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Basement Finishing in Commerce City, CO

Reunion is one basement. The south side is another.

Saw Dog Construction finishes basements in Commerce City, CO, from newer areas like Reunion to older homes on the south side. Our team designs the layout, files the permit with the City of Commerce City, builds the rooms, and stays through inspection. The work carries our 2-year workmanship warranty, and our permitted basement work here is already in the public record.

Two Sides of the City

North of 104th is a different basement than River Run.

Reunion, Buffalo Run, Turnberry, Second Creek Farm and Fronterra Village are full of newer houses with the basement still open. The usual ask is a straight finish, plus an egress window when a bedroom is going downstairs. Building codes generally require a basement sleeping room to have an emergency escape and rescue opening. We cut the egress window, set the well, and put it on the same City of Commerce City permit as the rest of the finish.

South Commerce City is older stock. Neighborhoods such as River Run call for a more careful finish in a house that has already been lived in. Same company, same inspections, same 2-year workmanship warranty. The city overview, including the permit record, is on our Commerce City page. If the bedroom is the whole question, the Reunion write-up is Turning a Reunion Basement Room Into a Real Bedroom.

Permits

We have already been through this city's inspection.

Commerce City sits in Adams County and issues its own building permits through the City of Commerce City. Our permitted, inspected basement work here is in the public record. On your project, our team files the permit, builds the space, and stays through the city's sign-off. We call the job done when that inspection is behind us.

Saw Dog Construction is based in Westminster. For a Commerce City basement, the permit we file is with the City of Commerce City.

Finish Details

A wet bar, and a penny-tile floor in progress.

A wet bar with wood cabinets, and penny tile going down on a floor.

Basement wet bar with light wood cabinets, a dark countertop, a sink, and a mini fridge
A basement wet bar Saw Dog built, with wood cabinets and a sink.
Penny tile floor layout in progress, with a black border pattern on a basement floor
Penny tile going down on a basement floor Saw Dog is tiling.
What It Costs

Base finish, basement bath, and the bedroom window.

A full basement finish averages about $80 per square foot. A basement bathroom adds $12,000 and up. That is separate from a main-floor bathroom remodel, which runs $15,000 to $40,000 and up. A from-scratch egress window, the usual add when a Reunion bedroom is part of the plan, is $7,000.

$80
per square foot for the base finish
$12,000+
for a basement bathroom, fixtures and tile included in that line
$7,000
for a from-scratch egress window
$15,000 to $40,000+
a main-floor bathroom remodel, if the upstairs bath is the project instead

Planning numbers, not a quote. The written estimate lists the base finish and each bathroom separately. Size examples live on the basement finishing cost page on SawDog.net, and the scope we use everywhere is on basement finishing.

Commerce City Basement Questions

Reunion, the south side, and the permit.

Have you finished basements in Commerce City before?
Yes. Our city-permitted, inspected basement work in Commerce City is in the public record. A new finish is permitted and inspected the same way, with the City of Commerce City.
I'm in Reunion with an unfinished basement. Where do I start?
Start with a free walkthrough. Most Reunion-area basements need framing, systems, drywall and flooring, plus an egress window if a bedroom is in the plan. We write that up in an itemized estimate and file the permit with the City of Commerce City.
Do you finish basements on the older south side too?
Yes. Established neighborhoods such as River Run are a different house than Reunion, and we scope the finish to the house that is there. The City of Commerce City permit, the inspections and the 2-year workmanship warranty are the same.
Who pulls the Commerce City permit?
We do. Filing and managing the City of Commerce City permit is part of the job, and the project is not done until the city signs off on the inspection.
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