Basements · Transformations
Drag the handle. The image on the left is the day we started. The image on the right is the final walkthrough. The space, the dimensions, and most of the ceiling height — those didn't change. Everything else did.
A 1932 Tudor whose basement had sat as family storage for four generations. We pulled out forty years of boxes, integrated with the foundation division to waterproof the south wall, cut a proper egress window, and built an in-law suite with a separate entry, bedroom, full bath, and kitchenette.
A 1928 brick four-square with an unfinished basement and a ceiling height that everyone had said was a deal-breaker. We engineered around the duct runs, recessed the projector, and built a family room with theater seating that comfortably holds nine. The room the whole household ends up in on Saturday nights.
A Victorian brownstone where the family wanted a proper bar — not a counter with a mini-fridge, a real one. We plumbed a sink, wired for an ice maker and under-counter refrigeration, built custom cabinetry sized for bottles rather than groceries, and finished the back wall in reclaimed brick the owner had been holding for ten years.
A 1995 colonial where remote work had taken over the dining room. We took the back third of the basement and built a proper office — daylight from a new egress window, sound-rated walls, the electrical and network rough-in for a setup that will still be there in five years, and bookshelves running the full back wall.
A note on the photographs
The before images are the day we walked in. The after images are the day of the final walkthrough — same room, same camera position where possible, same light. We don't restage finished basements with rented furniture, and the homeowners' actual furniture in their actual basements is what we photograph.
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The hard part — the square footage, the foundation, the egress window where the lot allows it — is built. The rest is the work we do.