Bathroom Remodeling in Costa Mesa
Serving 92626 · 92627 and Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana
The bathrooms in Costa Mesa's older stock were built to a different standard of expectation — one basin, one small window, a tub because a shower enclosure was not standard yet. Bringing one up to current expectations is mostly about drainage, ventilation and waterproofing. The tile is the easy part and the last part.
Real projects. Real prices.
73 finished remodels published with their final price — nothing hidden.
What 28 finished LA bathrooms actually cost: a median of $38k, in a range of $28k–$105k. Real final prices from our own job records, not estimates.
$28,000 Stacked white tile and a blue patterned floor, with brushed brass fittings and a round mirror.
$30,000 A deep navy wall over textured white tile, with a floating walnut vanity and matte black fittings.
$32,000 A wood shaker double vanity under twin black mirrors, with a freestanding tub and marble-look shower.
$45,000 Rust and blue slate-tone tile over a pebble mosaic shower floor, with bronze fittings.
$46,000 One room in bold geometric tile with an oak vanity, one in white with a ribbed vanity and stone basin.
$105,000 Marble-veined slab walls, a frameless glass shower, and patterned tile floors.
Post-war plumbing, modern expectations
What is behind the tile
Original supply plumbing in houses of this age may be galvanised, and waste routing was designed around fixture positions nobody would choose now. Whether the layout can change depends on what the floor structure allows.
Waterproofing done properly
The failures that cost real money in bathrooms are water failures, and they are invisible for years. Substrate and waterproofing detail matter more than the finish sitting on top of them.
Written by Onn Cohen-Meguri, founder and designer at Design Onn Point — 12+ years in business, 1,200+ finished Los Angeles projects. CSLB #1133368.
Pricing in Costa Mesa
From our completed projects.
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