Lone Tree, CO · Basement Finishing
A lot of newer Lone Tree homes came with a big unfinished basement, often a walkout on the sloped side toward the bluffs. We turn it into a guest suite, gym, theater, or bar, with egress, radon, and the city permit handled.
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Tyler B. · whole-home remodelWhat we see in Lone Tree basements
Since Lone Tree was incorporated in 1996, builders sold a lot of homes with a full unfinished basement below. Down toward Bluffs Regional Park, where the bluffs top out around 6,200 feet elevation, many of these are walkouts. Here is what usually turns up.
On the sloped south and east sides of Lone Tree, near Happy Canyon Creek and the bluffs, a lot of homes have a walkout basement with real windows and a door to the yard. That daylight makes it one of the best rooms in the house once it is finished.
If you want the basement to have a real bedroom, it needs its own emergency escape (egress) window and well sized to current code. On a walkout that is often easy. We cut it, set the window, and get it inspected so the room counts.
Radon mitigation is common on the Front Range, so we plan for it. Lone Tree sits on expansive Denver Formation clay that swells when wet, so we detail the subfloor and moisture barrier right to keep the finished space dry.
These are big homes, so most Lone Tree basements become a mix: a guest suite, a gym, a home theater, and a wet bar. We plan the wet bar plumbing and the wiring for sound and screens before a single wall goes up.
Newer basements have taller ceilings than old Denver homes, which is a gift. We keep that height by planning the soffits around the ductwork and beams instead of dropping the whole ceiling.
A basement finish needs a City of Lone Tree permit under Municipal Code Chapter 18, applied for through the Accela portal, with framing, electrical, plumbing, and final inspections. We pull it and run the schedule so it is legal and adds to your value.
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Where we finish basements in Lone Tree
From the gated custom homes to the newer RidgeGate villages, we finish basements all over the city. A few of the neighborhoods we are in often:
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