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AfterFast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Los Angeles
A full bathroom remodel in Los Angeles runs between $10,620 and $33,040, with small baths starting around $5,900 and walk-in showers from $5,310. We’re Penhallow Remodeling, and we work the flatlands, the hills, and every bungalow court in between. If you live in Los Angeles and you’ve been putting off a bathroom that’s leaking, cracking, or just tired, call (936) 259-2607. We’ll give you a written price before we touch a single tile, and that number is the number on the final invoice.
Why Penhallow Remodeling Is Los Angeles’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Los Angeles homeowners have been burned before. A contractor who ghosts after demo. A verbal estimate that doubles by rough-in. A shower pan that fails six weeks after the final check clears. We built Bathroom Remodeling at Penhallow around a very boring idea: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, and leave the place cleaner than we found it. That’s The Kingswell Way, and we’ve been operating under it since 2004.
Trevor Nash runs our Los Angeles crew. He’s the one you’ll talk to when you call, and he’s the one who walks the job before you sign anything. Our technicians are background-checked and show up in uniform, because you should know exactly who’s in your home. And when something goes sideways – because in an older Los Angeles house it eventually will – our 365-Day Done Right Promise means we come back and fix it at no charge. In writing. On every project.
Small Bathroom Remodel in Los Angeles
Small Bathroom Remodel projects in Los Angeles typically run $5,900 to $14,160, and they’re the most common job we quote in pre-war bungalows from Jefferson Park to Highland Park, where the bath is 5 feet by 7 feet and every inch counts. For that budget you’ll usually get a new tub or shower base, a vanity swap, new tile, a low-flow toilet, and updated fixtures. What you won’t get is a surprise on the invoice.
Working Within the Footprint You Have
We keep the toilet and rough-in where they are whenever possible. Moving a drain stack in a slab-on-grade Valley home or a hillside pier foundation is where small remodels get expensive fast. If the layout works, we work with it and your money goes into materials instead of moving pipes.
Permit and Code Reality
Even a small bath triggers a permit in Los Angeles when you touch the plumbing or electrical. LADBS plan-check is backed up right now, so factor three to six months for the permit queue on anything pre-war. The good news: we handle the plans, the submittal, and the inspection scheduling, so you’re not sitting on hold with a city department that doesn’t call back.
Shower Remodel in Los Angeles
A Shower Remodel in Los Angeles generally runs $3,540 to $14,160 depending on whether you’re replacing an existing pan and surround or building a walk-in with a curbless entry and frameless glass. The low end gets you a new acrylic base, a new valve, and tile up to the ceiling. The high end is a full gut, waterproofing membrane, custom tile, and a Kohler or Moen valve set that’ll last longer than the house.
Walk-In Shower Conversions
Walk-in shower installation in Los Angeles runs $5,310 to $14,160. We’re converting a lot of tubs to showers right now, especially in dingbat apartments on the Eastside and tract homes in the Valley where nobody takes baths anymore and a 12-inch curb is a tripping hazard. The conversion includes pulling the tub, installing a code-compliant Schluter or equivalent waterproofing system, and setting a new drain at the correct slope.
Frameless Glass and Finishing
Frameless glass enclosures add $1,500 to $3,000 on most jobs, and they’re worth it in a small LA bath where a metal frame eats light. We measure after the tile is set, never before, and the glass is cut to the opening, not to a template that assumed the walls were square.
Trusted Brands We Service in Los Angeles
We stock and service the brands Los Angeles homeowners actually ask for by name. Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone countertops for vanities. Kohler and Moen fixtures for the valve, the showerhead, the faucet. KraftMaid and Wellborn vanities that hold up to a humid LA bathroom without the MDF swelling. We’ve also worked on homes built with prefab systems from Abodu and Cover, and we know what those panels mean for waterproofing and wall depth. When you call, we’ll tell you which brands make sense for your budget and your floor plan, and which ones carry their own warranty alongside ours.
Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Los Angeles Homes
- Knob-and-tube wiring behind the vanity. We opened a 1920s Craftsman off York Boulevard in Highland Park recently and found original knob-and-tube still feeding the outlet. LADBS won’t sign off a remodeled bath with that circuit live, so the electrical upgrade has to happen before drywall goes back up.
- Failed waterproofing from the 1980s. Century-old tract homes and post-war stucco boxes in the Valley are full of shower pans that were never flashed properly. The tile looks fine until it pops, and underneath the subfloor is a sponge. This is the single most common hidden cost in Los Angeles bathroom walls.
- Termite damage under the tub. In older neighborhoods near the park belts, sill plates and joists take a beating. We photograph everything, write it into a signed change order, and price it before we touch the rough-in.
- Hillside plumbing relocations. In the Hollywood Hills or the Santa Monica Mountains, moving a drain can trigger a Grading Division review that sits in a totally different queue than the building permit. Weeks can pass before rough-in is approved. We plan for that on day one.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Los Angeles, CA
Here’s what we quote in Los Angeles right now, in writing, before any work starts:
| Service | Los Angeles Price Range |
|---|---|
| Bathroom Remodel | $10,620 – $33,040 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,900 – $14,160 |
| Walk-In Shower Installation | $5,310 – $14,160 |
| Tub-to-Shower Conversion | $4,130 – $11,800 |
| Shower Replacement | $3,540 – $10,030 |
| Bathroom Vanity Installation | $945 – $3,540 |
What moves the number: the age of the house, whether the electrical and plumbing are up to current code, the tile and fixture lines you pick, and whether the job is in a flat-grid neighborhood like South Gate or a hillside parcel with caisson footings. We write all of it down. You approve it before we order materials. There is no verbal ballpark that grows later.
We Also Serve Cities Near Los Angeles
Our crews work across Los Angeles and into the surrounding neighborhoods daily. That means Huntington Park, South Gate, Bell, and Maywood all get the same written pricing, the same 365-Day Done Right Promise, and the same background-checked technicians.
Serving Los Angeles, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles
Yes, in most cases it will. A 1960s bath in Los Angeles almost always has a circuit that won’t pass a GFCI requirement, a shower pan that was never flashed, and framing that may not meet current shear standards. The permit doesn’t trigger the work; the walls do. The work was already needed. We document it, price it, and get your signed approval before we continue. Call (936) 259-2607 and we’ll walk the job before you commit to anything.
Plan check at LADBS is running three to six months for anything that requires structural or plumbing review, which most bathroom remodels do. If the home is in a hillside zone, expect a separate Grading Division review and possibly a geotechnical soils report before the structural permit issues. We submit early, respond to plan-check corrections same week, and build the permit wait into the schedule so you’re not surprised.
What’s inside the walls. Knob-and-tube wiring, termite-chewed sills, and shower pans that were never waterproofed are the three big ones. The only way to know is to open the wall, and the only honest contractor is the one who says that before demo starts. We write an allowance into every contract for exactly this, and when we find something, we photograph it, price it, and get your signature before we fix it.
If you’re replacing tile and swapping a vanity, you often don’t need a permit. If you’re touching the shower valve, moving a drain, or rewiring anything, you do. Los Angeles is strict about unpermitted plumbing and electrical work, and it comes up in inspection if you ever sell. We’ll tell you before you start whether the job triggers a permit, and we handle the submittal either way.
Yes, and we approach it differently than a flat-grid job. Hillside homes in the Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica Mountains often sit on caisson-and-grade-beam foundations, and any plumbing relocation can trigger the Hillside Ordinance and a Grading Division review. We bring the geotechnical engineer in early, coordinate with LADBS on both queues, and plan the schedule around what the city will actually approve. Call (936) 259-2607 for a free estimate on your hillside bath.
Written by Trevor Nash, Owner at Penhallow Remodeling, serving Los Angeles since the Kingswell standard began in 2004.