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You’ve put real money into this house. The neighborhood reflects that homes in Melville are pushing $854,000 in median value, and the Half Hollow Hills school district isn’t cheap to live near. But if your bathroom still has the original tile from when the split-level was built in 1962, you’re living in a disconnect. The rest of the house tells one story. The bathroom tells another.
A well-executed renovation fixes that. Frameless glass, large-format porcelain, a walk-in shower where that awkward tub used to be these aren’t luxury indulgences. They’re the standard in Melville, where people expect quality in every room. Beyond aesthetics, a properly renovated bathroom in a Melville home typically returns around 80 cents on the dollar at resale, in a market where homes already move fast.
What we won’t tell you upfront is what’s behind the walls in a home this age. Melville’s mid-century ranches and split-levels were built when asbestos floor tile was common, lead paint was normal, and bathroom ventilation was an afterthought. When demo day reveals any of that and in homes built before 1980, it often does a standard remodeling contractor has to stop, call in a specialist, and wait. We hold active licenses for asbestos abatement, lead-based paint remediation, and mold removal. The project doesn’t pause. It keeps moving.
We’re a Suffolk County-based contractor headquartered in Bohemia, not Manhattan with over 5,000 completed restoration and remodeling projects across New York State. We know what’s inside the walls of a 1950s Melville ranch. We’ve opened enough of them to stop being surprised.
What sets us apart isn’t a sales pitch it’s a license stack that most remodeling companies simply don’t have. Nassau County HIC #166281. NYC DCA HIC #2025058-DCA. Lead-based paint abatement license LBP-F122209-1. Active asbestos and mold remediation certifications. When a Strathmore Hills homeowner calls about a bathroom gut renovation and demo turns up something unexpected, we handle it in-house, on the same contract, without blowing up the timeline.
We also operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That matters more than it sounds when a pipe bursts at midnight in a Melville split-level and the bathroom floor is already soaked through to the subfloor.
It starts with a real assessment not a sales walk-through. We look at the existing plumbing configuration, the age of the home, the subfloor condition, and the layout before a number gets put on paper. In a Melville home built before 1978, that assessment includes an honest conversation about what’s likely behind the walls and how it gets handled if something turns up during demo. That conversation happens before you sign anything.
Once the scope is agreed on, we manage the permit filing with the Town of Huntington Building and Housing Division because any bathroom renovation in Melville that touches plumbing, electrical, or structural work requires a permit from the Town. That’s not optional, and skipping it creates real problems at resale in a market as active as this one. We handle the application, the inspections, and the final sign-off so you don’t have to navigate Huntington Town Hall on your own.
Demolition comes next, and that’s where our in-house hazmat capability matters most. If the floor tile tests positive for asbestos or the trim has lead paint, work doesn’t stop it gets handled correctly and documented, then the renovation continues. From rough plumbing and electrical through tile, fixtures, glass, and final finish, the same team sees it through. One contract, one point of contact, and a finished bathroom that’s fully permitted and built to last in a home that was already worth protecting.
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A bathroom renovation with us covers the full scope demolition, hazardous material assessment and remediation if needed, plumbing rough-in, electrical, waterproofing, tile installation, fixture and vanity work, glass enclosures, and finish carpentry. Nothing gets handed off to a subcontractor you’ve never met. The team that starts the job finishes it.
For Melville homeowners, that scope matters because the homes here demand it. Country Pointe townhomes have different layout constraints than a four-bedroom colonial in Country Village. A master bath expansion in a split-level near the Northern State Parkway involves different structural considerations than a first-floor powder room update. We scope each project individually not from a menu. If your renovation was triggered by a water damage event, we can also work directly with your insurance carrier, handling the billing and documentation so that side of it doesn’t fall on you.
Aging-in-place modifications are also part of what we do walk-in showers, grab bars installed into properly reinforced blocking, comfort-height fixtures, and non-slip flooring. With Melville’s median homeowner age sitting around 50, this is a conversation more people are starting to have. Whether you’re renovating to stay comfortably for the next 20 years or preparing a home that’s been in the family since the 1970s for sale in a 44-day market, the work gets done right, on a real timeline, with permits in hand.
Yes in most cases. Melville is an unincorporated hamlet governed by the Town of Huntington, which means all building permits are issued through the Town of Huntington Building and Housing Division at 100 Main Street in Huntington. If your bathroom renovation involves any changes to plumbing, electrical work, or the structure of the room moving a wall, expanding the footprint, relocating a drain a permit is required. Like-for-like fixture replacements with no layout changes may not need one, but that’s a narrower category than most homeowners assume.
Skipping the permit process in Melville is a real risk, especially if you’re planning to sell. Unpermitted work has to be disclosed, and in a market where homes move in around 44 days and buyers are paying close to $854,000, it can stall or kill a deal. We manage the full permit process application, inspections, and final certificate so you’re protected on both ends.
Realistic budgets for a midrange bathroom remodel in Melville run somewhere between $35,000 and $55,000, and a full master bath renovation with high-end finishes can push well past $80,000. Those numbers are higher than national averages Long Island labor rates, permit fees through the Town of Huntington, and material costs all run 30 to 50 percent above the national baseline.
What drives cost in Melville specifically is the age of the housing stock. Homes built in the 1950s and 1960s the dominant construction era here often have original cast-iron plumbing, galvanized supply lines, and subfloor conditions that need attention before any tile goes down. A contractor who quotes you a number without accounting for what’s likely inside a mid-century split-level is either guessing or leaving the hard conversation for later. We scope for the actual conditions of your home, not the best-case scenario.
In a Melville home built before 1980, it’s a genuine possibility not a worst-case scenario. The 9×9 vinyl floor tiles common in mid-century Long Island construction frequently contain asbestos. Lead-based paint on window trim and door frames was standard practice before 1978. If a contractor without the proper licenses opens a wall and finds either one, they are legally required to stop work and bring in a licensed remediation company. That means delays, separate contracts, and a project that can stretch from weeks into months.
We hold active asbestos abatement certifications and lead-based paint abatement license LBP-F122209-1. When something turns up during demo and we assess for it before the first swing of a hammer we handle it in-house, document it properly, and keep the renovation moving. You don’t get a phone call telling you the project is on hold. You get a contractor who planned for this.
For a standard full bathroom renovation demo through final fixture installation most projects run three to five weeks once work begins. That timeline assumes permits are in place, materials are selected and ordered in advance, and no major surprises come up during demolition. For a larger master bath or a project with significant layout changes, six to eight weeks is more realistic.
The part that catches Melville homeowners off guard is the pre-construction phase. Permit filing with the Town of Huntington takes time, and if materials are custom-ordered large-format tile, frameless glass enclosures, specialty vanities lead times add up. We walk through all of this during the initial assessment so you have a real picture of the full timeline before anything starts. No one wants to be without a functioning bathroom longer than necessary, and the project schedule reflects that.
You often don’t until the tile comes off. Melville’s mid-century homes were built with minimal bathroom ventilation by today’s standards, and decades of humidity with inadequate exhaust creates exactly the conditions mold needs to grow behind tile board, inside wall cavities, and under subfloor material. You might notice soft spots in the floor, grout that keeps discoloring no matter how many times you clean it, or a persistent musty smell that doesn’t go away. Those are signs worth taking seriously.
We hold active mold remediation certifications, which means if demo reveals mold growth and in older Melville bathrooms, it’s more common than most people expect it gets addressed properly before the new tile goes down. Covering mold with a fresh renovation without remediating it first just delays the problem and can create health risks. Having a contractor who can handle both sides of that in one project is the difference between a renovation that lasts and one that needs to be redone in five years.
In most cases, yes but the return depends heavily on what you’re starting with and what you’re putting in. The 2025 Cost vs. Value Report puts the national average ROI on a midrange bathroom remodel at around 80 percent. In Melville’s market, where median home values are close to $854,000 and homes are selling in an average of 44 days, a well-executed bathroom renovation supports your asking price and reduces the chance of buyers negotiating down over dated finishes.
The caveat is that it has to be done right and permitted. Buyers in this price range have inspectors, and unpermitted work or visible shortcuts get flagged. A bathroom that’s been fully renovated, properly permitted through the Town of Huntington, and finished to the standard Melville buyers expect frameless glass, quality tile, updated fixtures is a genuine asset at showing. One that looks like it was rushed or done on the cheap can actually work against you. We build renovations that photograph well and hold up under inspection, which is exactly what pre-sale work in this market requires.
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