Walk the job
We meet you at the property, look at the actual conditions, and talk through what you want and what the building will allow. No sales call, no showroom.
New construction hands you concrete and a sump pump.
Almost any home built in Macomb or Oakland County in the last thirty years tells the same story. The builder framed the house, poured the walls, ran the ducts and drains wherever they landed, and closed. Finishing the basement doesn't help sell a house — it just raises the sticker.
The cheapest square footage you'll ever add.
It's the only way to gain real living space without touching the footprint, the roof or the foundation — and the category with the widest gap between a job done properly and a job done fast.
The difference is almost entirely in what happens before the drywall. Whether moisture was resolved or just covered. Whether the insulation assembly suits a below-grade wall in this climate. Whether mechanicals were properly furred and soffited or boxed in where they fell. Whether ceiling height was planned or surrendered. None of it shows in photos, and all of it decides whether the room reads as part of the house or as a basement with carpet.
What we build downstairs
- Wet bars & entertaining kitchens — full cabinetry, stone, sinks, undercounter refrigeration, back-bar millwork
- Home theaters — tiered seating platforms, acoustic treatment, projection and wiring rough-in
- Home gyms & studios — rubber and specialty flooring, mirror walls, dedicated ventilation
- Guest suites — bedrooms with code-compliant egress, closets and full bathrooms
- Full bathrooms — including below-grade drainage solutions where needed
- Billiards, golf simulator & game rooms — planned around real ceiling height
- Offices, wine storage & mudroom entries
- Egress windows, insulation, framing, permits — the part nobody photographs
Ceiling height is the constraint nobody mentions
Before anything gets designed, we measure what you actually have and identify where the ducts, beams and drain lines run. Some of it can be rerouted and some of it can't. Knowing that on day one is the difference between a basement that feels open and one where you spend the rest of your life ducking under a soffit somebody put in the middle of the room.
Portfolio
Finished basements.
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How a job runs
From walkthrough to keys.
The same five steps on every project.
Written estimate
Notes from the walkthrough become a line-item estimate, typically emailed within a day. Scope and price in writing before anyone swings a hammer.
Schedule & build
A project manager holds the schedule, the permits and the inspections so the site is never idle waiting on someone. A qualified foreman runs the site itself, directing our tradespeople and holding the finish to standard every day the job is open.
Daily communication
Progress photos if you're not on site, and an immediate call — not an invoice surprise — the moment anything comes up outside the original scope.
Walkthrough & close
We walk the job with you the day before completion so anything you want corrected is handled on the final day. Then the invoice, and the keys.
Answers
Basement finishing questions
Our house is fairly new and the basement was never finished. Is that normal?
It's the norm, not the exception. Production builders across Macomb and Oakland County deliver homes with unfinished basements almost universally — it keeps the sale price down and the basement is the easiest thing to leave out. What it means for you is that the mechanical layout was never planned around a finished space, so ducts, beams and drain lines are wherever the builder found it cheapest to run them. Some of that can be rerouted. We measure and tell you which before anything is designed.
Do I need an egress window to finish my basement?
If the finished basement includes a bedroom, yes — Michigan code requires an emergency escape and rescue opening. Even where it isn't strictly required, an egress window changes a basement more than almost any other single item, because it brings in daylight. Cutting one in is foundation work and gets priced accordingly, and we'll tell you at the walkthrough whether your situation calls for it.
What about moisture? My basement gets damp.
Then that gets solved before anything gets framed, or the finish will fail and take your money with it. Damp basements are a drainage, grading or hydrostatic problem, and framing over one is the single most expensive mistake made in this category. We'll identify what we're seeing at the walkthrough and be direct about whether it needs to be addressed first.
Can you build a full bathroom in a basement?
Yes. Below-grade bathrooms depend on where the existing drain lines sit — sometimes it means breaking and re-running the slab, sometimes an ejector system. Both are workable, they just cost differently, and you should know which one you're buying before you sign.
What can go in a finished basement besides a family room?
Most of what we build down there is wet bars, home theaters, gyms, guest suites with full baths, billiards and golf-simulator rooms, wine storage, offices and mudroom-style entries from the garage. Ceiling height and mechanical locations set the real limits, and we'll walk those with you before you fall in love with a plan.
Do finished basements need permits?
Yes, in every municipality we work in. Framing, electrical, plumbing and often mechanical are all inspected. Permitting is handled as part of the contracted work, and it's worth knowing that unpermitted finished space can create real problems when the house is sold or when there's an insurance claim.
Also from Mount Vernon
Other services.
01
Kitchen Remodeling
For the house you're staying in. Layout changes, custom cabinetry, stone counters and full tile packages — sequenced with our own trades so the room isn't sitting unusable for a month.
View kitchen remodeling →02Bathroom Remodeling
Primary suites, wet rooms, curbless and accessible showers, book-matched slab walls, heated floors and custom glass. The room that exposes a contractor fastest — and the one we're known for.
View bathroom remodeling →03Home Renovations
Full gut rehabs and room-by-room renovation. The housing here was built well, and it's worth taking back to studs and finishing properly.
View home renovations →05Tile & Stone Work
The specialty everything else is judged by. Large-format and book-matched slab, marble, mosaic, herringbone and heated floors — laid out before a single cut is made.
View tile & stone work →06Commercial Construction
Custom build-outs for medical and dental suites, retail, restaurants, offices and adaptive reuse. Delivered around your operating hours and your opening date.
View commercial construction →07Pools & Outdoor Living
Inground pool construction start to finish — excavation, shell, decking, coping, water features and the hardscape and surrounds that make it a room.
View pools & outdoor living →Ready to talk about your project?
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- (586) 604-4486
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- Office
- 24485 Forterra Dr
Warren, MI 48089 - Service area
- Oakland, Macomb & Wayne County Birmingham · Bloomfield Hills · Troy · Rochester Hills · Sterling Heights · Shelby Township · Grosse Pointe · Northville and surrounding communities. See the full service area →
- Licensing
- Licensed Michigan Residential Builder State of Michigan Company Builder License No. 262600208. Fully insured. Certificate of insurance and client references furnished on request.
