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Fast, Reliable Bathroom Remodeling Across Hollywood
If you’re pricing a bathroom remodel in Hollywood, expect to spend between $9,000 and $28,000 for a full project, with smaller baths landing in the $5,000 to $12,000 range. Those numbers reflect what it actually takes to work inside pre-1940 lath-and-plaster walls and aging cast-iron drains, which most Hollywood homes have. Our crews know these buildings. We know which streets hide soft subfloors under original tile and which ZIP codes give you a bathroom that needs more rough-in work than the photos suggest. Call (803) 680-2547 for a written price before any work starts.
We coordinate Bathroom Remodeling work throughout Hollywood from our Los Angeles office, with crews that know Sunset Boulevard, Franklin Avenue, and the bungalow courts off Cahuenga as well as the high-rise condo buildings along the boulevard.
Why Mason Remodeling Is Hollywood’s Preferred Bathroom Remodeling Company
Hollywood homeowners don’t need another contractor who bids from photos and discovers the surprises after demo. They need a company that knows the surprises are coming. Isaac Pruett leads our crews, and every technician who walks through your door arrives with a name and photo sent to you before the visit, a photo ID badge at the door, and a clean marked uniform. That’s the Threshold Standard, and it’s not a perk. It’s how we operate on every job.
We’ve worked in bungalows, Spanish-style courtyards, and 1950s apartment conversions across Hollywood, so we know the local building inspectors’ expectations around moved drains and plumbing rough-in. Our written pricing comes before any work begins, and the number doesn’t drift once we start unless you approve a written change order. Homeowners in Hollywood who’ve had bad experiences with vague allowances and surprise invoices tend to stay with us because the price is settled up front and the guarantee is written down, not implied.
Scheduling is coordinated from our Los Angeles office, and we run crews into Hollywood every week. A live person answers the phone around the clock, every day of the year, weekends and holidays included. No call trees, no voicemail loops.
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Key Takeaways
- A full bathroom remodel in Hollywood runs $9,000 to $28,000. A small bathroom remodel runs $5,000 to $12,000.
- Pre-1940 Hollywood homes hide lath-and-plaster walls, cast-iron drains, and soft subfloors that change the scope once walls are open.
- Every job gets a written price before work starts, with written change orders for anything discovered after demo.
- Every crew member is background-checked, identity-verified, and introduced to you by name and photo before arrival.
- The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers your project for a full year after completion.
Small Bathroom Remodel in Hollywood
A Small Bathroom Remodel in Hollywood typically runs $5,000 to $12,000, and it’s the most common scope we price in the apartment and bungalow stock between Melrose and the hills. These projects usually keep the existing footprint and focus on replacing the shower or tub, updating the vanity and fixtures, and retiling the floor and wet walls. The Hollywood wrinkle is that small does not mean simple. A 5-by-8 hall bath in a 1927 bungalow often hides a cast-iron drain at the end of its service life and a subfloor that’s been wicking moisture for decades.
When the walls come open, you need a contractor who can scope the fix in writing rather than hitting you with a vague “unforeseen conditions” email. Isaac Pruett and our crews write a change order for the new drain section or subfloor patch before we touch it, so the number is settled before the work happens. We also match the original doorway tile profile where the new floor meets the hall, which matters in older Hollywood buildings where nothing is square.
What the scope covers
We start with a site walk, not a phone estimate. The walk tells us whether the drain stack is cast iron, whether the floor gives underfoot around the toilet flange, and whether the walls are plaster or drywall. From there, we price the work in writing, including the finish selections you’ll pick from specification-grade lines like KraftMaid, Kohler, Cambria, and Silestone.
We don’t write vague allowances. The vanity cost, the tile cost, and the fixture cost are settled before we order anything, so your selection meeting doesn’t turn into a budget renegotiation.
Permit and inspection timeline
Most small bathroom remodels in Hollywood still require a plumbing permit if the drain or supply lines move, and inspectors in this area are specific about what they’ll sign off on once walls are closed. We pull the permit, schedule the inspection, and handle the sign-off. When a Hollywood job fails inspection, it’s usually because someone closed a wall over a moved drain without documenting it. We don’t do that.
Shower Remodel in Hollywood
A Shower Remodel in Hollywood generally lands between $3,000 and $12,000 depending on whether you’re replacing the pan and surround or converting a tub to a walk-in shower. The high side of that range covers a full walk-in shower installation with frameless glass and a new drain location. In Hollywood’s older bungalows and courtyard apartments, the shower remodel is where the plumbing surprises live, because the original shower drains are often 1.5-inch cast iron that no longer meets code and the subfloor under the pan has been damp for years.
On a 1926 bungalow off De Longpre Avenue, our crew opened a hall bath to find the original cast-iron drain already failing at the trap and the subfloor soft around the toilet flange. We added the drain and subfloor repair to the scope before setting the Kohler shower pan and KraftMaid vanity, wrote the extra rough-in and subfloor replacement as a change order, passed inspection sign-off on the plumbing rough-in, and closed out the punch list with the original tile profile matched at the doorway. That’s how a shower remodel should go in this city: the surprise is written down, priced, and handled.
Walk-in shower installation
Walk-in shower installation in Hollywood runs $4,500 to $12,000, and most homeowners choose this route to replace an aging tub they no longer use. The job involves removing the tub, reconfiguring the drain to a 2-inch line, waterproofing the shower pan, and setting tile or a solid-surface surround. In pre-1940 buildings, the drain conversion is usually where the scope grows, because the old tub drain is almost never where you need the new shower drain to be.
Tub-to-shower conversion
A tub-to-shower conversion in Hollywood runs $3,500 to $10,000 and works well in the small hall baths common in this area. You gain floor space and a safer entry without changing the room’s footprint. We handle the drain reconfiguration, the waterproofing, and the glass enclosure, and we make sure the inspector sees the rough-in before any walls close.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We install and service the brands Hollywood homeowners actually ask for: Kohler, Moen, Toto, Grohe, KraftMaid, Wellborn, Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. We also work with prefab and panelized systems from Mighty Buildings, Cover, and Dvele when a Hollywood project calls for a faster, more controlled shell, though those are more common on ADU and addition scopes than bathroom remodels. Because we stock common rough-in fittings and order finishes directly through specification-grade suppliers, Hollywood customers aren’t waiting weeks for a backordered valve or a mismatch on the vanity hardware.
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AfterCommon Bathroom Remodeling Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Cast-iron drains past their design life. Pre-1940 Hollywood plumbing runs a lot of 1.5-inch and 2-inch cast iron that corrodes from the inside, and the first sign is usually a slow drain or a sewage smell in the wall cavity. We scope replacement drain sections as part of the remodel rather than discovering them mid-job.
- Soft subfloors around toilet flanges and tub pans. Decades of minor leaks leave Hollywood bathroom floors spongy under the original tile, and if the subfloor isn’t solid, the new tile will crack within a year. We check for deflection on every site walk and write the subfloor patch into the price when it’s needed.
- Lath-and-plaster walls that complicate even a “cosmetic” swap. Hollywood bathrooms from the 1920s and 1930s are often framed with lath and plaster, not drywall, so a vanity swap or a new shower valve can turn into a wall repair once the plaster crumbles. We factor that into the scope before we quote, not after.
- Hidden load-bearing walls on old bungalow floor plans. Some Hollywood bathrooms have a wall that’s doing structural work, especially in courtyard buildings where units share party walls. If moving a wall is part of the remodel, we flag it early and pull the right permit so the inspector signs off before the wall closes.
Pricing for Bathroom Remodeling in Hollywood, CA
Here’s what a Hollywood bathroom remodel costs, broken into the scopes we price most often. The ranges are calibrated for this market, meaning the pre-1940 housing stock and local permit costs are already baked in.
| Scope | Hollywood Price Range |
|---|---|
| Bathroom Remodel (full) | $9,000 – $28,000 |
| Small Bathroom Remodel | $5,000 – $12,000 |
| Shower Remodel (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 |
The biggest cost drivers in Hollywood are the drain and subfloor work hidden behind old plaster, the finish selections you make at the design meeting, and whether the floor plan changes. A bathroom where the footprint stays exactly the same and the finishes are mid-range will land toward the lower end. A bathroom where the tub becomes a walk-in shower, the vanity moves, and the tile runs floor to ceiling will push toward the higher end. We settle the number in writing before any work starts. Call (803) 680-2547 for a free estimate and a written price on your project.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Beyond Hollywood, our crews cover bathrooms across Los Angeles, plus San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco for larger whole-home scopes. If you’re just outside the neighborhood or coordinating a project across multiple properties, ask about scheduling when you call.
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, most Hollywood bathroom remodels need a plumbing permit if the drain or supply lines move, and many need an electrical permit if the lighting or outlets change. The city’s inspectors are specific about what gets signed off before walls close. We pull the permits, schedule the inspections, and handle the sign-off as part of the project. If you’re only swapping a vanity and reusing the existing plumbing, the scope may not need a permit, but we’ll confirm that in writing before we start. Call (803) 680-2547 if you’re not sure whether your scope triggers a permit.
Hollywood bids are higher because the housing stock is older and the permits and inspections are stricter than in many surrounding areas. Pre-1940 lath-and-plaster walls, cast-iron drains, and soft subfloors mean the scope almost always includes rough-in and structural work that a newer suburban home wouldn’t need. A contractor bidding from photos without a site walk is probably leaving that work out of their number, which means it shows up as a surprise invoice later. We price it in writing before work starts.
A small bathroom remodel in Hollywood runs $5,000 to $12,000, and most of our small-bath projects land between $7,000 and $9,000 once the hidden drain and subfloor work is scoped. The price depends on whether the footprint changes, what finish level you choose, and what’s behind the walls when they open. The written price you get from us includes the conditions we can see, and anything we can’t see until demo gets written as a change order you approve before it happens.
A Hollywood bathroom remodel typically takes two to four weeks from demo to final inspection, depending on the scope. Pre-1940 homes often add a few days for rough-in work and subfloor repair once the walls are open, and the permit inspection schedule in this city can add a few more. We set a realistic calendar at the start and update you in writing if the schedule changes. Call (803) 680-2547 for a timeline specific to your project.
The only thing that changes the price once a job starts is a written change order you approve before the work happens. In Hollywood, the most common change orders come from hidden conditions: a failed cast-iron drain, a soft subfloor, or a load-bearing wall that wasn’t visible before demo. We write the scope, the cost, and the reason on the change order, and we don’t start the work until you’ve signed it. Your original written price is never amended verbally. Call (803) 680-2547 to get your written price before any work begins.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner at Mason Remodeling, serving Hollywood since 2004.
