Illustration: walk-in shower with frameless glass and large-format porcelain tile
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Gold Hands Miami

Ives Estates 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 Ives Estates, 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.

A good bathroom remodel in Ives Estates is mostly about the parts nobody sees once it is finished: a properly sloped shower floor, waterproofing behind the tile, solid backing for grab bars and the glass door, and a fan that actually vents the moisture out. We pay attention to those first, then to the vanity, tile and fixtures that give the room its look.

Send photos and measurements to (786) 788-8714 by text or WhatsApp and we will build a free per-project estimate from them. Helpful shots include the shower or tub from straight on, the ceiling, the floor around the toilet and the inside of the vanity cabinet where the pipes come through. Write to us in Spanish or English, whichever is easier for your household.

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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.

Bathroom remodels for Ives Estates houses and townhomes

Ives Estates is unincorporated Miami-Dade just west of Aventura, with 1950s ranch houses, 1970s and 1980s low-rise condos and townhomes, 1990s Spanish-style homes and newer builds side by side.

In family homes around Ojus and the North Miami Beach edge, the hall bathroom usually gets the hardest use: kids, guests and daily showers. For that room, we tend to recommend porcelain tile, a solid-surface or quartz top, a tub that can take the abuse or a shower with a sturdy glass door, and an exhaust fan sized for the room. The goal is a bathroom that still looks clean after years of busy mornings.

Townhomes add one consideration: shared walls with neighbors. Tile demolition is loud, and plumbing on a shared wall needs care so nothing on the other side is disturbed. If your townhome community has an association, it may want notice before work starts and may set rules for parking work vehicles. We work within those rules and keep the driveway and entry clear each evening.

What we handle in a bathroom remodel

These are the jobs that make up a typical bathroom remodel for us, from demolition and waterproofing through the finishing details.

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

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Updating a bathroom in a 55-plus or villa community

Low-rise condos, villas and 55-plus communities in Ives Estates are full of bathrooms built around a tub that has become hard to step into. The most common project here is a tub-to-shower conversion with a low curb or curbless entry, a handheld sprayer, a fold-down or built-in seat and grab bars anchored into solid backing. It keeps the original footprint, which makes approvals and plumbing simpler.

Associations in these communities usually still want to know about the work. Expect a short application, a certificate of insurance, set working hours and rules on where the dumpster or debris bags can go. Shared plumbing walls and water shutoffs that affect a whole building are common, so we coordinate any shutoff with the association or neighbors in advance and keep it as short as we can.

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 Miami-Dade County's permitting office, 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.

Timing a bathroom remodel

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 Ives Estates

Nearby: Bathroom Remodeling — Aventura · Bathroom Remodeling — Miami Gardens · Bathroom Remodeling — North Miami Beach.

All areas: Bathroom Remodeling across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Planning guide: Bathroom Remodel in a Miami Condo vs a House: How to Plan.

Neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover in Ives Estates

Bathroom Remodeling in Ives Estates — questions we get asked

Can you turn a tub into a walk-in shower for an older parent?

Yes, it is a request we hear often. We remove the tub, build a shower with a low curb or curbless entry where the floor allows, add a handheld sprayer, a seat and grab bars anchored into solid backing, and use slip-resistant floor tile. Tell us who will use the shower and any mobility needs so the heights and positions fit them.

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.

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.

How do you keep mold and mildew out of a new bathroom?

South Florida humidity is hard on bathrooms, so we start behind the tile: a waterproof membrane in the shower, cement board instead of standard drywall in wet areas and a proper slope to the drain. Then we use mildew-resistant grout and silicone, and replace weak fans with ones vented outside. If we find existing mold during demolition, we show you photos before continuing.

What if something fails after the remodel is finished?

Tell us. Send a photo or short video of the issue by text or WhatsApp, and we come back to look at it. If it is related to our work, we make it right. Because we photograph the waterproofing and the inside of the walls before closing them, we can usually see quickly what is behind a problem without tearing out new tile.

Other work we do in Ives Estates

Need bathroom remodeling in Ives Estates?

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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