Tub-to-shower conversions, curbless showers, full tile renovations and honest re-plumbing for Santa Monica's 1920s–50s bungalows and Spanish houses — permitted through the City of Santa Monica, one crew, one fixed price.
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Bathroom Remodel Contractor in Santa Monica, CA: Right Image Builders (CSLB #1021284) remodels bathrooms for 1920s–50s bungalows and Spanish houses, larger lots north of Montana, coastal exposure and salt air across North of Montana, Sunset Park and Ocean Park, with its own crew and permits through the City of Santa Monica Building and Safety. Typical build 3–6 weeks on site once permits are issued. One fixed written price after a free on-site estimate.
Licensed general contractor, CSLB #1021284, licensed since 2016, 5.0★ Google (45 reviews), 4.9★ Angi (103 reviews). Office in Valley Glen, about 35 minutes from Santa Monica. Planning ranges by tier and neighborhood are in the bathroom remodel cost guide.
Right Image Builders is a licensed general contractor remodeling bathrooms across Santa Monica — North of Montana, Wilshire Montana, Mid-City, Sunset Park and Ocean Park. We build walk-in and curbless showers, full tile renovations, and vanity and plumbing upgrades, with every permit pulled through the City of Santa Monica Building and Safety Division and one fixed price after a free on-site estimate; our crew is based in Valley Glen about 35–45 minutes away. CSLB #1021284. Call (818) 210-4544.
Santa Monica bathrooms belong to 1920s–50s bungalows and Spanish houses: original tile, a tub-shower under a window, galvanized supply lines and a fan that vents into the attic. North of Montana the houses are larger and the primary bath can grow into a walk-in shower and a double vanity; in Sunset Park and Ocean Park the job is a smaller bath that works harder.
Behind the new tile, the Santa Monica house sets the scope. The plumbing is typically galvanized supply lines and cast-iron drains in the 1920s–50s houses, many on raised foundations. The waterproofing, the slope of the pan and the ventilation to the outside are what decide whether the room lasts, so our proposal prices the pan and the re-pipe before the finishes, and the electrical gets GFCI-protected circuits and a properly ducted fan on every job.
Our office is in Valley Glen, about 35–45 minutes away, so the project lead who does your estimate is on site through the 3–6 weeks the build takes, and most Santa Monica families stay in the home. The site is cleaned every evening and the rest of the house stays livable.
A common Santa Monica bathroom project. We pull the old tub, reframe and waterproof the shower, set a properly sloped curbed or curbless pan, and tile it with a linear or center drain — plus niches, benches, and blocking for grab bars if you want it aging-in-place ready.
This is where corners get cut and ceilings leak. We use proper hot-mop or sheet/liquid membrane systems, sloped pre-slope under the pan, and correct curb and niche detailing — the invisible layer that decides whether a bathroom lasts 20 years or 2.
Porcelain, natural stone, handmade ceramic, zellige, and full-height shower walls — installed by our in-house tile crew with proper edge and transition systems. Frameless glass enclosures templated and installed to fit.
Floating or freestanding vanities, quartz or stone tops, undermount sinks, wall-hung or comfort-height toilets, and layered lighting with proper GFCI-protected circuits and exhaust ventilation sized to the room.
With the walls open, it's the moment to replace tired galvanized supply lines with copper or PEX, update the drain and vent, and move plumbing to support a new layout — restoring the water pressure these older Santa Monica homes lost decades ago.
All plumbing, electrical, and shower work permitted through Santa Monica Building and Safety and carried to signed-off final inspection. We handle the submission and the corrections so the finished bathroom is fully legal and documented.
Professional, licensed and insured, and we put that in writing at every step, because a remodel is a trust decision before it is a construction decision.
California general contractor license CSLB #1021284 (General Building B), active since 2016, with general liability and workers' compensation insurance. Check the license yourself at cslb.ca.gov before you sign anything, with us or anyone else.
The proposal lists what is demolished, what is built, which finishes are included and which permit covers it. If it is not written down, it is not in the job.
When walls, floors or roofs open up we photograph what is behind them and send you the pictures. Anything beyond the scope is priced in writing before the crew continues. You never find out from the invoice.
California law caps a home-improvement deposit at $1,000 or 10 percent of the contract, whichever is less. We follow it. Progress payments follow the work, and the final payment comes after your walkthrough.
We submit the plans, meet the inspector and close the permit. You get the closed-permit record, which is what a buyer, an insurer or an appraiser will ask for.
The people who estimate the job are the people who build it. No subcontractor hand-offs, no call center; your project lead answers the phone during the job and after it.
Santa Monica is its own city on the coast between Pacific Palisades and Venice, from the large lots north of Montana Avenue through Wilshire Montana and Mid-City to Sunset Park and Ocean Park. Every permit goes through the City of Santa Monica's Building and Safety Division, which runs a paperless electronic plan review with its counter at the Permit Services Center at City Hall, 1685 Main Street, and our Valley Glen office is about 35–45 minutes away over the 405.
Because the city's plan review is electronic, the plumbing and electrical plans and the Title 24 forms are uploaded before the counter appointment, and we schedule demolition around the permit. Behind the new tile we price the re-pipe, the shower pan and the ventilation first, because they decide whether the room stays dry.
Plumbing and electrical work in Santa Monica is permitted through the City of Santa Monica Building and Safety Division, with the rough and final inspections scheduled around the build so the schedule does not slip; every bathroom we build is permitted.
Every bathroom remodel in Santa Monica gets one fixed, written price after a free on-site visit: we measure the house, check what the City of Santa Monica Building and Safety requires for the lot and price the whole scope before you sign anything.
What moves the number is the scope you choose, the condition we find behind the walls and the finish level, never a surprise invoice: anything we uncover during the work is priced in writing before the crew continues, and the final payment comes after your walkthrough.
Setting a budget first? The bathroom remodel cost guide shows the current planning ranges by tier and neighborhood.
A senior team member visits your Santa Monica bathroom, assesses what's behind the walls where we can, and gives you an honest read on cost, timeline, and whether a re-pipe is worth doing.
Within 3–5 business days you get an itemized, fixed-price proposal — tile, glass, plumbing, permits, labor. The number is committed before we start.
One crew, all Santa Monica Building and Safety permits, correct waterproofing you can trust. We hand you a finished bathroom with a closed permit. Final payment only after your walkthrough approval.
Tell us about your bathroom and we'll get back to you within 4 business hours with next steps. No obligation, no sales pressure — just a straight answer on what your project takes.
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The team completely transformed our master bathroom. From the initial consultation to the final walkthrough, the communication was impeccable. They finished on time, on budget, and the craftsmanship is absolutely stunning. I've already referred them to three neighbors.
I had three contractors look at my bathroom before Right Image Builders. They were the only ones who came prepared with a real scope document and a fixed price. Six weeks later — my bathroom is incredible. The tile work alone is worth every penny.
Two bathrooms, new hardwood floors, kitchen cabinets, and a laundry room — all in one project. Right Image Builders coordinated everything flawlessly. They answered every text within the hour. This is how construction is supposed to work.
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Read the answers →Yes. Right Image Builders is a licensed California general contractor, CSLB #1021284, with general liability and workers' compensation insurance; verify the license in minutes at cslb.ca.gov under "Check a License" and ask us for the insurance certificates. The Santa Monica estimate is free and on site, done by the project lead who will run the job, and the itemized fixed-price proposal follows within 3–5 business days.
Right Image Builders, a licensed general contractor (CSLB #1021284) based in Valley Glen about 35–45 minutes from Santa Monica, remodels bathrooms across North of Montana, Wilshire Montana, Mid-City under one fixed-price contract: design, permits through the City of Santa Monica, and construction by one crew, with final payment only after your walkthrough. 5.0★ on Google (45 reviews) and 4.9★ on Angi (103 reviews).
Go to cslb.ca.gov, choose "Check a License" and enter the number; ours is 1021284. Confirm the license is active, classified B (General Building Contractor), bonded, and shows workers' compensation. Then ask for a written fixed-price contract with scope, materials, schedule and payment terms; California law requires it, and it is the only way to hold any contractor to the promise.
Three things: the scope you choose, the condition of the house once we open it up, and the finish level. Each is settled in writing, first in the fixed price after the free on-site visit, then in a written change order if a Santa Monica house hides something, so the number never moves without your signature; the City of Santa Monica Building and Safety requirements are built in. Planning ranges by tier are in the bathroom remodel cost guide.
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