Kitchen and bath is a three to six month decision, so the lead that reaches you today is nowhere near signing. Here is what those leads cost on Facebook, what happens in the months between the click and the contract, and why chasing the cheapest lead loses money in this trade. It all applies whether you call the work remodeling or renovation, and whether you do kitchens and baths only or whole-home remodels.
A homeowner who fills out your form today is not close to signing. Kitchen and bath runs on a three to six month consideration cycle. They save photos, they talk to a spouse, they price it, they go quiet for six weeks, they come back. None of that makes it a bad lead. It is how a $40,000 decision gets made in a house where two people have to agree.
Most remodelers judge a campaign in week two and switch it off. The lead that signs in February came in in October and looked dead the entire time in between. Judging Meta on its first thirty days in this trade is how good campaigns get killed by the people paying for them.
It also means the job of the ad is not to close anybody. It is to be the remodeler they already know by the time the spouse says yes. Real photos of jobs you finished, real reviews, and a reason to raise a hand early. Once one remodeler in a market runs $3,000 off a kitchen, everyone copies it inside a few months, and all it buys after that is the homeowner who was going to pick on price anyway.
The honest answer is that it depends, but you deserve a real range instead of "it varies." Our shower and tile campaigns have run as low as $20 per lead on top-performing ads, and a realistic planning range for kitchen and bath is $60 to $150 depending on your market. For a kitchen or bath project that closes in the tens of thousands, even a handful of those leads turning into signed contracts pays for the entire month of ad spend many times over. The full cost-per-lead breakdown covers budget floors and the learning phase, with a table you can run your own numbers through.
A few things move that number up or down:
A dense metro with a dozen remodeling companies all advertising costs more per lead than a quieter suburban market. More competition means higher auction prices. It doesn't mean Meta won't work, it just means your offer and creative have to be sharper to stand out.
Bathroom-only leads often come in cheaper than full-kitchen leads because the commitment feels smaller to the homeowner, but a bathroom job also closes for less. We tune targeting around the projects you actually want, because a cheap lead for a job you don't want is more expensive than a slightly pricier lead that turns into a $50,000 kitchen.
This is the biggest lever, and it's the one most contractors get wrong. The same budget and the same audience can produce a $30 lead or a $120 lead depending entirely on the ad. A scroll-stopping transformation video with a real reason to act will always beat a stock photo and a generic "call us for a free quote."
No made-up case study. Just an honest picture of what "working" means.
Remodeling is a considered purchase, so a healthy campaign isn't measured only by the raw number of leads. It's measured by how many of those leads turn into booked estimates and signed jobs. We've generated over $2 million in revenue for contractors across tile, remodeling, fence, siding, ADU and more, and the remodeling accounts that perform best all share the same shape.
Leads come in steady at a cost per lead in that planning range. A good chunk of them are real homeowners who own their place and have a project in mind, not renters or window shoppers, because the landing page form is built to screen those out.
And because kitchen and bath is high-ticket, it only takes a small number of those leads closing to make the math obvious: a single $40,000 kitchen pays for months of ad spend.
On a call, we'll pull up real remodeling campaigns we've run and walk you through the actual numbers, so you know what to expect in your market.
Early on, the fastest way to get a remodeling campaign working was a straight discount. And it worked, for a while. But discounts have a shelf life. Once one remodeler in a market runs "$3,000 off your kitchen," everyone copies it within a few months.
Suddenly every ad in the feed looks the same, the discount stops standing out, and all it does is train homeowners to shop for the lowest price. That's a race to the bottom, and it's a terrible place for a remodeler who does quality work to be.
So we changed our approach. Instead of racing competitors to the bottom on price, we build each remodeling client a custom offer designed around what makes their business different, not a discount anyone can copy.
We won't spell out the exact offers here, because the whole point is that they're built to stand apart from whatever your competitors are running.
But the idea is simple: give homeowners a reason to choose you that has nothing to do with being the cheapest, whether that's a free design consultation, a 3D rendering of their new space, or a value stack that makes you the obvious choice. You get the same lead volume, better-quality homeowners, and an offer your competition can't just screenshot and steal.
Kitchen and bath demand has a rhythm, and most contractors either ignore it or let it run their business for them. Interest climbs in late winter and early spring, when homeowners are stuck inside staring at the kitchen they hate and tax refunds start landing. It stays strong through summer. Then it spikes again in early fall, when people want their home finished and beautiful before the holidays.
The mistake we see remodelers make is going quiet in the slow stretches and then scrambling to turn ads back on when they're already swamped. That's backwards. The smartest play is to keep a presence year round and lean into the seasons deliberately.
The holiday run-up is the single biggest window most remodelers underuse. Homeowners who want to host in a finished kitchen have a real deadline, and a well-timed campaign speaks directly to that urgency, so you book fall and winter work while your competitors go dark.
In the slower months, ads are cheaper and competition thins out. That's the time to fill your schedule at a lower cost per lead, so you're booked out before the busy season even starts. We build campaigns that flex with the calendar instead of fighting it.
If you've bought leads from Angi, HomeAdvisor, or a similar service, you already know the problem. The lead you just paid for was sold to three or four other remodelers at the same time. You're not calling a homeowner who chose you. You're racing to be the first of five to call a stranger who filled out a form to compare prices.
That's the core difference. Lead-selling apps sell shared leads. Your own Meta campaign generates exclusive leads that belong only to you. The homeowner saw your ad, your work, your reviews, and reached out to you specifically. You're not the cheapest of four or five quotes, you're the remodeler they already trust.
The math matters too. A shared lead might look cheaper up front, but when you factor in how many you have to buy to win one job, because you're splitting every lead with competitors, the real cost per signed contract is usually higher. With your own campaign, every lead is yours, your close rate goes up, and you're building your brand in the market instead of renting someone else's.
There's a place for both, especially early on. But if you want predictable, exclusive leads that don't have your competitors' phone numbers attached to them, your own Meta ads win almost every time.
From the offer to the ads to the leads. Your only job is to answer the phone and quote the work.
We create a custom offer for your remodeling business, designed around what makes you different, so homeowners choose you over the contractor running the same tired "money off" discount.
We script, create, and edit the video ads for you, built around the before-and-after transformation that makes a remodel sell itself. Don't want to be on camera? We use customer-voice ads, voiceover, or our proven footage.
A clean, custom page with a step-by-step form that shows your best work, builds trust, and screens out renters and price shoppers so the homeowners who reach you own their home and are serious about remodeling.
We set up, launch, and optimize your Meta ads daily, watching cost per lead and killing what doesn't work, so your estimates stay consistent and predictable while you run the business.
Some of the remodelers we work with sell windows alongside kitchens and baths, or take on an ADU when a client wants one. If that is part of your business, here is how we advertise for window replacement contractors and for ADU builders. And if you are weighing which trade to put the first campaign behind, we wrote up how Facebook ads differ across every remodeling trade we run.
Meta is one channel. Here's how the rest stack up for kitchen and bath leads.
Kitchen Remodeling Leads — what an unqualified kitchen lead really costs once you count the unpaid design and takeoff hours.
How to get bathroom remodeling leads — where bathroom leads actually come from, and what each source costs per signed job, not just per lead.
Kitchen & Bath Marketing — the full stack in the right order, built around a 3 to 6 month consideration cycle.
What Facebook Ads Cost for Remodelers — budget floors, the learning phase, and a table you can run your own numbers through.
Remodeling Facebook Ad Examples — eight ad structures that book kitchen and bath estimates, and why each one works.
Google Ads for Remodelers — high-intent search, what clicks really cost, and the negative keywords that save the most.
Local Service Ads for Remodelers — kitchen and bath are both eligible. How screening, pricing and lead disputes actually work.
Google Business Profile for Remodelers — the free listing that outperforms most paid platforms, set up properly.
Are Angi Leads Worth It for Remodelers? — the contract terms nobody reads, the FTC action against HomeAdvisor, and the real math.
Is Houzz Pro Worth It for Contractors? — what it costs, why nobody can tell you, and what contractors actually report getting.
Remodeling Lead Generation Companies Compared — every vendor scored side by side, including the bath franchise and dealer programs.
Tub to Shower Conversion Leads — the easiest remodeling job to sell on paid ads, and what the funnel should cost.
Walk-In Shower Leads — the accessibility and aging-in-place search, and how to advertise it without fear-based copy.
Free strategy call. No pressure. We'll show you exactly what this looks like for your remodeling business and your market.