore some of the key reasons why MDH should be your go-to company for bathroom renovation in Ottawa:
Top-Quality Materials: Our bathroom products are sourced from dependable suppliers and crafted from durable materials that are designed to last a lifetime. We guarantee quality construction and reliable performance that will stand up to constant use and any natural wear and tear over time.
Experienced Team: Our specialized teams dedicated to bathroom renovations are hard-working, highly skilled full-time contractors, who have worked on hundreds of bathroom remodels to complex additions — making us one of the most experienced providers of bathroom renovations in all of Ottawa.
Seamless Installation: We understand how stressful renovating a bath or a portion of it can be — which is why we strive to make each experience as seamless as possible by providing timely project completion, excellent customer service, and professional installation from start to finish!
Cost Savings: Working with us means that you can enjoy cost savings through our secure relationships with high-end bathroom suppliers who provide us with top-quality materials at discounted prices. And in addition to the discount perks, we share with our clients very useful tips, which we’ve collected through many years in the renovation industry, on how to select good quality products and choose design elements for the new bathroom that will allow you to get more value out of each dollar spent without cutting corners on quality craftsmanship.
Makeover Transformation: Working with a professional bathroom specialist means bringing your dream design vision into reality! With a wide variety of styles, configurations, colors, textures, and finishes, we create customized bathrooms that are sure to wow! Whether it’s an ensuite bathroom, main bathroom or half bathroom, or something uniquely yours – as bathroom experts we help you transform your space into something extraordinary!
Discover the transformation possibilities today by reaching out to Miracle Dream Homes bathroom contractors for your next bathroom renovation project in Ottawa!
The MDH Process for Tub-to-shower conversion in Ottawa
Click on Steps 01 through 06 Below
Contact Us
This step should only take you 5-10 minutes. Fill out your information and choose the details of your project in our contact us form. Add a few pictures of your project if you have them, as this will greatly help us to provide the most accurate information to you.
At this point, you will receive a thank you email from MDH – this takes about 5 minutes to review. It will contain the information you provided us with, as well as links to videos we want you to review before we proceed to the next steps.
Get Your Insta Quote
Depending on the type of the project and its scope, in the next step you will receive a sample quote that would give you a fairly accurate idea of the cost and details of your project. Please review that and confirm with us if you would like to proceed to the next step.
Phone/Video Meeting
At this stage we will spend about an hour on the phone or video chat with you, we will answer all your questions regarding sample estimates, go over specific details of your project, and confirm all the costs and pricing with you. This will also allow you to meet us in the comfort of your home and see if we are a good match to work together.
Home Visit
This takes about 1-2 hours to complete. Further to the initial phone call/video call and after you have reviewed our paperwork, a home visit can be set up if you choose to proceed with the job. During this meeting, we will measure your bathroom, kitchen, or basement, review and sign off on the estimate, provide you with easy-to-follow instructions on product selection, and a list of products that you will need to choose for your specific project. We will give you all the right sizes you need and the required quantities. You will have a complete shopping list and a list of the preferred suppliers where you can choose your finished products and receive preferred special pricing on those products. You can be as involved in the process of selecting the finished products or as little as you choose. If you prefer to be less involved, we can pre-select products for you based on your requirement and you will simply confirm that selection.
Product Selection
We will supply all “rough materials” as part of our labor estimation. You do not need to bother yourself with buying every little screw and fastener. All plumbing, electrical, HVAC, tiling, framing, painting, carpentry, all rough materials will be supplied by us. We only use premium products and you can trust that we will not skimp on quality.
Finish materials: These are the products where we will need a little bit of your help for final selection. Since we all have different tastes and we all like different styles, we will leave the choice of finishing products up to you. After signing the estimate/project contract we will provide you with the detailed quantity and types of finished products you will need.
What are the finished products?
Your floor tiles, your wall tiles, your tub and shower bases, vanities, toilet, and mixing valves. Essentially, everything that you see and need to choose for your bathroom renovations in Ottawa. We will give you a list of preferred local suppliers where you can go to make your selections. We are always happy to pass on our contractor’s discount to you.
More details will be provided during phone call and/or meeting.
Installation
Once all your finished materials are in stock, we will call to confirm your installation date. We usually book that date after you’ve signed up and started selecting your finished materials. It is usually tentatively booked, and we confirm that firm date a few days or a week prior to your installation. A lot depends on materials availability. If what you’ve selected is in stock, your installation can take place sooner. However, if some or all your selected products are on special order, we will need to wait for them to arrive before we can start installation.
Recent Bathroom Reno Projects
Here are some additional common questions about bathroom renovations that we get from our customers:
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Most often, this depends on you. If all the materials you have selected are in stock and ready to go, we usually need 4-8 weeks before we can start. We do have a short notice waiting list too. Sometimes when a product is delayed and we have an opening, we can begin another project while we wait. Many of our customers have taken advantage of that and renovated their bathroom much sooner than expected.
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Yes, we are proud of the work we do and stand behind our quality with a 3-year warranty on labour.
1) With the signed accepted estimate, the contract payment structure for bathrooms is as follows:
$500 deposit at the time of accepting the quote and 3 equal instalments for the balance when the work has started, in the middle, and at the completion.
2) For kitchen renovations, the initial $500 planning deposit is needed to develop the plans and the design for the exact kitchen quote (if a design and plans are needed). Paid after the home visit for initial consultation and measurements.
Once the quote is accepted, the order of cabinets require 50% deposit for materials, then 2 equal payments upon delivery and upon installation.
The rest of the labour costs, which is an estimate related to a general kitchen renovation work (other than cabinets order): like electrical, plumbing, drywall, tile etc., will have the initial planning deposit applied (credited) and the balance amount split into 3 equal payments paid when the work has started, in the middle, and at the completion
3) For basement finishing contracts, depending on the scope of the project, but normally the initial $500 planning deposit is needed to develop the plans and the design for the exact scope of work in the basement. Paid after the home visit for initial consultation and measurements.
Our home-based offices are in Stittsville, Kanata, and Barrhaven and Ottawa. We prefer not to rent or own physical office space as this will add to the cost of running a business and in turn drive the overall cost of bathroom renovations higher for our clients. Our contractors live across Ottawa, some in Stittsville, Nepean, Barrhaven, Kanata, and on the east end of Ottawa in Orleans.
We service the entire Ottawa region. We have done bathroom, basement and kitchen renovation jobs in Carleton Place and Ashton, Arnprior, Stittsville, Kanata, Ottawa itself, and on the east end in Orleans, Rockland, and Cumberland.
It’s difficult to provide accurate timelines, but here are some estimates to give you an idea:
2-piece powder room with tile will take under one week.
3-piece bathroom with tile is likely to be completed in under two weeks.
4-piece bathroom with tile shower and tub is usually done in under three weeks.
These are general guidelines—please discuss your project with us for specifics that will apply to you.
We hope we were able to answer your questions on this page. If we have missed something, don’t hesitate to reach out to us with your questions using the form below. We will be glad to spend 10-15 minutes on the phone and provide you with information that is specific to your bathroom renovation project in Ottawa.