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If your home was built in the 1960s which describes most of Selden’s Cape Cods, ranches, and Colonials off Middle Country Road your bathroom has probably been patched, re-caulked, and ignored for decades. At some point, patching stops working. Grout cracks let moisture in. Old galvanized pipes corrode from the inside. And once water gets behind the walls of a home built without cement board or proper waterproofing, mold follows fast.
What you actually want is a bathroom that works, looks the way you want it to, and doesn’t create problems down the road. That means materials selected for Long Island’s humid summers and cold winters not just whatever’s cheapest at the supply house. It means a shower that drains correctly, ventilation that actually moves air, and tile that stays put for the next twenty years.
It also means knowing the job was done with a permit, passed inspection, and won’t become a problem when you sell. In the Town of Brookhaven, unpermitted bathroom work gets flagged in real estate transactions and fixing it after the fact costs more than doing it right the first time. A completed, code-compliant bathroom protects your home’s value in a market where median sold prices have reached $550,000.
We’re based in Bohemia a few miles down Nicolls Road from Selden and have been doing restoration and remodeling work throughout Suffolk County for years. Over 5,000 completed projects across New York State. That’s not a number pulled from a brochure it’s the kind of volume that means we’ve worked in homes exactly like yours, in neighborhoods exactly like Selden Northwest and Selden West, and we know what to expect before we open a single wall.
What separates us from most bathroom remodel contractors in this area is straightforward: we hold active licenses for asbestos abatement, lead-based paint removal, and mold remediation in addition to home improvement contractor licenses in both Nassau County and New York City. When a standard remodeler hits asbestos tile or lead paint mid-demo, they stop. We don’t. We handle it in-house, keep the project moving, and you’re not left waiting weeks for a separate abatement crew to show up.
We’re also available 24 hours a day, every day of the year because in older homes with aging plumbing, emergencies don’t wait for a convenient time.
It starts with a real walkthrough of your bathroom not a quick glance and a ballpark number. We look at the plumbing configuration, the condition of the subfloor, what the walls are made of, and whether there are any signs of existing moisture damage or mold. In a home built in the 1950s or ’60s, that assessment matters more than the tile selection. What’s behind the walls determines how the job gets planned and priced.
From there, we handle the permit application with the Town of Brookhaven Building Division. Bathroom remodels that touch plumbing, electrical, or structural elements require permits under New York State code, and we manage that process on your behalf. You don’t have to figure out what to file or when the inspector is coming that’s on us.
Demo comes next, and this is where our hazmat licensing actually matters. If we find asbestos floor tile which is common in pre-1980 homes in Selden or lead-based paint on trim and woodwork, we handle the abatement in-house without stopping the project. Once the space is clear and clean, we move into the build: new substrate, waterproofing, plumbing, tile, fixtures, vanity, and finish work. The job ends when it passes inspection and you have a certificate of occupancy in hand.
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A bathroom renovation in a 1960s Selden home isn’t the same job as remodeling a bathroom in a newer build. The scope is different because the starting point is different. Original cast-iron or galvanized plumbing that’s now 60-plus years old. Wood-framed walls that were never meant to hold up against decades of shower steam. Floors that may have vinyl composite tiles containing asbestos underneath whatever’s been laid on top since. These aren’t edge cases they’re what we find regularly in the Selden Northwest and Selden West neighborhoods.
Every bathroom remodel we do covers demolition, subfloor inspection and repair, waterproof substrate installation, plumbing updates, electrical work where needed, tile installation, fixture and vanity installation, and final trim and finish. When hazardous materials are present, abatement is handled by our own licensed team not subcontracted out, not billed separately as a surprise. It’s part of the job.
We also work with homeowners whose remodels were triggered by a water damage event or insurance claim. If your bathroom is being gutted because of a burst pipe or a sewage backup both real risks in homes with aging plumbing in central Suffolk County we can work directly with your insurance company and manage the claim process alongside the renovation. One call, one team, one outcome.
Yes and it’s not optional. The Town of Brookhaven Building Division requires permits for any residential alteration or repair that involves plumbing, electrical, or structural work. A full bathroom gut renovation touches all three. If a contractor tells you they can do the job without pulling a permit to save time or money, that’s a red flag.
Unpermitted work in Suffolk County creates real problems at resale. Buyers’ attorneys routinely request permit histories, and flagged work can delay or kill a transaction or force you to open walls and redo work at your own expense. We handle the permit application, coordinate inspections with the Town of Brookhaven, and deliver a certificate of occupancy when the job is done. That document protects the investment you’re making in your Selden home.
This is one of the most important questions to ask any contractor before you hire them especially if your Selden home was built before 1980. Homes built in the 1950s and ’60s throughout this area commonly have asbestos-containing vinyl composite floor tiles, lead-based paint on trim and woodwork, and sometimes lead solder in older copper plumbing connections. These aren’t rare findings in Selden they’re statistically likely given the vintage of the neighborhood’s housing stock.
Most standard bathroom remodeling contractors are legally required to stop work the moment they suspect or confirm these materials. That means your project halts, you wait for a separate licensed abatement contractor to be scheduled, and your torn-apart bathroom sits open for weeks. We hold active licenses for asbestos abatement and lead-based paint removal (License LBP-F122209-1). When we find something, we handle it in-house, keep the project on schedule, and you don’t get a surprise bill from a third party.
The honest answer is that it depends on what’s there when we open the walls and in a 1960s Selden home, that matters more than it does in a newer build. A midrange full bathroom remodel nationally averages around $26,000, but in the New York metro area, labor costs, permitting fees, and material costs run 30 to 50 percent above that baseline. Factor in potential plumbing updates, subfloor repair, or hazmat abatement, and the realistic range for a complete gut renovation in Selden runs from the mid-twenties into the fifties depending on scope and finish level.
What we don’t do is give you a low number to win the job and then hit you with change orders. We walk through the space thoroughly before quoting, price the job based on what we actually see, and put it in writing. The 2025 Cost vs. Value Report puts the return on a midrange bathroom remodel at around 80 percent at resale and in a market where Selden homes are selling at or above $550,000, that’s a meaningful number.
A full gut renovation demo through final inspection typically runs two to four weeks for a standard single bathroom, assuming no major structural surprises. In Selden’s older homes, the most common causes of timeline extension are subfloor rot from years of undetected moisture, plumbing that needs more than a swap-out, and hazardous material abatement if asbestos or lead paint is discovered during demo. These aren’t reasons to panic they’re reasons to hire a contractor who plans for them rather than one who pretends they won’t happen.
Timeline matters a lot when you only have one bathroom. We’re straightforward about that from the first conversation. We give you a realistic written schedule before work begins, and we don’t disappear between phases. If something changes the timeline a subfloor that’s worse than expected, an inspection that needs to be rescheduled with the Town of Brookhaven you hear about it from us directly, not when you notice work has stopped.
Yes, and this is actually one of the more common ways homeowners in Selden end up doing a full renovation. A burst pipe in February, a failed toilet supply line, a slow leak behind the wall that finally shows itself as a stain on the ceiling these events force the issue. Once the bathroom is already being opened up, most homeowners decide it makes more sense to renovate than to just patch and restore.
We do both. We started as a disaster restoration company, and we’ve been working with insurance companies directly for years. We understand how claims are documented, what adjusters look for, and how to make sure you’re recovering the maximum covered amount before renovation work begins. You don’t have to coordinate between a restoration crew and a separate remodeling contractor we handle it as one job, with one point of contact, from emergency response through the finished bathroom.
In New York, home improvement contractors are required to be licensed, but the licensing is handled at the county level not the state level. That means a contractor licensed in Nassau County isn’t automatically licensed to work in Suffolk County, and vice versa. Before hiring anyone for a bathroom remodel in Selden, ask for their specific Suffolk County or Nassau County home improvement contractor license number and verify it. You can also ask whether they carry general liability insurance and workers’ compensation both are required, and both protect you if something goes wrong on your property.
For older homes in Selden, there’s an additional layer: if your home was built before 1978, any contractor disturbing more than six square feet of painted surfaces is required by New York State law to hold EPA RRP certification. And if there’s any chance of asbestos-containing materials which is a reasonable assumption in pre-1980 homes throughout central Suffolk County the contractor should hold an active asbestos abatement license. We carry all of these credentials. Our Nassau County license number is 166281, our NYC DCA license is 2025058-DCA, and our lead abatement license is LBP-F122209-1. Ask any contractor you’re considering for the same level of specificity.
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