Home Remodeling, Concrete & Landscaping in Orem, Utah

Orem’s median home was built in 1989, and the city is essentially built out: population has been flat for years, so the work is renovation, not new construction. Original 1970s bathrooms and kitchens, carpet over subfloors that have settled, basements finished in the 80s, driveways poured in 1975 and spalling ever since — that is the Orem job. The city also has a long tradition of accessory apartments and small multi-unit homes, and a large renter population around Utah Valley University, so basement-apartment finishes and rental turnovers are a steady part of what we do here.

Orem has no secondary irrigation: every sprinkler in the city runs on treated culinary water from the city’s wells, on tiered rates, with a backflow preventer required on the irrigation line. That makes efficiency — matched heads, drip in beds, a smart controller — worth real money here, and Orem qualifies for Central Utah Water’s lawn-replacement rebates. Fences are 3 ft solid or 4 ft open in front and 6 ft in the rear, with a permit only above 7 ft.

Orem’s Development Services posts checklists for basement finishes and remodels, and its accessory-apartment rules are specific: the owner must live on the property, the home must be single-family detached, three off-street parking pads are required, and bedroom egress windows must meet the 5.7-square-foot standard. We build to those before an apartment is registered.