Family room
Space for the couch, the TV and everyone's things.
Start with a family room →The on-site estimate is free. We pass your request to one independent local basement finishing contractor. One, not five.
Two short steps. For homes in Omaha, Nebraska.
Here is what one request gets you. Items three and four are worth having even if you never hire anyone, because they work on any contractor you talk to.
Free on-site estimate. Nothing to sign. For homes in Omaha, Nebraska.
You know the scene. The kids need somewhere to go that is not the living room. Guests get the air mattress. And under your feet sits a whole floor of the house full of boxes, the furnace and a treadmill.
You have probably searched what it costs to finish a basement more than once. The honest answer is a range, because the number depends on what is already down there, not only on the square footage.
Five questions usually decide the scope. Ask them of whoever you talk to, including the contractor we pass your request to.
Get those five answered and you are comparing real plans. Leave them open and you are comparing guesses.
Free on-site estimate. One local contractor, not five.
Tap one to start your request with it. We pass your request to one independent local basement finishing contractor.
Space for the couch, the TV and everyone's things.
Start with a family room →Ask what a bedroom needs for windows and exits before you plan one.
Start with a bedroom →Full or half. Ask where the plumbing can run.
Start with a bathroom →A door that closes, a floor away from the kitchen.
Start with an office →Ask what flooring suits the equipment you have.
Start with a gym →A wet bar needs water and a drain. Say so in your request.
Start with a bar or media room →Somewhere for the toys that is not the living room.
Start with a play space →Finish some rooms and keep the furnace and storage open.
Start with part of it →A written estimate protects you whoever you hire. These are worth checking before you agree to anything.
This page does not do basement work and does not price it. The on-site estimate is free; the work and its price are between you and the contractor. Ask for that price in writing before work starts.
Get My Free On-Site EstimateWater found after a basement is finished means taking finished walls back down.
That is not a sales line. It is the order the work goes in: the water question gets its answer before the framing, the drywall and the carpet, not after.
If you have seen water, a musty smell or a damp corner, say so first. Put it in the notes box on the form, and ask how it would be dealt with before anything else is planned.
If you are not ready to build, send it anyway. "Just planning" is one of the answers on the form. The contractor we pass it to gives free on-site estimates, which give you answers to plan around instead of a guess.
Find Out What My Basement NeedsNothing. It costs nothing to send the form, sending it agrees to no work, and the on-site estimate is free. What the work itself costs is between you and the contractor. Ask for that price in writing before work starts.
No. We pass your request to one independent local basement finishing contractor, not a list of competing companies.
A published range for finishing a basement in the Omaha area is about $60 to $125 per square foot, and home theaters, wine rooms and second kitchens can run above that. Where yours lands depends on the size, the rooms you want and what is already down there. Adding a bathroom, fixing water first and the finishes you choose are common reasons two jobs of the same size differ. Ask for a written, itemized estimate and compare what each one includes.
It can, and it is better to know where before you sign. Water found behind a wall and anything left out of the scope are the usual reasons. Ask what could change the number, and get the answer in writing next to the estimate.
The independent local basement finishing contractor we pass your request to. This page does not do the work or price it. Ask for the business name, and who would be doing the work, before you agree to anything.
No. Say what you want the space to become. Size, layout and budget can be talked through on the call.
Yes. The form takes any basement request. Choose the closest option and describe the rest in the box.
Yes, if you want to talk it through. Choose "Just planning" so the contractor knows where you are. Nothing to sign.
Say so in your request. Water needs an answer before walls and flooring go in, so ask any contractor how they would deal with it first.
Ask before you sign, not after: what happens if something needs fixing once the job is finished, and for how long. Get the answer in writing beside the price. This page promises nothing about the work, because it does not do the work.
This form is for homes in Omaha, Nebraska only.
Reply STOP to any text, or email the address at the bottom of this page. We stop contacting that number, and we pass your STOP on to the contractor.
Two short steps. We pass your request to one independent local basement finishing contractor, not five. The on-site estimate is free, and there is nothing to sign.