LA Custom Tile

Nothing but a pleasant experience. Mark seems to really care about people, animals and most importantly, doing a professional, quality job for his clients. I couldn’t be happier with the result or process. I would definitely use him again.

Mark of L.A. Custom Tile just finished the remodel of a small bathroom. He did our master bath 3 years ago and did such a fabulous job that I did not consider hiring anyone else. This bathroom is the only downstairs bathroom and is only 5 ft x 5 ft. I needed it to serve two purposes: powder room and guest bathroom with a shower for overnight guests. The only way to maximize the space was to create a «Euro» bath that is fully waterproofed and fully tiled so it can serve as a shower and a powder room. Mark totally demo’d the old bathroom, raised the ceiling, plumbed, brought in a licensed electrician to do the wiring, installed all fixtures, and did the most amazing tile work I’ve ever seen. I chose hand-​made tiles that are intrinsically uneven, not knowing how difficult they were to work with. Only a highly experienced tile perfectionist could have done the job. Mark created a bench and an inset shelf in the shower area. The room is fully tiled: floor, walls, ceiling. It is a gorgeous spa-​bath and looks much bigger than it actually is. I’ve used many contractors for remodel work; Mark is by far the best. He is honest, reliable, and highly skilled. I recommend him without reservation.

Mark is absolutely amazing. He came into a bad situation and saved my house! I had been ripped off by a horrible tile installer and I was concerned my dream home was never going to look the way I wanted. Mark ripped out all the bad work and started the whole job from scratch. His attention to detail was amazing to watch and I appreciated his work ethic. Between my kitchen and two bathrooms, Mark installed a wide range of expert level tile. One bathroom was a full Mosaic floor and wall to wall and ceiling! Mark’s custom tile hood over my stove is truly something right out of a magazine. Mark was so easy to work with and made great suggestions whenever an element of design was unclear. Only when one room was perfect and I had signed off would he move on to the next one. I would also like to mention that Mark was very clean. He set a standard for respect and cleanliness on my job site that had a ripple effect through the other workers. I really appreciated everything Mark did for me not just my tile but also my sanity on this job. I will always be thankful for his service.

Mark from LA Custom Tile did a lot of work in our condo. I keep bringing him back to do more because I am always extremely happy with the excellent work he always does. Most recently Mark installed our kitchen backslash and it looks fantastic!!! He laid a beautiful matte white subway tile throughout our kitchen with a white grout and put a custom porcelanosa behind our stove. Prior to our kitchen he laid a gorgeous glass tile behind a mirror in our bathroom, put a beautiful natural white stone behind our wet-​bar, installed a white tile on our patio that needed to be cut custom and angled properly around a new drain to allow for proper drainage (it works perfect btw) and he did some finishing baseboard work in our bathrooms.
All of the work Mark did could not possibly look better. He is fantastic and I would absolutely recommend that you hire him for any of your tile needs. He is an absolute perfectionist and thinks through every single detail before he continues to work. The kitchen job he did for us looks gorgeous and I can’t tell you how many compliments we get on his work every time a person steps foot into our home.
In addition to his great work product Mark is just a really great guy. He is respectful, he is honest, fair and he shows up on time and does exactly what he says he will. He even went above and beyond to fix things for us just because they needed to be fixed. For example, he put some WD40 on our door hinges so they would stop squeaking and even fixed our under-​cabinet lighting in our kitchen.
One other outstanding qualities of Mark’s is his vast breadth of experience. It is SOOO valuable to work with a guy like Mark that has 30 years of experience. It’s highly unlikely that you can show him a job he hasn’t seen before and he pulls on those experiences to ensure that your job is done perfectly. He can also offer you great advice that he’s learned over the years (i.e. what color tile goes with your counter, what styles are people using today, what color grout looks best with your tile.) For example, we were planning to do a plain white sub-​way tile in our kitchen and were just going to get a regular shiny white one from any basic store. Mark said, this is just a suggestion but you might want to consider using the matte style which is much more modern and being used more in kitchen’s today. AND we love it and are so grateful that he made that suggestion!!! The patio, the bathrooms and the wet-​bar jobs also look fantastic and there is not one single thing I wish he did differently in our home. If you are in search of a custom tile installer your search should end here, hire Mark!!! I assure you, you will be extremely happy with the end result and working with him throughout the process.

Mark did a fantastic job! Had him do some work on my kitchen backsplash. Small job and he did some fantastic work. Made up for the last guy who came in and did a terrible job. Thanks mark!

Mark has tiled three bathrooms for me as well as done drywall work. I call him the «Michelangelo» of tile work! He is a true craftsman and has an eye for style as well. He will be my guy when I do my master bath.

Mark is top-​notch. We would definitely hire him again. We had an old disgusting fireplace that was in desperate need of a make-​over. Being that it was the focal point of our home, we really needed it to be done right and look good. That’s when we gave Mark a call.
Mark came out within 1 day of our call for a free estimate. He gave us a very competitive bid and we booked him for the job immediately with no regrets.
He showed up, as scheduled, and got to work right away. The best thing I can say about Mark is that he truly cares about his craft and is invested in how the project turns out. Everyone else we talked to only seemed to care about getting the job and getting paid. Mark is passionate about tile-​work and it shows in his work.
He asked for our input at every step of the way and also gave us honest feed-​back about our tile choices. It felt like we did the project together.
On top of the great work that Mark did, he is truly pleasant to be around and exudes positive energy. He is 100% trust-​worthy and we felt totally comfortable with him being in our house on his own.
We are planning to add a new bathroom in the future, and when we are ready, we will definitely be calling Mark at LA Custom Tile.

I had Mark come out to demolish a stone fireplace hearth and replace with tile, and re-​tile a 50ft long back stoop. I was very happy with his work and his rate was competitive.
When he finished I was only interested in getting a quote on replacing a shower pan and totally tearing up/​re-​tiling the front patio. Even though I had no plans to get these jobs done anytime soon, his rate was too good to pass up. The work on everything he did was very professional.
A few times he had stopped work because he wasn’t happy with certain aspects that he wanted me to approve before he would go forward. He was very specific and detailed, to the point I had to tell him, «No one will every look at this as long as you and I are right now, don’t worry about it». Every unanticipated hiccup along the way, he found a way around it.
Very nice guy, great sense of humor, and he was so kind and sweet to my dogs!

Description Of Work:
Tile work and all related details on 2 bathrooms including converting a 60 year old tub/​shower to a stall shower with custom mosaic tile, a bench and tile floor. He also installed cabinets and did the needed plumbing. He had great insight on aesthetics as well, cutting down larger tiles to create beautiful patterns.
I have not had great luck with contractors in general– it seems that many of them do not see themselves as craftsman, and just do the minimum to get out the door. So I was ecstatic that Mark was passionate about his craft, and focused on every detail. Normally I would watch like a hawk, but it was clear that Mark was on it.
Here are the top observations that differentiate Mark from other contractors I have hired.
1) he calls back when he says he is going to, he arrives when he said he would, he doesn’t disappear suddenly.
2) When something small came up that would be easy for him to say «you need to hire an electrician/​plumber/​framer etc» he just took care of it
3) he did everything himself– he could have had day laborers do the demolition work etc, but he wanted to be sure nothing was damaged
4) I would strongly recommend him
5) he was always one step ahead of the project so nothing went wrong or felt behind
6) he is old school craftsman contractor he cemented all the shower walls and floor to perfection then he installed the tiles perfectly

Mark is amazing! He is very customer-​service oriented, and works very hard to ensure that all of his customer’s needs are met. He leaves his work site cleaner than when he arrived.
Mark did some small work in my bathroom, and I was very pleased with the results. His rate was amazing, too.
Highly recommended!

Eight months after our very successful mosaic planter experience with LA Custom Tile, we decided to remodel our guesthouse bathroom. After a few bids, we decided to again trust Mark and again we are totally satisfied. He removed the old ugly fiberglass walls and tub and built us a beautiful new shower with matching floor. He also replaced the small sliding window and did extra plumbing work, replacing corroded pipe connections and installing a new sink faucet. Choosing tile is not the easiest task and my wife is quite picky. Mark was very patient and his artistic recommendations are right on; together they made great choices as you can see from the four photos of the finished work.

They called me back after I asked for a quote,
the man said he has plenty of work and he only rides a bicycle, and he has no interest in working anywhere than his immediate area. He said Hollywood was too far for him on the bicycle. I wouldn’t want anything to do with this company…

I hired LA Custom Tile to correct work that was done incorrectly by a previous contractor. Floor tiles in my bathroom were coming loose and Mark submitted a reasonable bid to correct the problem. He completed the work on time and on budget and it looks PHENOMENAL! I was very impressed with the quality of work performed and will definitely recommend LA Custom Tile to my friends and family. I will also hire them for any future work I need!