One Team for Design and Build in Kentfield
A bathroom remodel in Kentfield is rarely just a bathroom. The homes on the wooded slopes below Mt. Tamalpais, in Kent Woodlands, Kentfield Gardens, and the flats near College of Marin, were built across decades and styles, from low-profile mid-century retreats to board-and-batten ranch homes and larger custom estates. Each carries its own quirks: original cast-iron drains, settled foundations on hillside lots, knob-and-tube remnants behind plaster, and tile set before anyone thought about waterproofing membranes. New Key Construction is a Marin design-build firm, which means interior design and construction live under one roof. You work with one team from the first sketch through the final walkthrough, so the person who draws your shower niche is accountable to the crew that builds it.
That single line of accountability matters most in a primary bath or a guest suite, where plumbing, tile, lighting, glass, and millwork all have to resolve in a tight footprint. Instead of handing a designer's drawings to a contractor who has never seen them, we carry one set of decisions through, which means fewer surprises and a finished room that looks the way it did when you approved it.
Priced Options and 3D Renderings Before Any Permit
We price the work up front. Before demolition, you receive clear, fixed options for the scope you are choosing, so you can weigh a freestanding tub against a larger walk-in shower, or natural stone against large-format porcelain, with real numbers attached rather than vague allowances that balloon later.
Before we pull a single permit, we build photoreal 3D renderings of your bathroom. You see the vanity wall, the tile layout, the niche, the lighting, and the glass exactly as they will be built. For Kentfield homes, where natural light filters through tree canopy and many baths face a hillside or a private garden, this matters. You can judge how morning light will hit honed marble and whether the shower bench lands where you want it, all before anything is committed in the field. Changes on a rendering cost nothing. Changes after framing cost real money and real time.
Built for Marin County Permitting and Review
Kentfield is unincorporated, so it does not have its own town hall handling your project. Permits and inspections run through the Marin County Community Development Agency in San Rafael, a different path than working inside an incorporated town like Ross or San Anselmo. A bath remodel that stays within the existing footprint and does not move exterior walls is usually a straightforward building permit covering plumbing, electrical, and mechanical work. Once you start relocating fixtures, reframing for a curbless shower, enlarging a window, or pushing into adjacent space, the review gets more involved, and that is exactly the scope we map out before you commit.
If your home is in Kent Woodlands, there is an added layer. The Kent Woodlands Property Owners Association runs its own architectural review for changes visible from the road or from neighboring parcels, which can affect new windows, skylights, or exterior venting tied to a bathroom project. Hillside lots across Kentfield bring their own realities: limited street parking for crews and deliveries, narrow access, and slab and crawlspace conditions that older plumbing was never meant to serve. We plan staging, protection, and sequencing around all of it, so the disruption to your household and your street stays contained.
White-Glove Project Management
A premium bathroom is a sequence of small, exacting steps, and the difference between a good result and a great one is management. We run the job with white-glove project management: a clear schedule, a single point of contact, dust and floor protection through the house, and steady communication so you always know what is happening this week and next. Long-lead items like stone slabs, custom glass, and specialty fixtures are ordered early and tracked, because nothing stalls a bathroom like a vanity top that has not arrived.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a permit to remodel a bathroom in Kentfield?
Yes. Because Kentfield is unincorporated, permits and inspections go through the Marin County Community Development Agency rather than a local town hall. Most bathroom remodels that touch plumbing, electrical, or framing require a building permit, and we handle that filing and the inspections.
How long does a bathroom remodel take in Kentfield?
A focused remodel that keeps the existing layout typically runs several weeks of active construction once permitting is in place. Projects that move fixtures, change the footprint, or involve county design review and long-lead stone or glass take longer, which is why we set the full schedule before demolition begins.
Will the Kent Woodlands homeowners association need to approve my project?
If your home is in Kent Woodlands and your remodel changes anything visible from the road or neighboring properties, such as new windows, skylights, or exterior venting, the Kent Woodlands Property Owners Association may require its own architectural review. We flag this early and coordinate it alongside the county process.
How much does a luxury bathroom remodel cost in Kentfield?
Cost depends on scope, fixtures, and finishes, which is why we give you priced options up front rather than a single open-ended number. You see fixed pricing for the choices you are weighing, from tile and stone to glass and millwork, so you decide with real figures instead of allowances that drift over the job.
Why choose a design-build firm instead of a designer and a separate contractor?
With design-build, one team owns both the drawings and the construction, so there is no gap where details get lost in handoff. We design, price, render, and build under one roof, which keeps your bathroom on budget and faithful to the renderings you approved.
Ready to start? New Key Construction will walk your Kentfield bathroom, show you priced options, and put photoreal 3D renderings in your hands before any permit is pulled. Reach out to begin your design-build remodel with one team from first sketch to final reveal.
