Basement Finishing Contractor in South Jordan, Utah

A South Jordan basement finish usually begins in a house that is fifteen to twenty years old and has been lived in above an empty lower level the whole time. We start with what the builder left — a bathroom rough-in, a mechanical room, perhaps one egress window — then lay out bedrooms where egress works, put the bathroom on the rough-in and give the family room the open span under the main floor. From there it is framing, electrical and plumbing rough-in, inspection, insulation, drywall, flooring, trim and paint.

South Jordan requires a building permit to finish a basement; the city’s line for it is 801-446-HELP. Inside Daybreak, a basement finish is interior work and doesn’t need the community association’s exterior review — but a new window well changes the outside of the house, so we check with the association before cutting the foundation.

If the plan includes a kitchen, know South Jordan’s accessory-dwelling rules before you design. A basement with its own kitchen and bathroom that you don’t intend to rent needs a notarized affidavit saying so, filed with the building permit. One you do intend to rent needs an ADU permit first, with rentals of 30 days or more. And inside Daybreak, ADUs are allowed only above a detached or semi-detached garage, so a Daybreak basement can be a guest suite but not a rental unit. We settle this before the plan is drawn.