← All case studies
Case study · San Francisco real estate

From improvised choices to a repeatable system

Sharon needed listing-ready bathrooms without making every property a new design problem. MILLS turned three projects into one dependable process.

3 bathroomsAcross three listings
3 monthsFrom first project to third
$1.83MCombined amount over list price
Haloarc · Inner Richmond completed bathroom
Haloarc · Inner Richmond
Luminara · Cow Hollow completed bathroom
Luminara · Cow Hollow
Sprucecroft · Outer Sunset completed bathroom
Sprucecroft · Outer Sunset
The operational problem

Bathroom decisions were being made on the fly.

As the fractional back-office support for several accomplished San Francisco–based real estate teams, Sharon was responsible for getting bathrooms listing-ready. Fixture choices had drifted to the stager—outside the stager’s scope.

Choices made on the fly
Budget variability by address
Too much back-and-forth
What Sharon neededPick a plan → lock the scope → start the build.
The MILLS system

One repeatable path, three addresses.

MILLS matched each listing with a budget-fit package, keeping the choices resolved and the process consistent. Each chapter below shows the same proof sequence: the existing room, the selected design, and the completed bathroom.

01 · Match

Choose the budget-fit plan

02 · Resolve

Lock scope and finishes

03 · Build

Start without redesigning

Project 01 · Cow Hollow

Luminara

17Days on market
$375KOver list price
Cow Hollow Luminara bathroom before renovation
01 · Before
Cow Hollow Luminara MILLS selected plan
02 · Selected MILLS plan
Cow Hollow Luminara completed bathroom
03 · After
Project 02 · Inner Richmond

Haloarc with tub

14Days on market
$1.05MOver list price
Inner Richmond Haloarc with tub bathroom before renovation
01 · Before
Inner Richmond Haloarc with tub MILLS selected plan
02 · Selected MILLS plan
Inner Richmond Haloarc with tub completed bathroom
03 · After
Project 03 · Outer Sunset

Sprucecroft with tub

13Days on market
$405KOver list price
Outer Sunset Sprucecroft with tub bathroom before renovation
01 · Before
Outer Sunset Sprucecroft with tub MILLS selected plan
02 · Selected MILLS plan
Outer Sunset Sprucecroft with tub completed bathroom
03 · After
The result“I’ve been singing your praises to everyone. MILLS makes my life 10,000x easier.”

Three projects shipped in three months. All three listings sold quickly and well over asking—turning a recurring bottleneck into a predictable prep step.

Start with a proven design

Need a repeatable bathroom plan for multiple properties?