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Trusted in Forest Hills + Kent County since 2018 · Fixed-price contracts (the quote is the price) · 3D design sketch on the first visit · 2-year workmanship warranty · 4.7★ on Google
Real bathroom remodels for Forest Hills Northern, Central, Eastern, and the Knapp's Corner corridor — plus Ada, Cascade, and East Grand Rapids next door. No shower-liner gimmicks. No allowance games. The price we quote is the price you pay.
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Forest Hills homeowners ask different questions than the rest of the metro. The school district keeps families in place for twenty and thirty years — so the bathroom isn't a flip, it's a long-term investment in the home you're staying in. Four real things make a Thornapple bathroom remodel a fit for that mindset.
An estimate is a guess. A fixed-price contract is binding. Once design and scope are locked, the number we put in writing is the number you pay — no allowance games, no end-of-project reconciliation, no surprise change orders. The only way it moves is if you choose to change scope, and that's priced and approved before any work happens. See how the process works.
Our in-home consultation is a working session, not a sales pitch. We measure your space, build a real 3D model in front of you, and hand back a budget range tied to actual scope choices — tile, fixtures, shower configuration — before you commit to anything. You walk away knowing what's possible in your Forest Hills bathroom and what it would cost.
Some West Michigan companies will install a Jacuzzi shower over your existing tile in a day. That's not what we do. We do real Forest Hills bathroom remodels — permits, waterproofing, plumbing, tile, electrical — backed by an honest 2-year workmanship warranty. Not a 25-year product disclaimer with carve-outs you'll never read.
Forest Hills is unincorporated, so permits route through whichever township controls your address — usually Grand Rapids Twp, Cascade Twp, or Ada Twp. Each has its own building department and inspection schedule. We verify jurisdiction up front, pull every permit, and coordinate every inspection. You never call the township.
A primary suite in a 1990s Forest Hills Central colonial and a basement powder room in a newer Forest Hills Eastern build are very different jobs. The Thornapple process — discovery, design, fixed price, build, walkthrough — is the same for both.
The most common Forest Hills project. Curbless tile shower, freestanding tub, double vanity, water closet, layered lighting, heated floors. Often pairs with a closet redesign next door. See full detail on luxury bathroom remodeling in Grand Rapids.
The bath your kids share, your in-laws use, your dinner guests see. In a Forest Hills home, this is the bath your kids' friends comment on after sleepovers. We treat it like the visible front door of your home that it is — vanity, tile, fixtures, lighting, and ventilation upgraded as a unit.
The smallest bath in the house often does the most styling work. Wallpaper, statement mirror, custom vanity, and lighting that makes the room feel curated rather than ignored. Quick to design, quick to build — usually 2 to 3 weeks.
Adding a full bath to a finished basement — or upgrading an existing rough-in into something usable. Forest Hills basements often have great ceiling height but original ejector-pump considerations and below-grade plumbing constraints we have to design around. Often built as part of a basement finishing project.
For many Forest Hills clients, this is the home they intend to grow old in. Curbless zero-threshold showers, comfort-height fixtures, reinforced walls for future grab bars, wider doorways, slip-resistant tile that still reads as luxury. Built so today's bathroom quietly serves the next 30 years. Detail on our accessibility remodeling page.
Removing a tub you don't use and building a real tile-and-mortar curbless shower in its place. Done right — with proper slope, linear drain, and waterproofing membrane — this is the single most-requested upgrade in Forest Hills primary baths.
Below are honest 2026 ranges for Forest Hills bathrooms. Pricing depends on scope, square footage, and finish level. Forest Hills numbers index slightly higher than the metro median because the housing stock pushes more projects toward primary-suite scope and luxury finish levels. Final pricing is always locked into a fixed-price contract after design. For a deeper breakdown, read our full bathroom remodel cost in Grand Rapids guide or run a quick estimate in the cost estimator.
A focused update for a guest or hall bath — new vanity, fresh tile, modern fixtures, lighting, paint, and flooring inside the existing footprint. Plumbing stays where it is. The right fit when the layout works but the finishes feel two decades behind the rest of your Forest Hills home.
A full remodel inside the existing walls — new tile shower with frameless glass, custom or semi-custom vanity, quartz tops, upgraded plumbing and electrical, designer lighting, and quality finishes throughout. Minor layout tweaks and small plumbing relocations included.
A spa-quality primary bath — curbless tile shower, freestanding soaking tub, double vanity, heated floors, premium fixtures, custom tile work, millwork-level finishes. Includes meaningful plumbing relocations and the kind of details you notice every morning. The most common scope in Forest Hills Central and Eastern primary suites.
Primary bath taken to the studs and reimagined — wall removals, expanded footprint into the closet or adjacent bedroom, custom steam shower, designer stone, integrated closet redesign, and a full systems upgrade. The right scope when you want the bath to feel like a private wing of your Forest Hills home.
Original 1980s and 1990s Forest Hills bathrooms sometimes carry a modest adder once we open walls — original copper, dated drain configurations, framing that wasn't designed for a heavier modern tile-and-mortar shower assembly. We plan for those realities in the discovery phase and price them into the fixed contract so they don't become surprise change orders mid-project. For more on what drives the price, read our bathroom remodel cost guide.
Forest Hills is an unincorporated community, not an incorporated city. That means there's no single "Forest Hills" building department — permits route through whichever township controls your specific address. The breakdown most homeowners ask about:
Forest Hills Northern — most addresses fall under Grand Rapids Township, with a small slice near Cannonsburg inside Cannon Township. Forest Hills Central — primarily Grand Rapids Township or Cascade Township, depending on where the property sits relative to the East Beltline corridor. Forest Hills Eastern — many of these addresses fall inside Ada Township as you move east toward Ada Village. Each township has its own building department, its own inspection schedule, and its own fee structure.
Any bathroom project that relocates plumbing, adds electrical circuits, or touches structural framing requires a building permit from the controlling township. A purely cosmetic refresh — paint, vanity swap, like-for-like fixture replacement, no plumbing changes — usually does not. We confirm which side of the line your scope sits on during the in-home consultation. Full breakdown on our Grand Rapids remodeling permits page.
On timeline: most Forest Hills bathroom remodels run 4 to 8 weeks from demolition to final walkthrough. A powder-room refresh can finish in 2 to 3. A full primary suite with custom tile, plumbing relocation, and longer material lead times can push toward 10. We map every milestone before the first piece of demo — and the whole schedule lives in your project portal. More detail in our bathroom remodel timeline guide.
Real Thornapple projects from Forest Hills and the surrounding Grand Rapids communities. Descriptive names — no client names, no street addresses.
A classic-meets-modern primary bath built for a Forest Hills family planning to stay in the home for the next 30 years. Scope: custom tile, dual vanity, freestanding tub, curbless walk-in shower with built-in bench, reinforced wall blocking for future grab bars, slip-resistant tile that still reads as luxury. Aging-in-place features designed into the architecture rather than added on later.
A primary bath taken down to the studs and rebuilt as a daily spa retreat for a Forest Hills-adjacent East GR family. Scope: curbless walk-in tile shower with linear drain, freestanding soaking tub, double vanity with quartz tops, custom tile feature wall, heated tile flooring, layered lighting, and an upgraded ventilation system.
A dated 1990s primary bath transformed into a clean-lined modern retreat for a Cascade Township family adjacent to Forest Hills Central. Scope: bold statement tile, frameless glass shower enclosure, custom floating vanity with integrated storage, statement pendant lighting, quartz tops. Layout stayed inside the existing footprint — the transformation is entirely about finishes, fixtures, and how the room feels at 6 a.m.
For many of our Forest Hills clients, this is the home they intend to grow old in. The school district brought them in twenty years ago, and the relationships, the neighbors, the proximity to family — none of that needs to change. The bathroom does. And the goal isn't a clinical, institutional space. It's a beautiful primary bath that quietly makes life easier as the years go on.
We design for that future intentionally. A zero-threshold tile shower that reads as luxury today and becomes essential tomorrow. Comfort-height fixtures and wider doorways that disappear into the architecture. Reinforced walls so grab bars can be added later without tearing into tile. Layered lighting that protects against falls without ever feeling fluorescent. Slip-resistant tile that still feels like stone underfoot.
Done right, you won't see the planning. You'll see a bathroom that simply feels good — at fifty, at seventy, at every stage in between. The full breakdown lives on our accessibility remodeling in Grand Rapids page, and a longer read in our aging-in-place remodeling guide.
Forest Hills sits at the intersection of several established West Michigan communities. We work across all of them — from luxury primary suites in Ada Village to modern primary baths in Cascade Township to spa-quality remodels in East Grand Rapids. The same fixed-price, design-protected process runs every project. This page is part of our broader Grand Rapids remodeling practice and our parent bathroom remodel service line.
The real questions Forest Hills homeowners ask before booking a bathroom remodel — not the generic ones the other guys recycle.
Forest Hills bathroom remodels land in four practical bands. A focused refresh inside the existing footprint runs $18,000 to $25,000. A full mid-range remodel with a new tile shower, custom vanity, and upgraded plumbing and electrical typically runs $30,000 to $40,000. A luxury primary bath with curbless tile shower, freestanding tub, double vanity, heated floors, and meaningful plumbing relocation lands at $40,000 to $60,000. A suite-plus build that pulls walls and expands the footprint into the closet or an adjacent room starts at $60,000. Every Thornapple project is locked at a fixed-price contract once scope is finalized — the quote is the price you pay. Full breakdown in our bathroom remodel cost guide.
Forest Hills is an unincorporated community, so permitting jurisdiction depends on your specific address. Most Forest Hills Northern properties fall under Grand Rapids Township (with a small slice near Cannonsburg in Cannon Township). Forest Hills Central is mostly Grand Rapids Township or Cascade Township. Forest Hills Eastern often falls inside Ada Township as you move east toward Ada Village. Each township has its own building department and inspection schedule. We verify the correct jurisdiction for your address, pull every permit, and coordinate every inspection as part of the fixed-price contract. Full breakdown on our Grand Rapids remodeling permits page.
Almost always, yes. Any bathroom project that relocates plumbing, adds or moves electrical circuits, or touches structural framing requires a building permit from the township that controls your address — Grand Rapids Township, Cascade Township, Ada Township, or Cannon Township. A cosmetic refresh — paint, vanity swap, like-for-like fixture replacement, no plumbing changes — usually does not. We confirm the threshold during the in-home consultation and handle every permit and inspection ourselves.
Yes — this is one of the most common project types we build in Forest Hills. Many Forest Hills homeowners bought their home twenty or thirty years ago and intend to stay long-term. We design curbless zero-threshold showers, comfort-height fixtures, reinforced walls so grab bars install cleanly later, wider doorways, slip-resistant tile that still reads as luxury, and layered lighting that protects against falls without ever feeling clinical. Done right, the planning disappears into the architecture. Full detail on our accessibility remodeling page.
Most Forest Hills bathroom remodels run 4 to 8 weeks from demolition to final walkthrough. A powder-room refresh can finish in 2 to 3 weeks. A full primary suite with custom tile, plumbing relocation, and longer material lead times can push toward 10. We map every milestone in the project portal before demo day, so you always know what's happening on-site and what's coming next. Week-by-week breakdown in our bathroom remodel timeline guide.
Yes — Boulder Creek, Bailey's Grove, the Thornapple River Drive corridor, and most other Forest Hills HOA enclaves we've worked in have straightforward review processes for interior bathroom remodels since exterior changes aren't typically involved. When dumpster placement, material delivery staging, or contractor parking does trigger HOA notice, we coordinate that with the association ahead of the project so there's no friction during the build.
Most of our Forest Hills bathroom work is in 1980s and 1990s housing stock — the original boom-era builds. Those homes were built well, but the bathrooms reflect their era: builder-grade vanities, beige tile, single-sink layouts in two-adult households, fiberglass tub-shower combos. We respect the bones of the home and bring the bathroom forward by 30 years without making it feel out of place. We plan around the existing plumbing stack, joist layout, and original framing in the discovery phase, and price any structural realities into the fixed contract — so they don't become surprise change orders mid-project.
Yes. If you have at least one other working bathroom in the home, you can keep using it through the entire project. We install plastic dust barriers to contain the work zone to the bathroom being remodeled, and we bring our own portable restroom for the crew so they never use your other baths. Your daily routine stays close to normal.
Our full bathroom remodel page — scope, process, what's included, and FAQs.
What a bathroom remodel actually costs in Grand Rapids and Forest Hills — fixtures, tile, labor, and what drives the price.
Week-by-week breakdown of a real bathroom remodel — from demo to final walkthrough.
Heated floors, frameless glass, custom vanities — what a luxury primary bath remodel looks like.
City, township, and inspection breakdown for every Grand Rapids-area municipality we work in, including Forest Hills jurisdictions.
Run a quick range for your specific bathroom scope before booking the discovery call.
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