Licensed #EASTGB744B1. Insured. Senior discounts available. Eastside Grab Bars is owned and operated by Mark Costello, and the business installs grab bars, applies non-slip floor treatments, upgrades home lighting, and conducts senior home safety assessments for Redmond homeowners. The shop is in Issaquah on South East May Valley Road, about 20 minutes from most Redmond addresses, with work happening across Redmond almost every week.
Redmond is a community with a distinct safety profile. It has one of the highest concentrations of working tech professionals on the Eastside, which means many Redmond clients are adult children in their 40s and 50s who have brought an aging parent into their home, or who are preparing a parent’s condo or townhome for safer independent living. Many of these families are managing care from across a packed work week, and they want an installer who is organized, fast, and honest about the work.
Redmond housing stock is varied. The estate homes in Education Hill, the townhomes near Redmond Ridge, the condo buildings along Cleveland Street, and the older ramblers in Idylwood and Grass Lawn each have their own install challenges. Newer homes often look senior-ready but hide real hazards: glass shower enclosures with high thresholds, expansive stone flooring that turns slick when wet, and open-concept layouts with few walls to grab on the way to the bathroom at night.
The tech community in Redmond has also driven a boom in multigenerational living. Parents from out of state, from India, China, Korea, and around the US are moving into bonus rooms, guest suites, or ADUs built above garages. Those new spaces often were not designed with senior use in mind. A guest bathroom that a 30-year-old visitor used once a year is suddenly being used every day by a 78-year-old parent with hip pain. That is where this work comes in.
Redmond homes are built across many decades and many styles. The 1960s ramblers in North Redmond have real wood framing that holds a stud-mounted grab bar without issue. The newer construction in Redmond Ridge and the large communities off Novelty Hill Road often use metal framing in interior walls, which calls for a different anchor approach. Condo buildings around downtown Redmond often have concrete block or poured walls behind the tile, which means heavy-duty masonry anchors instead of stud mounting. Every one of those wall types has been worked on.
Mark founded Eastside Grab Bars after watching his own aging family members face the same problems Redmond clients face now. After retiring from the US Small Business Administration in Seattle in 2021, he built this business around practical, hands-on safety work for older adults and their families.
Mark holds the Aging in Place Home Safety Advisor designation through Age Safe America, the largest aging-in-place advocacy organization in the country. He also volunteers with Rebuilding Together Seattle, installing safety upgrades in senior homes across King County. Several of those volunteer installs have been in Redmond, and that work has provided deep familiarity with how homes in this city are built.
Call Mark at (425) 522-8663, or send a message through the contact form for a same-day response. In-home safety assessments are available across Redmond and the rest of East King County, usually within a few days of the call. Senior discounts on labor are available on request.
Senior discounts available
Serving Redmond, WA and surrounding cities
