Our story

Coastline Remodeling began in a small studio on Ray Street with a single conviction: no homeowner should sign a contract for work they cannot picture. Marisol Vargas had spent a decade in commercial design watching clients approve projects from 2D drawings, then arrive at walkthroughs surprised and disappointed. When she started her residential practice in 2010, she made 3D renders before demolition a non-negotiable deliverable — not an upgrade, not an extra. That decision set the tone for everything that followed.

The first few years were kitchen-forward — San Diego homeowners converting the closed floor plans of 1970s and 1980s tract homes into the open, coastal living spaces the light and climate demand. Word spread from North Park through Hillcrest and on to La Jolla: here was a team that did the structural engineering, pulled the permits, and handed you a fixed-bid price before a single tile was moved. Derek Tanaka joined in 2013 for the structural work; Priya Nair came from her own design practice in 2016 to lead kitchens and baths; Carlos Mendez arrived in 2017 just as California's ADU legislation began transforming the work. The studio grew because it stopped growing the easy way — we have never subcontracted design to an outside firm and have never handed a client a time-and-materials contract.

Today Coastline completes roughly 50–60 projects a year across San Diego County, from single-bath refreshes in Clairemont bungalows to whole-home renovations in Point Loma Craftsmans. Our CSLB license covers every scope we take on, and our fixed-bid guarantee has held on every project we have built. The work speaks for itself — most of our clients find us through someone whose home we already transformed.