Bathroom Remodeling in Hollywood - Fixed Price, Set Finish Date

Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Hollywood

A full bathroom remodel in Hollywood, CA typically runs between $9,000 and $28,000, with tub-to-shower conversions and walk-in shower installations on the lower end of that range. Most jobs take two to five weeks once permits clear, though HPOZ-related design review can add time in historic districts. If you’re standing in a 1920s bungalow off Franklin Avenue wondering whether the knob-and-tube wiring behind the original tile can support a modern bathroom, that’s exactly the kind of job we take on. Call us at (877) 610-1318 to schedule a free estimate, and Tom Barrett will walk the space with you before any numbers go on paper.

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Why Barrett & Sons Construction Is Hollywood’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company

We’ve been owner-operated since 1998, and when we say a crew shows up in Hollywood, it’s Tom Barrett’s sons and their teams carrying the Barrett & Sons name, not a franchise dispatching strangers. Hollywood’s housing stock is unlike anywhere else in LA: a single block can hold a 1910s Craftsman under HPOZ protection next to a 1960s soft-story apartment building with tuck-under parking. We know both types of construction because we’ve worked on both, dozens of times.

We answer our own phone, 24 hours a day. You’ll reach a live person, not a call center. Our Hollywood customers regularly tell us the other bids they received came from outfits that didn’t know the difference between a flatland permit path and a hillside grading review. That matters when your bathroom sits on a slope below the Santa Monica Mountains. We pull permits on every eligible job and every price change arrives as a written change order before a single nail moves. And if it’s not done right, Tom comes back and makes it right. That’s the 90-Day Done Right Promise, written on every contract.

Our Bathroom Remodeling Services in Hollywood

Full Bathroom Remodeling

A complete Bathroom Remodeling job in Hollywood means stripping the space to studs, addressing whatever’s behind those walls, and rebuilding it on paper first. In pre-1940 bungalows around the 90028 ZIP, that often means replacing degraded subflooring that can’t support a modern tile bed. In 1960s apartment buildings, it can mean rerouting plumbing that was never vented correctly to begin with. We handle both, and we write every scope item down so you see it before you commit.

Walk-In Showers & Shower Remodeling

Hollywood homeowners converting a tub alcove into a walk-in shower frequently discover the original wall framing is offset or the drain line is cast iron with decades of scale. Our approach starts with a look at what’s actually behind the tile. A walk-in shower installation in Hollywood runs $4,500 to $12,000 depending on waterproofing system, glass enclosure, and whether we’re moving the drain. We install Schluter waterproofing systems and frame the opening to support frameless glass without sagging.

Tub-to-Shower Conversion

Tub-to-shower conversions are the most common request we see in Hollywood’s smaller bungalows and courtyard apartments. A 1920s bathroom doesn’t have the footprint for a separate tub and a large shower, so taking out the tub opens the room. In Hollywood, this job can trigger more than a plumbing permit. If your unit sits in an HPOZ district and the conversion requires a new exhaust vent through an exterior wall, the LA Office of Historic Resources has to sign off before that penetration happens. We coordinate that review so the inspector doesn’t halt your job mid-demo. Budget $3,500 to $10,000.

Vanities, Tile & Fixtures

You won’t find us installing a vanity that doesn’t fit the room or tile that fights the house. In Hollywood’s Spanish Colonial Revival units, we’ve matched original arch details in tile layouts and kept period-appropriate fixtures while upgrading the plumbing underneath. Bathroom vanity installation runs $800 to $3,000 here, and we order KraftMaid cabinets and Cambria countertops for clients who want named brands they can look up. Tile and fixture packages start around $1,500 for a small bathroom and go up from there based on material selection.

Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood

When a Hollywood bathroom job calls for hardscape-adjacent work, like a shower floor that ties into an outdoor courtyard or a curbless entry that drains to a paver patio, we stock Techo-Bloc and Cambridge Pavers locally and can source Oldcastle products without delaying your schedule. Named materials matter to our customers: you can look up the brand, read the spec sheet, and verify what’s going into your house. We don’t install mystery brands off a van. For Hollywood’s tighter job sites, especially courtyard complexes with limited staging, we coordinate delivery so materials arrive after demo and before the rough-in crew needs them.

Common Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Hollywood Homes

• Knob-and-tube wiring behind original plaster. In a pre-1940 Hollywood bungalow, the original wiring may still be live behind the walls. If your remodel touches that wall and we find knob-and-tube, the right move is to bring the circuit up to code as part of the rough-in. We flag it in writing before it becomes a surprise change order.
• Degraded subflooring under old tile. The wood-lath and mortar beds in 1920s and 1930s Hollywood construction can look stable until the tile comes up. A modern tile floor needs a stable substrate. We check before we set anything.
• HPOZ review on exterior penetrations. In Hollywood’s historic districts, a new exhaust vent or window change in a bathroom remodel requires sign-off from the LA Office of Historic Resources. Out-of-area contractors miss this step, and the inspector halts work. We include it in the permit plan from day one.
• Hillside drainage and grading surprises. In the Hollywood Hills portion, a bathroom addition or exterior-adjacent remodel can require a hillside grading review that flatland permit paths don’t account for. We check the slope and drainage requirements before we quote so the number on paper matches the number at the end.

Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Hollywood, CA

The Hollywood HPOZ Reality Most Contractors Don’t Tell You

Hollywood’s HPOZ districts can trigger an LA Office of Historic Resources sign-off even for interior bathroom remodels if the work involves exterior ventilation changes or window alterations. That review step doesn’t exist in most neighboring Los Angeles neighborhoods without historic overlay zones. So when a contractor tells you a bathroom remodel is “just interior work,” they may be right, or they may be about to lose two weeks to a stop-work order. In Hollywood, the smart move is to assume the review applies until someone checks. We check. It’s the first thing we do after we walk the space.

In a 1920s Spanish Colonial courtyard apartment near Whitley Heights, our crew was brought in after an out-of-area contractor roughed in a tub-to-shower conversion without checking for knob-and-tube wiring behind the original wood-lath plaster. We pulled a new permit, brought the wiring up to code as part of the rough-in, and coordinated the HPOZ sign-off for a new exhaust vent. Then we finished with a Kohler walk-in shower and a tiled bench that matched the unit’s original arch details. That’s what a Hollywood bathroom remodel should look like: the old house respected, the new work fully permitted.

The Permit and Inspection Steps in Hollywood

When a bathroom remodel changes plumbing, electrical, or the building envelope, a permit is required in the City of Los Angeles, and that’s true for Hollywood regardless of whether you’re moving walls. On top of the standard LADBS permit, properties in an HPOZ may need conceptual approval from the Department of City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources before work begins. The inspector then signs off at rough-in and at final. We handle the paperwork, schedule the inspections, and Tom is on-site when the inspector walks through. The permit inspector works for you, not for me, and I like it that way. It means the work gets checked by someone whose only interest is the code.

What a compliant Hollywood bid includes that a cheap one leaves out: the permit fees, the HPOZ review time if applicable, the inspection scheduling, the wiring and subfloor checks behind the walls, and a written change order process if conditions differ from what we can see in the walkthrough. Ask any contractor to show you those line items. If they can’t, keep looking.

We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood

While this page focuses on Hollywood, our crews cover Universal City, West Hollywood, Koreatown, and Echo Park for bathroom remodeling work as well. Each of those neighborhoods has its own permitting quirks and building stock, and we approach them the same way: scope in writing, permits pulled, inspections signed. If you’re just over the line from Hollywood, call us and we’ll tell you straight what applies to your address.

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