Bathroom remodeling in the Bay Area.

Yes. GM Ironwood is based in Oakland, at 1824 79th Ave, and works across the San Francisco Bay Area, Contra Costa County and the Tri-Valley, plus the North Bay and the South Bay. The full list of cities is on our service areas page. Not sure about your city? Call (510) 479-2809 and ask.

Yes. After the site visit you get a written bid, itemized line by line, before any work starts. Each line is one part of the job with its own price, so you can see where every dollar goes and decide what to include. One client wrote that the bid was detailed and itemized.

Yes. GM Ironwood Construction Inc. holds California contractor license CSLB #1125088 as a Class B general building contractor. The company is bonded and carries general liability insurance. You can check the license at any time on the Contractors State License Board website, cslb.ca.gov, using that number.

Yes, if you want us to. We can prepare and submit the permit package and schedule inspections, or you can handle permits yourself. Either way, the city inspects the work at each stage, and each inspection has to pass before the job moves on to the next step.

No. You can use our architect and structural engineer, or bring your own plans. Plans and permits can be part of our contract or separate. If you use our team, the same plans the city approves are the ones our crew builds from, so the design and the work match.

Yes. Each Bay Area city has its own building department, its own forms and its own local requirements, and some areas outside city limits are handled by the county. Before we write your bid, we check the rules that apply to your address, so the price already reflects what your city will ask for.

It depends on the size of the project and the city. We give you an estimate for your address with the bid. Plan review can take more than one round when the city sends comments on the plans, and larger projects usually need more review time.

Yes. GM Ironwood builds residential and commercial projects, including commercial renovations. The process is the same: a site visit, a written bid itemized line by line, city permits pulled by GM Ironwood, and plans with our architects and engineers when the work needs them. Call (510) 479-2809 to talk about your project.

Yes. Every photo on this page is a bathroom GM Ironwood built, including the showers during construction and finished. The before-and-after slider uses the same shower and vanity, photographed while the crew was working and again when the job was done, so you can see the work behind the tile.

Yes. The shower photos on this page show the sloped mortar base and the waterproofing that go in before any tile. These layers carry water to the drain and protect the walls and floor under the tile, which is why they are built first, before the finishes you see.

It depends on how much of the bathroom changes. A new vanity takes less time than a new shower with waterproofing and tile. GM Ironwood gives you the schedule together with the written bid after the site visit, so you know how long the bathroom will be out of use.