Just check the lower area of our home page to see each city.

We recently added Parker Colorado Basement Finishing , so make sure you check that page out if you are in the area.

Did you know that January is the busiest month for doing proposals for basement finishing companies in Denver?

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Great Spaces in your basement:

Every one has seen the entertainment rooms, and wet bars.  But here are some ideas, that with a good contractor, and a little design savvy, you could create in your basement.

Having seen 100’s of basement finishes in Denver, here are some of the more unique features we have heard of.

1.)    Kid’s town.  Complete with houses, cars and yards.  A 20 x 20 world just for the little ones.

2.)    Golf driving range:  You need to dig out a few feet of foundation, but a golf driving range, or even digital course isn’t all that difficult. Golf simulators start as low as $1000.  These days. Add your green and a bar and you have your own country club!

3.)    Game room.  Pin Ball, arcade games, and great décor with the popcorn machine.  Your major expense will be the games!

4.)    Cigar bar. With proper ventilation you can have your own private area.  (This may be better to add in your garage.)

5.)    Poker parlor. It’s all in the decor!  Make sure it’s deigned with a wet bar and small frig near by.

6.)    Horse track.  Big screen T.V. tuned to the Horse racing channels… bench seating and binoculars.  Add the decorating touches that remind you of your favorite track (Saratoga, Keeneland, Arapahoe Park) and a “ticket window to place your favorite beverage order”.

7.)    Library. Oh, the long ago days of a quiet paradise to sink into a comfy chair and drift away into other worlds.  A 12x 12 area, with custom book cases, that perfect chair, and lamp, and all your favorite books.

The only limitation is your imagination!  Let us know what you would create in your basement, and send pics if you already have.

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Home Improvement is a pretty large assortment of trades. When you have been providing appointments to home owners in Denver Colorado with high quality basement finishing companies, as well as home additions and other major remodeling projects for over a decade, you get a pretty good feel for what type projects are important to home owners.

( These are all former or current clients of y One Call)

Here are some non Basement Finishing companies you may want to take a look at when it’s time to update or remodel your home. They all have excellent references, have been in business a while, and are part of the BBB and have an A rating with them.

Denver Solar:

Energy-contractors .com   They do any thing energy related in your home. Roofing, Windows, Solar,  Solar hot water, Insulation, Energy audits. These guys really understand energy.

Stellar Roofing and Solar Denver, CO (303) 495-3515 ‎

Speaking of energy savings,  a solar shade or awning can be very helpful.

Awnings in Denver:

SunSaver awning has been selling and installing the top of the line retractable awnings, solar shades and umbrellas in Denver for over a decade.  With Colorado’s high altitude, a awning over your deck will give you the shade you need to spend more time out doors!

Sunsaver Retractable Awnings 5071 South Auckland Court, Aurora, CO 80015-3911 (303) 694-6847 ‎ sunsaverawnings.com

Looking for replacement windows or Siding in Denver?

Alsco-Cardinal is the place to shop and buy. For over 50 years they have been the experts in replacement windows, siding and gutters for Denver area home owners. Over 100,000  home’s owners have bought from them,and they are a A+ rated BBB  company.

Alsco-Cardinal Home Improvement 114 Federal Boulevard, Denver, CO 80219-1533 (303) 777-3444 ‎ alsco-cardinal.com

What about Window well grates and covers in Denver?

You will like Colorado Custom Iron.  Great references and personalized service.  They specialize in customized security storm
doors, window well grates, window guards, hand rails and balusters.

They offer  guaranteed prices and high quality.  Offering many styles and a variety of colors as well as a lifetime guarantee  on all workmanship.

But wait… there’s more!

Kitchen cabinet refacing can save you a lot of money when its time to remodel your Denver area kitchen.  In business since 1993, They are not to many bushiness who understand how to make your kitchen as beautiful as Mark at Home Improvements of Colorado.  Check out his new web site to see their work www.homeimprovementsofcolorado.com  2075 S University Blvd, Suite 216, Denver, CO 80210

303-452-6467

House need painting?  M and E painting is the place to call.  One of north Denver s larger Painting Companies, They have great References are BBB A+ rated and give free estimates.

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SEO and Basement Finishing in Denver.

It’s interesting to see which basement finishing companies are on the first page of Google and Bing. As a company that uses search engine promotion, and web visibility through a Denver SEO we check an eye on who ranks highly with us.

In our opinion, the basement finishing companies that are on the first page all have employed SEO tactics in one way or another. So how does that relate to the quality of the results you see when your search? It seems to work out pretty well for the searcher. The basement companies on the first page under Denver basement finishing are all reputable,  with a long history of provding their services to the community.

I wonder if you will find this correlation with other local services.  Why does a first page ranking seem to equal a good choice for the service you seek?

You can see more about Denver search engine optimization on this blog

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In general its the same as most construction projects.  They add up all of their costs and then add a “margin” which covers non specific project related costs.

If your final bid price is $30,000.00  you could expect that

30% to 40% may be the materials.

30%-40%  may be labor (including the cost of the sub contractors )

And the Gross margin will be 25% to 37%. This covers the contractors fixed expenses, which include insurance, trucks. cell phones, marketing, office supplies, management salary (if not included in costs) and profit.  So each project a contractor completes in a month makes a contribution to those fixed expenses. In my experience the profit in residential construction as a percentage is one of the lower percentages in business. Your local restaurant will work on a 12%  to 17%  profit. Contractors often are working on a 2% to 5% margin.

Prices vary depending on how a contractor decides to make their money on the project, and how efficient they can be.  Small contractors may make a portion of the margin in preforming some of the labor, and therefore receiving that money.  So you may save using a small firm that does its own work (framing, drywall, and other) but the risk is they are not as good at each skill as a firm that specializes in it, and the contractor brings in to do the job. Small firms also have a higher risk of being slower that a form that uses sub contractors.  So like so many things,  there are trade offs in lower pricing.

Hope this helps you understand how pricing is developed for a basement finishing project in Denver.

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It’s not a topic brought up a lot, but as home heating and cooling cost rise in Denver, one additional reason to Finish your Basement may be energy cost savings.

A basement stays warmer in the winter, and stays a lot cooler in the summer!

So building your basement into a space that the entire family can enjoy, even with some separate areas for the kids, can be a big cost saver in the Summer and Winter. How much you save depends on what hours you spend in the basement not running your air conditioning or furnace.

Stellar energy contractors have many other ways to save on your heating and cooling starting with home insulation and energy audits in Denver.

SO add this one to your reasons having your basement finished in Denver makes sense!  You can also think about that fact that the average basement finishing project runs about $40.00 per square foot, and buying a new home will be $150.00  a square foot give or take.

We would like to welcome our newest basement finishing company to our group.

In the next few weeks we will be adding Basement Pictures, testimonials and detailed information!  We don’t take any basement finishing company on our site, only contractors who we would feel comfortable inviting into our own homes.

It’s important that we have basement finishing contractors that can fulfill any proposal request, from any part of the Denver Area, and for any budget. Basement finishing requests doubled this January over last January, and that’s why we were lucky enough to be approached by our newest contractor.

You can see more on the main site

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The answer is really, as many as you need to feel confident. If you do a good job of research in advance, checking reviews and web sites, we thing three bids is plenty.  You are asking each company to do a significant amount of free work meeting with you, doing a design and pricing it out. They will appreciate it if you don’t call 5 or 6 companies.

The secret is doing your home work on contractors before you call or use us for basement finishing appointments.  We have 9 years of history, and no complaints. We work with great basement finishing companies with great references.

www.denverbasement.com

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Before we add them to the site, we meet them in person, and any other important members of their team.

We then speak with there most recent customers on what type of experience they had will the company finished their basement.

We check the company’s BBB record, and also verify their licensing and Insurance.

And finally we do a “gut Check”. Is this a company I would like have do my project?

So, in many ways we do what you will do. The difference between us, and other referral companies is we know every contractor personally. And we speak to their customers every month.

Not a bad system! That’s why we are a very trusted source for referrals to contractors in Denver.

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