Whole-Home Remodeling in Pasadena
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We have done this here and published it: a whole-home remodel in Pasadena, photographed room by room, with the homeowner talking about it on camera and the final price on the page. A whole-house project in this city is the one where the two things Pasadena is famous for — the architecture and the review process — stop being separate subjects and become one programme.
Real projects. Real prices.
73 finished remodels published with their final price — nothing hidden.
What 17 finished LA whole-home remodels actually cost: a median of $150k, in a range of $36k–$440k. Real final prices from our own job records, not estimates.
$150,000 A cobalt glass-tile backsplash with marble-look slab baths in brushed brass.
$238,000 A walnut-fronted quartz island, arched openings, and sage-green stacked tile baths.
$242,700 Structural work to open up the space, a vaulted ceiling, solid wood floors, kitchen and two baths.
$275,000 A broad quartz island, a curved staircase with iron balusters, marble-look baths.
$279,000 White shaker cabinetry, granite counters, and a tan subway tile backsplash.
$440,000 Stone-look tile bathrooms with freestanding tubs, under an exposed beam ceiling.
Remodelling a whole Pasadena house
Sequence is the whole skill
A whole-house project is not six small projects. It is one sequence in which the structural moves, the services and the finishes have to happen in an order that never asks for the same wall twice. Getting that order right at drawing stage is where the time and the money are saved.
Opening a compartmentalised plan
The defining move in this stock is connecting the kitchen, the living space and the garden. In a pre-war house that is a structural conversation — beams, posts and load paths — and it is the one part of the project it is never worth economising on.
Everything behind the plaster, once
A whole-house remodel is the only moment when the electrical service, the plumbing, the mechanical system and the insulation can all be done while the walls are already open. Doing them then costs a fraction of doing them later, and the difference shows up in the bills for the next thirty years.
Preservation as a design input
Where the house is a landmark or sits in a district, the exterior is constrained and the interior largely is not. Projects go well here when the drawings accept that line early and spend their ambition on the side of it where ambition is welcome.
One team, one programme
Design and construction under one roof is what makes a sequence this long hold together. Onn manages it himself, which is also why there is a published Pasadena house rather than a page of adjectives about one.
Written by Onn Cohen-Meguri, founder and designer at Design Onn Point — 12+ years in business, 1,200+ finished Los Angeles projects. CSLB #1133368.
Pricing in Pasadena
From our completed projects.
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