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Gold Hands Miami

Fort Lauderdale Bathroom Remodeling and Shower Conversions

From a tired tub to a tiled walk-in shower, we rebuild bathrooms with finishes and fixtures chosen to hold up in South Florida humidity.

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Gold Hands offers bathroom remodeling in Fort Lauderdale, FL — tub-to-shower conversions, shower and floor tile, new vanities and fixtures, and the painting and drywall that finish the room. Each job is priced as a project, with a free estimate built from the photos and measurements you send by phone or WhatsApp. Our crew speaks English and Spanish.

Homeowners in Fort Lauderdale rarely call us because they want a bathroom that looks like a magazine. They call because the shower door no longer seals, the floor tile has cracked, the exhaust fan barely moves air, or a parent needs a safer way to bathe. We plan the remodel around those practical problems first, then help choose finishes that hold up to daily use and South Florida humidity.

To get an estimate, send pictures to (786) 788-8714 on WhatsApp or as a text message. Show us every wall of the bathroom, the ceiling around the fan, the floor near the toilet and any spot where you have seen water or soft drywall. Include rough measurements and a short note about what bothers you most. Spanish-speaking staff can take it from there if you prefer.

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Priced per project — free estimate by phone, video call or from your photos and measurements. Gold Hands Miami is insured. Permitted work (plumbing, electrical, structural changes) is pulled and performed under our Florida-licensed general contractor partner.

What we find behind the walls of older Fort Lauderdale bathrooms

Fort Lauderdale swings from downtown and Las Olas condo towers to 1920s-through-1950s houses in Victoria Park and Colee Hammock and canal homes with docks in Coral Ridge.

Many older Fort Lauderdale houses hide terrazzo under carpet or tile, and some bathrooms have terrazzo or original mosaic floors worth saving. If you want to keep an old floor, we work around it carefully and focus the remodel on the walls, the shower and the fixtures. If the floor has to go, removing a mortar-bed floor is heavier, dustier work, and we plan protection for the rest of the house.

Older bathrooms were also built for a different era: small, tight to the window, with one outlet and no exhaust fan. Adding a fan, a GFCI outlet or a new light circuit counts as electrical work, so it goes through our general contractor partner with a permit. These upgrades are worth it in South Florida, where a bathroom without ventilation fights mildew all year.

Bathroom remodeling scope in Fort Lauderdale

Most remodels combine several of the items below, and we list each one in the written scope so you know exactly what is and is not part of the project.

Bathroom Remodeling: levels & budget

Refresh

Quoted per project

New vanity, toilet, fixtures, lighting, mirror and paint on the existing layout, regrouting or a new tile floor.

Full remodel

Most projects $15,000–$30,000

Down to the studs: waterproofed walk-in shower or new tub, tile floor to ceiling, vanity, plumbing fixtures, glass and lighting.

Custom & luxury

$30,000+

Layout changes, curbless shower, custom glass, designer tile and niches, relocated plumbing — permitted through our GC partner.

Typical ranges, not a quote: your price is a written line-item quote after photos and measurements or a video call, approved before anything is ordered.

Finish ideas

Illustration: walk-in shower with frameless glass and large-format porcelain tile
Illustration: remodeled bathroom with a freestanding soaking tub and floating vanity

Illustrative images — not photos of a specific Gold Hands project.

Remodeling a bathroom in a Fort Lauderdale high-rise

Owners in towers around Victoria Park, Coral Ridge, Colee Hammock and Sailboat Bend often want the same thing: replace the original builder bathroom, swap the tub for a glass-enclosed walk-in shower, and update the vanity and lighting to match the rest of the renovated unit. That is very doable in a high-rise as long as the layout mostly stays put, because the slab, the shared risers and the association rules make relocating drains costly and slow.

Before we quote, it helps to have your building's renovation rules or contractor packet. Those documents tell us the allowed hours, the insurance wording, flooring requirements and any deposits the association collects. From there, our estimate reflects how the building actually works. If the plan includes permitted work, our general contractor partner pulls the permit and we coordinate inspection access with management.

How a bathroom remodel works with Gold Hands

  1. Send photos and measurements by phone or WhatsApp. Wide shots of each wall, the floor and the ceiling help most. You receive a free estimate priced for the whole project, not by the hour.
  2. Agree on the plan in writing: the scope, the finishes you have chosen, which items you buy and which we source, and a schedule that accounts for special-order tile or glass.
  3. Handle permits: plumbing, electrical and layout changes are permitted work. Those permits are pulled by our general contractor partner with the City of Fort Lauderdale building department, and inspections are scheduled at the right stages of the job.
  4. Build the bathroom: the crew tears out, checks the framing and pipes it uncovers, waterproofs the wet areas, sets tile, installs the vanity, toilet, glass and fixtures, then paints and caulks.
  5. Walk through it together: we run the water, check for leaks and finish details with you, then send photos documenting the waterproofing, the finished room and care notes for grout and glass.

How long a bathroom remodel takes in Fort Lauderdale

A cosmetic refresh (new vanity, toilet, lights, mirror and paint on the existing layout) is usually a matter of days. A shower rebuild with new tile takes longer because each layer needs time: demolition, waterproofing, a flood test, tile setting, grout curing and then glass measurement. A full gut runs longer still, and the biggest variable is not the labor but the permit review and the inspections that happen in between.

Bathroom Remodeling near Fort Lauderdale

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Neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover in Fort Lauderdale

Bathroom Remodeling in Fort Lauderdale — questions we get asked

My condo association has to approve the work. Can you help?

Yes. Most associations ask for a description of the work, a certificate of insurance and a schedule within their allowed hours, and many require sound-rated underlayment under new hard flooring. We provide the scope and insurance documents your building asks for and plan around elevator reservations and water shutoffs. Send your association's renovation rules along with your photos so the estimate reflects them.

My house is old. What surprises should I expect?

In houses from the 1920s through the 1960s, common findings are galvanized supply pipes clogged with rust, cracked cast-iron drains, thick mortar-bed tile and uneven plaster walls. We list the likely unknowns in the estimate. When walls open, we send photos before changing anything, and replacing pipes is permitted work through our general contractor partner, usually most practical while the walls are open.

Does hurricane season affect my remodel?

It can. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30. If a storm threatens, we secure the work area and pause, and we avoid leaving you without a working bathroom right before a forecast storm. Afterward, material deliveries and inspections may slow down across South Florida. We build some room into the schedule and keep you informed by text.

What is not included in a bathroom remodel?

We do not fabricate stone countertops; a stone shop makes them and we coordinate the template and install. Permitted plumbing, electrical and layout changes go through our general contractor partner rather than our own crew. We also do not do large-scale mold remediation, which needs a specialist. Anything outside the written scope is discussed and agreed before it happens, never added quietly.

Who buys the tile, vanity and fixtures?

Either way works. Many customers choose and buy their own tile, vanity and faucets, and we tell them exactly what quantities and extra parts to order. Others prefer that we source standard materials as part of the project. Special-order tile, stone tops and custom glass have lead times, so we confirm availability before setting the start date.

Other work we do in Fort Lauderdale

Need bathroom remodeling in Fort Lauderdale?

Send photographs of the job to (786) 788-8714 and a written quote comes back naming the scope and the materials. The quote costs nothing, and nothing reaches the invoice that was not on it.

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