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Opening the kitchen to the dining room
In the Long Beach HGTV project, we opened the floor plan and built a large island at the center of the kitchen. We do the same for older bungalows with closed-off kitchens.
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Girl Flip plans, permits and builds kitchen and bathroom remodels in Long Beach. We know the city well, because we remodeled a Long Beach house for HGTV with Tarek El Moussa.
Long Beach is one of the few places outside Los Angeles where Girl Flip has a signature project. For HGTV and Tarek El Moussa, we completed a full gut remodel with an addition on a Long Beach house, and then designed and built two brand-new detached, side-by-side ADUs on the same property. Coordinating two new structures and a remodel at once is a rare, complex job, and it taught us how Long Beach lots, utilities and inspections work.
That experience carries into every kitchen and bathroom we plan here. Long Beach homes range from Craftsman bungalows and Spanish Colonial houses near the bluffs and Belmont Heights to mid-century ranches in neighborhoods like Los Altos and Wrigley. Most have kitchens and baths that were last updated long ago.
Girl Flip is a licensed, women-led, family-owned contractor, and kitchens are our specialty. We handle the layout, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, counters, tile and finishes under one roof.
Our citywide kitchen remodeling and bathroom remodeling pages explain our full scope. Read about the HGTV Long Beach project.
Every Long Beach project is scoped in writing after a walkthrough. These are the jobs we plan most often here.
In the Long Beach HGTV project, we opened the floor plan and built a large island at the center of the kitchen. We do the same for older bungalows with closed-off kitchens.
Explore →Wood-grain and flat-panel cabinets, stone counters and seated islands, built to fit your walls and your storage habits.
Explore →Original hall baths rebuilt with new plumbing, a proper shower pan, tile and a vanity that fits.
Explore →A walk-in shower opens up a small bathroom. We handle the drain, valve, waterproofing, tile and glass.
Explore →Wide-plank or luxury vinyl flooring carried through the kitchen and living areas, so the house reads as one space.
Explore →Rear additions and detached ADUs, planned with permits and utilities handled. We have built two ADUs side by side in Long Beach.
Explore →Long Beach is its own city, so permits go through the City of Long Beach building department, not LADBS. Moving walls, relocating plumbing, adding circuits or changing a gas line generally needs a permit and inspection. Swapping cabinets and counters in place often does not. We tell you which category your plan falls into and handle the paperwork when a permit applies.
Many Long Beach homes date from the 1920s through the 1950s. Original wiring, galvanized plumbing and older panels are common, and we look at them during the walkthrough so there are fewer surprises once demo starts.
Homes near the water may face coastal-zone review for exterior work, and salt air is hard on some fixtures and finishes. Interior kitchen and bathroom remodels are usually less affected, and we confirm for your address.
Planning a kitchen or bathroom remodel in Long Beach? Tell us about your home and we will set up a discovery call.
A kitchen remodel starts with a discovery call and a walkthrough, then a written scope and estimate. Design and selections usually take 2 to 4 weeks, and permit review runs 2 to 8 weeks or more when a permit applies. Demo takes 2 to 5 days, and the full project usually runs about 3 to 5 months from signed contract to final walkthrough. A typical bathroom takes about six weeks to build once work starts.
For the full step-by-step, see our kitchen remodeling page.
We take kitchen and bathroom projects across Long Beach.
If your Long Beach address falls in one of these zip codes, we can take on your project. Not sure? Call us and we will confirm.
The HGTV Long Beach project began with a full gut remodel and an addition. The kitchen now has wood-grain cabinets, a stone island with seating, a gas range and hardwood-look floors that run through the open living space. We then built two new detached ADUs from the ground up.
The photos below show the Long Beach kitchen and other finished work from our portfolio.
Most mid-range kitchen remodels in Los Angeles start in the $50K to $100K range, and larger or high-end kitchens move well past that. These are general market ranges, not a quote. Your number depends on layout changes, cabinet type, counters, appliances and what we find behind the walls. Our remodel cost guide breaks it down.
Bathrooms have their own range. A mid-range full bathroom remodel in Los Angeles commonly starts in the low tens of thousands of dollars, and a gut-and-rebuild can reach the $30K to $50K range.
Along with Long Beach, we also work in these areas.
We are based in Canoga Park and work across Los Angeles, the Valley and parts of the South Bay and Long Beach. We are glad to come out for a walkthrough. We are licensed (CA #1091248), women-led and family-owned.
Tell us about your project and we'll set up a discovery call to talk it through. Serving LA and the Valley.
