Bathroom Remodeling in Livingston, NJ

Livingston is an Essex County township of about 31,000 residents, and most of its homes were built in the post-war decades — two-thirds of them before 1970. That leaves a lot of Livingston bathrooms exactly as a 1950s or 60s builder left them: original tile, an aging tub, and a layout designed for a different era. Alongside those homes, Livingston’s larger and newer houses often have primary bathrooms their owners want finished to a higher standard than the builder chose. 3sixty Renovate handles both kinds of bathroom remodeling in Livingston, NJ — modernizing dated mid-century bathrooms and building high-finish custom ones — from the first consultation to the final walkthrough.

Bathroom Services in Livingston

The right scope depends on the house and the bathroom, but most Livingston projects come down to one or more of these:

• Full bathroom remodels — the complete renovation: demolition, plumbing and electrical updates as needed, waterproofing, tile, fixtures, and finishes, rebuilt in the right order.

• Tub-to-shower conversions — replacing a dated or hard-to-use tub with a walk-in shower that fits how the room is actually used.

• Walk-in showers — custom tiled showers with modern waterproofing, niches, benches, and glass — including curbless designs and large-format tile in primary bathrooms with the space for them.

• Tile and waterproofing — shower walls, floors, and surrounds set over modern waterproofing systems, so the finish you see is backed by the layer that matters.

• Flooring installation — bathroom flooring built for daily water and humidity, including heated floors, installed as part of a remodel or on its own.

You can see recent bathroom remodels by 3sixty Renovate in our project gallery, and when you’re ready to talk about your own bathroom, request a free quote.

Our Work and What Homeowners Say

3sixty Renovate has been in business since 2017, remodeling bathrooms across New Jersey and Westchester County, NY. The photos in our gallery are our own recent projects — full renovations, walk-in showers, and tub-to-shower conversions — so you can see the standard of finish we bring to a Livingston home.

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“He did a beautiful job for my tub to shower renovation work. They were easy to work with and did excellent work! i definitely recommend working with them. the experience was great!!!!”

— JleMoH, Google review

“We appreciated their honesty and transparency throughout our project. Great quality and dependable service.”

— Andronic, Google review

“Amazing renovation experience from consultation to completion.”

— Mdharun, Google review

Bathroom Remodeling in Livingston: Local Guidance

Permits in Livingston.

Construction permits in Livingston are handled by the Township of Livingston Building Department at Town Hall (357 S. Livingston Avenue), which administers permits and inspections under New Jersey’s State Uniform Construction Code. Livingston states the rule plainly in its published guidance: a building permit is required for everything that is not ordinary repair or maintenance, and the township lists renovating bathrooms among the work that needs one. The same guidance notes that a permit is required whenever a project adds new electrical or plumbing work or makes structural changes, while direct replacements in the same location — nothing moved — generally do not need a permit. Work done under a permit has to be inspected by the township before the project is considered complete. You can read the township’s own pages here: Township of Livingston Building Department and the township FAQ.

For a typical full remodel or tub-to-shower conversion, that means the permit and its inspections are simply part of the job, planned from the start rather than discovered mid-project. Our quote form asks whether you expect permits to be pulled — and “Not sure” is a perfectly good answer. We’ll walk through what your project requires before work begins.

What Livingston’s housing stock means for your bathroom.

According to the Township of Livingston’s own Housing Element plan, drawing on U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey data, 47.7% of Livingston’s homes were built between 1950 and 1969 and 66.4% date to before 1970; Census estimates put the median home’s build year in the mid-1960s. About 85% are detached single-family homes, and the median owner-occupied home value is over $800,000. In practice, that shapes most bathroom remodeling in Livingston, NJ:

• Primary bathrooms that have never been modernized. In a home built in the late 1950s, the primary bathroom may still carry its original tile, tub, and fixtures. A full remodel rebuilds that room with modern waterproofing and finishes the owners actually chose.

• Plumbing from the post-war era. Homes of this period commonly have cast-iron drain lines and galvanized or early copper supply piping that is now 55 to 70 years old. A remodel opens the walls once — the right moment to inspect those lines and replace what’s failing before new tile closes everything back in.

• Room for the upgrades homeowners ask about most. Detached Livingston homes often have primary bathrooms with space for a curbless walk-in shower, large-format tile, heated floors, a double vanity, or a freestanding tub — the kind of high-finish work that turns a dated room into the best one in the house.

• Newer homes with builder-standard bathrooms. About one in eight Livingston homes was built since 2010. Their bathrooms are newer, but they were finished to a builder’s standard package — many owners remodel simply to get the materials, fixtures, and layout they would have chosen themselves.

• Homes built before 1978 can contain lead-based paint, so renovation work in older Livingston homes calls for lead-safe work practices during demolition and surface prep.

None of this is a reason to put off remodeling — it’s a reason to hire a remodeler who knows what a Livingston home is likely to need before the walls come open.