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You stop managing around the problem. No more low water pressure from pipes that have been corroding since the Eisenhower administration. No more grout that’s been absorbing moisture for decades. No more embarrassment when guests use the bathroom. You just use a space that works and looks like it belongs in the home you’ve built equity in.
That matters more in Hollis than people realize. Home values here more than doubled between 2014 and 2024 one of only seven Queens neighborhoods where that happened. The homes on these blocks are worth real money now, and a bathroom that’s stuck in 1962 is one of the fastest ways to leave that value on the table when it’s time to sell or refinance.
There’s also the moisture issue that’s specific to southeast Queens. The city has spent nearly $2 billion addressing chronic flooding and aging underground infrastructure in this area and that history shows up inside Hollis homes too. When we open up walls in a Hollis bathroom that’s never been renovated, we often find what years of stormwater stress and inadequate drainage have quietly done to the structure behind the tile. Getting that addressed during a remodel isn’t just cosmetic. It’s the kind of thing that protects the home long-term.
We’ve been working in New York homes and buildings for over 12 years. Before bathroom remodeling, our work was environmental remediation, water damage restoration, and mold remediation which means when we open up a wall in a pre-war Hollis home and find what’s been hiding behind the tile, we’re not caught off guard. We’ve seen it. We know what to do with it.
That background shapes how we approach every renovation in Hollis. It’s not just about what the bathroom looks like when we’re done. It’s about whether it’s actually built to last in a home that’s been standing since before the Queens Community Board 8 office on Hillside Avenue existed.
We’re NYS and NYC M/WBE Certified, fully insured for both liability and workers’ compensation, and have completed contract work for New York State government agencies that require a level of documentation and accountability most local contractors never go through. That same standard applies to every Hollis project we take on.
It starts with a real walkthrough not a ballpark number thrown at you over the phone. We come to your Hollis home, look at what you’re working with, and give you a detailed estimate that reflects the actual scope. In Hollis, that often means factoring in what’s behind the walls before we ever start demo: the age of your supply lines, the condition of the subfloor, and whether the existing layout creates any drainage or venting challenges that need to be addressed before new tile goes down.
From there, we handle the permitting. Most bathroom renovations in New York City that involve plumbing or electrical changes require an ALT2 permit filed through the NYC Department of Buildings. We coordinate that process you don’t have to track down a separate engineer or figure out what forms to file. That’s part of what we do.
Once permits are in place, we move through demo, plumbing, electrical, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, and final cleanup in a coordinated sequence. Every trade is managed under one roof. You get one timeline, one point of contact, and a bathroom that’s done right not just done fast.
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A lot of contractors in Hollis will handle the cosmetic work and leave the hard stuff for someone else to figure out later. We don’t operate that way. A full bathroom renovation with us covers demolition, plumbing system upgrades, electrical improvements, waterproofing installation, custom tile work, fixture installation, and full cleanup. If your Hollis home has galvanized steel supply pipes common in pre-1960 construction throughout southeast Queens we replace them. If the subfloor has been absorbing moisture for years, we address it before anything new goes in on top of it.
For Hollis homes with smaller bathrooms and most original bathrooms in this neighborhood are under 55 square feet we work with the space intelligently. Wall-mounted toilets, floating vanities, frameless glass shower enclosures, and recessed medicine cabinets are all options that make a compact bathroom feel genuinely functional without requiring you to knock down walls or expand the footprint.
We also offer financing up to $200,000 with 0% APR promotional options, which makes a full renovation accessible without requiring you to drain savings. A mid-grade full renovation in Queens typically runs $15,000–$28,000 in 2025, and a full gut renovation with custom work can reach $30,000–$55,000 or more. Whatever the scope, we’ll give you a number upfront that you can actually plan around.
In most cases, yes if the work involves any changes to plumbing or electrical, you’ll need a permit through the NYC Department of Buildings. Hollis falls under NYC DOB jurisdiction, which means the process is different from Nassau or Suffolk County. Work that touches a drain, moves an electrical box, or changes the layout typically requires an ALT2 permit application filed by a licensed New York State Professional Engineer or Registered Architect.
Purely cosmetic work swapping out a fixture in the same location, retiling over existing substrate, repainting generally doesn’t require a DOB permit. But even for unpermitted cosmetic work, any contractor performing home improvements in New York City is legally required to hold a NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Home Improvement Contractor license. Skipping permits on work that requires them can create real problems when you go to sell the property, so it’s worth doing it right the first time. We handle the permit coordination as part of our process.
Bathroom remodeling in Queens runs 20 to 35 percent above national averages due to NYC labor rates, permit fees, and the logistics of working in dense residential neighborhoods. For 2025, a basic cosmetic refresh new fixtures in the same locations, fresh tile, updated vanity typically runs $6,500 to $12,000. A mid-grade full renovation that includes new plumbing, new tile throughout, updated electrical, and new fixtures in the same layout runs $15,000 to $28,000. A full gut renovation with layout changes, custom tilework, and higher-end fixtures can reach $30,000 to $55,000 or more.
NYC permit fees add $500 to $3,000 on top of that depending on the scope. In Hollis specifically, homes built before 1950 often require additional work once walls are opened aging supply lines, compromised subfloors, or outdated electrical that needs to be brought up to code. We account for that in the estimate upfront rather than surfacing it mid-project, and our financing options make the full range of budgets workable.
It depends on the home, but in Hollis where the median construction year is 1949 and a large share of homes have never had a substantial bathroom renovation there are a few things we see regularly. Galvanized steel supply pipes that have been corroding from the inside out, reducing water pressure and eventually failing. Original cast-iron drain lines that have shifted or cracked over decades. Subfloors that have absorbed moisture through original tile work installed without modern waterproofing membranes. Sometimes mold, particularly in homes that have experienced any kind of water intrusion over the years.
None of this is unusual, and none of it is a reason to panic. Our background in water damage restoration and mold remediation means we’ve dealt with all of it before in homes throughout southeast Queens and across New York City. When we find something behind the walls, we tell you exactly what it is, what it means for the project, and what it costs to address it. No inflated scopes, no leverage. Just a clear explanation of what we found and what the right fix is.
The honest answer is that the timeline depends heavily on scope and permitting. For a mid-grade full renovation in a Hollis home new plumbing, new tile, new fixtures, same layout the actual construction phase typically runs two to three weeks once work begins. A full gut renovation with layout changes can run three to five weeks or longer depending on what’s discovered during demo.
The part that adds time in New York City is the permitting process. An ALT2 permit application through the NYC Department of Buildings can add two to six weeks to the front end of a project, depending on the current DOB review queue and whether any additional documentation is required. We start the permit process as early as possible so it doesn’t create unnecessary delays once the project is ready to begin. We’ll give you a realistic timeline at the estimate stage not an optimistic one designed to get you to sign, and not a padded one designed to protect us.
Yes and this is one of the more common challenges we work with in Hollis. Original bathrooms in the one- and two-family homes throughout this neighborhood were designed for a different era. Many are 45 to 55 square feet, which feels limiting until you understand what’s actually possible within that footprint. The difference between a small bathroom that feels cramped and one that feels functional usually comes down to a few specific decisions: how the vanity is mounted, whether the shower enclosure is framed or frameless, where the storage lives, and how the lighting is handled.
Wall-mounted toilets free up floor space and make the room feel larger. Floating vanities do the same. A frameless glass shower enclosure opens up sightlines in a way that a curtain or framed door never can. Recessed medicine cabinets add storage without adding depth. Strategic lighting particularly recessed fixtures combined with a well-placed vanity light changes how the whole room reads. You don’t need more square footage. You need a layout and finish plan that works with what you have.
The local market in Hollis for bathroom remodeling is mostly small, single-operator general contractors and lead-generation websites with out-of-state phone numbers and no verifiable local presence. Some of those smaller operators do decent work. But a full bathroom renovation in a pre-war Hollis home involves plumbing, electrical, waterproofing, tile, permits, and coordination across multiple trades and when something goes wrong mid-project, you want a company with the infrastructure to handle it, not one person trying to manage everything alone.
We’re fully insured for both liability and workers’ compensation which matters more than most homeowners realize. If a worker is injured on your property and your contractor only carries liability insurance, you could be exposed. We also carry M/WBE certification from New York State and New York City, and we’ve completed contract work for state government agencies that vet their vendors thoroughly. For a Hollis homeowner who has watched their property value climb significantly over the past decade, the question isn’t just who’s cheapest it’s who’s going to do the job in a way that holds up, stays compliant, and doesn’t create problems down the road.
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