Ceramic tiles in bathroom.

[Naga A.]

The tenant is asking for ceramic tiles being laid for half bath where the tile is breaking apart as you see in the picture.  I asked an estimate from my property manager and they quote me for tiles at $800-900 and vinyl for $250-300 for a 8'3 Long and 3'9 wide bath.

So, it is $26 per square foot for tile! That seems to be very expensive.  Is there any reason why this can be so expensive ?  

Thanks 

[Sam Leon]

Not sure.

This is an all inclusive bid to include materials and labor?

Which I assume involves removal of the lavatory sink base and toilet, so you can have tiles all the way across the floor, plus a potential toilet flange repair or replace if it's gone bad, and possibly changing out the supply valves to the faucet and toilet too?

They also have to pull up the old tiles and thinset, dispose of it and lay new tiles.

I would say $800 total is not out of line.

But for me, first I would be concerned about why the tiles are cracked.  Is it the subfloor not sturdy enough, is there any water leaks etc...solve that problem first.

An older bathroom like that personally I would either do a complete redo, or keep the same style and do minimal.  Have you looked at just getting matching tiles to fix just the affected areas?  Those look like 60s art deco type tiles and I have seen many tile stores still carry them in the back corner of the warehouses.