Level Up Basement Calgary
LEVEL UP GROUP CALGARY
Welcome to Level Up Calgary! For over ten years, our team has been transforming homes with comprehensive renovations, with a special focus on basement remodeling. We pride ourselves on our efficient basement finishing services, completed within a swift timeframe of two to four weeks. Our expertise extends to a range of other home improvement areas, including kitchen makeovers, bathroom upgrades, expert wall painting, tiling, flooring, and stair solutions to enhance your living spaces.
Looking to finish or upgrade your basement? Start with an estimate: use our online basement renovation calculator and send yourself an approximate quote by email:
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WHY US?
We care about our customers, and in turn, our customers care about us.
Level Up maintains a 10/10 average customer rating on HomeStars because we go beyond high quality and swift work; we make you our priority. If you aren’t satisfied, then our work isn’t done, and we’ll go to great lengths to finish it with our team of expert interior designers, framers, and experienced workers.
Want to Reach Out and Ask Something?
We serve the entire Calgary Metropolitan Region; our reach includes more than Calgary, including the neighboring communities of Cochrane, Chestermere, Strathmore, and Okotoks, among others. If you’re in or around these areas and looking to elevate your home, don’t hesitate to reach out for a personalized estimate!
Level Up Basement Calgary FAQs
A legal basement suite in Calgary must have proper permits and be built in a permitted zone for basement suites. In addition, all legal basement suites in Calgary are required to have a bathroom, kitchen, separate entryway, and bedrooms with proper windows installed.
Aside from multiple life-threatening risks concerning electricity and plumbing, the city of Calgary requires a permit to be obtained for first-time development. Not listening can cause the city to force you to undo all the development, while also heavily fining you.
Calgary is currently offering the Secondary Suite Incentive program to homeowners for completing all safety requirements concerning the legality of a secondary suite (Basement Development). There is also a program that offers financing from the city of Calgary called the CEIP which aims to improve energy efficiency!
The usual suspects for the most expensive parts of developing a basement tend to be licensed work (think electricity and plumbing) and structural work (changes made to the foundation/structure of the home and waterproofing). Aside from requiring an experienced and licensed contractor to achieve good results, these parts of development take time, adding it to the cost.
It is a general belief that developing your basement will add about 70% of the monetary value invested into house value, and while this should be taken with a hint of salt as it isn’t an ironclad rule, it tends to be true. A customer who spent $109,000 on his basement development should expect the value of his home to increase by $70,850 – $81,750 (Plus or minus 5% from 70%).
According to the city of Calgary, it will take them approximately 7 days, but contingencies should be planned in case the process takes anywhere from 1 week to 3-4 weeks due to possible complications.
