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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Hollywood
A full bathroom remodel in Hollywood typically runs $9,000 – $28,000 depending on the scope, the age of your plumbing, and whether your property sits in the flatlands or the hills. We’re Penhallow Remodeling, and we’ve rebuilt bathrooms in 1920s courtyard apartments off Fountain and mid-century homes above Beachwood Canyon, so we know what your walls and floor joists are actually hiding. If you want a walk-in shower, a tub-to-shower conversion, or a full gut-and-replace, we write the price down before we pick up a hammer. That means the number on day one is the number on the invoice. Call (936) 259-2607, and a real person will answer.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Hollywood’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Hollywood homeowners have been burned before. They call us after a contractor gave a verbal estimate that ballooned after demo day, or after a bathroom that looked fine started leaking six weeks later. So we lead with the guarantee, not the sales pitch. Every project gets the 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, before any work starts. If something we installed fails within that year, we come back and fix it at no charge. No service call fee, no re-inspection fee. That’s the Kingswell standard, and it has been since 2004.
We also show up with the answers, not a clipboard of surprises. Trevor Nash, who leads our team, explains things like cement board substrate (the moisture-resistant layer behind your tile) before the work begins, not after the wall is open. Our technicians are background-checked and arrive in uniform, so you know exactly who is walking into your home on Hollywood Boulevard or up in the Dell. A live person answers our phones 24/7, not a voicemail prompt. When you call at 6 a.m. or 11 p.m., a real human picks up.
And we know Hollywood’s building stock in a way a generic remodeler doesn’t. A bathroom in a 1931 Art Deco six-unit off Wilcox has different structural realities than a 1963 hillside house off Laurel Canyon. We plan for that before we write the quote, which is why our bids don’t surprise you later.
Bathroom Remodeling Contractor in Hollywood
A Bathroom Remodeling Contractor in Hollywood is the person who pulls the permit, schedules the inspections, and coordinates the tile setter, plumber, and electrician so your project doesn’t stall for three weeks while you wonder who’s supposed to show up next. Our Bathroom Remodeling team handles the full scope from demo to finish trim, including structural work when your 1940s bathroom hides a rotted subfloor or a rusted cast-iron drain line, which they often do.
Full gut-and-replace work
When we take a Hollywood bathroom down to the studs, we’re usually replacing the supply lines, the drain assembly, the venting, the substrate, and the waterproofing, not just swapping tile and calling it a remodel. On hillside properties above Mulholland, that often means upgrading exterior vent penetrations to non-combustible assemblies to pass inspection under Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone codes.
Permit and inspection coordination
We pull the permits in Hollywood and schedule the sign-offs with the city. If your flatlands courtyard apartment falls under LA’s Mandatory Soft-Story Retrofit Ordinance, we confirm whether the structural program affects your bathroom scope before we start, so you aren’t hit with a change order after demo day.
Walk In Shower in Hollywood
A Walk In Shower in Hollywood makes sense in the hundreds of 1920s – 1940s bungalow bathrooms where the original tub swallows a third of a room that’s already tight. We remove the tub, rebuild the pan with a properly sloped mortar bed, waterproof the whole surround, and set the new shower with a curb or a true curbless entry depending on your subfloor elevation. A typical walk-in shower installation in Hollywood runs $4,500 – $12,000 depending on glass, tile, and whether we’re relocating the drain.
Frameless glass enclosures
We pair the new pan and tile with frameless glass enclosures that fit the existing footprint, which matters in Hollywood bathrooms where the room hasn’t gained a square foot since the Coolidge administration. We measure after tile is set, not before, so the glass fits the finished opening, not the paper plan.
Tub-to-shower conversion
If you’re keeping the original footprint and just want the tub gone, a tub-to-shower conversion in Hollywood runs $3,500 – $10,000. We cap the old tub drain properly, run a 2-inch shower drain line, and install the new valve and trim. In older Hollywood units, we also check whether the existing supply lines are galvanized; if they are, we replace them while the wall is open.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We install products from recognized trade brands so the guarantee has teeth. Kohler and Moen valves and fixtures go into most of our Hollywood showers because their trim kits won’t leave you hunting for a discontinued cartridge in five years. We set Cambria and Silestone quartz or solid-surface vanity tops, and we’ve worked with prefabricated bath system manufacturers like Abodu and Dvele when a Hollywood homeowner wants a tighter schedule and a controlled offsite build. We stock the common Kohler and Moen valve bodies locally near Hollywood, so a replacement cartridge or trim update doesn’t mean waiting on a warehouse in Riverside. Material quality is the layer beneath our 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- VHFHSZ fire-rated venting failures. Hillside bathrooms above Mulholland and Beachwood Canyon often need non-combustible venting and fire-rated exterior assemblies under Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone codes. When a previous contractor skipped that step, the homeowner fails inspection sign-off and has to tear out finished wall work to add the correct assembly.
- Hidden rusted cast-iron drains in 1920s – 1940s stock. The original cast-iron drain stacks in Hollywood’s pre-war courtyard apartments and bungalow courts are often cracked or corroded. The bathroom looks fine until the wall opens, and then you’re looking at a drain replacement that should have been in the written scope from the start.
- Load-bearing walls in soft-story retrofit-era flatlands buildings. A bathroom in a Hollywood flatlands multi-unit isn’t always a standalone job. Shared plumbing chases and load-bearing walls from the Mandatory Soft-Story Retrofit program can change scope mid-project if no one checked the structural drawings first.
- Unwritten allowances that turn into surprise invoices. A cheap quote often leaves tile, fixtures, and Kohler/Moen valves as vague allowances. When the permit-driven scope grows, the final price does too. We write those allowances and a draw schedule into the contract so the price on day one is the price on the invoice.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Hollywood, CA
| Service | Hollywood Price Range |
|---|---|
| Bathroom Remodel | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $4,500 – $12,000 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $3,500 – $10,000 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,000 – $8,500 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $800 – $3,000 |
What moves the number isn’t mystery. It’s whether your Hollywood home is in a flatlands bungalow court or a hillside lot with single-lane access off Nichols Canyon, which changes staging and mobilization. It’s whether the drain line is cast iron and has to come out. It’s whether your tile choice comes from a big-box store or a recognized trade brand. We write the price before we start, and that number holds. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free, written estimate on your Hollywood bathroom.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Our crews serve Hollywood directly, with scheduling coordinated from our Los Angeles office. We also take on bathroom remodels in Los Angeles proper, down to San Diego, up to San Jose, and through San Francisco for homeowners who want the same written price, written guarantee, and background-checked crew on every job.
Serving Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Hollywood area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Bathroom Remodeling in Hollywood
Yes, if your Hollywood Hills property is inside a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, which covers most lots above Mulholland and around Beachwood, Laurel, and Nichols Canyons, then your bathroom’s exterior vent penetrations, eave assemblies, and sometimes deck-related penetrations must use non-combustible or fire-rated assemblies. A flatlands bathroom below Franklin Avenue near Melrose usually won’t trigger those requirements. We check the VHFHSZ map during the bid, so you know before we open a wall. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll confirm your property’s status in the quote.
In Hollywood’s flatlands, many 1920s – 1940s courtyard apartments and multi-unit buildings are part of LA’s Mandatory Soft-Story Retrofit Ordinance. If your bathroom shares a wall with a soft-story structural line or sits along a load-bearing plumbing chase, the retrofit scope affects what we can open and how we repair it. We check the building’s retrofit status before we finalize the written price, so a change order doesn’t hit you after demo. A good quote accounts for that up front.
A Hollywood bathroom quote should include a written line item for the drain replacement, the valve bodies, the tile allowance, the substrate and waterproofing, the VHFHSZ fire-rated venting if your hillside lot requires it, and a draw schedule tied to inspection sign-offs. Cheap quotes leave those as verbal “we’ll see how it goes” items, and that’s how a $9,000 bathroom becomes $18,000 after the walls are open. We write every line before work starts.
Yes, but it takes more mobilization planning than a flat-street job. Flag lots and homes accessed only by steep, single-lane driveways off Beachwood or Laurel Canyon mean our materials get staged in smaller loads, and we schedule deliveries around access windows. We’ve done it many times. The shower pan and glass come in pieces, and we plan the concrete work around crane access if it’s needed. Plan for a half-day to a full day of extra staging time versus a comparable flatlands job.
Documented permit sign-off and inspection records give your insurer a paper trail showing the work was built to current code, including any VHFHSZ fire-rated requirements. If a leak or a failure happens later, you can show the work was inspected and passed, not patched by a handyman with no record. We provide that documentation on every Hollywood project. Call (936) 259-2607 to ask what your specific remodel would need.
Contact Penhallow Remodeling for Your Hollywood Bathroom Remodel
If you live anywhere from the Hollywood Hills down to Melrose, and you’re tired of contractors who don’t show up or whose price changes at the door, call us. You’ll get Trevor Nash and a team that puts the price, the schedule, and the 365-day guarantee in writing before a single tile is pulled. No pressure. No scare tactics. Just a real number and a real plan. Call (936) 259-2607 for your free estimate.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Hollywood under the Kingswell standard since 2004.