Utah County homeowners: get your free basement design + quote

Get a Free Design + Quote For Your Basement — And a Vetted Utah Crew To Build It Start to Finish

A $2,500 concept design of your actual basement, free — and a real quote from one licensed, insured crew we’d hire ourselves, who takes it start to finish. One plan, one builder, one number. Design this fall, be finished for the holidays.
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Do you own the home?

The free walkthrough and design happen in your basement — so we work with homeowners.

Where’s the house?

What should the basement become?

When do you want it finished?

Last step — where do we reach you?

We’ll call the same business day to set up your free design + quote visit.
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Vetted crews
License & insurance checked before they ever see your job
Volume pricing
Steady work earns rates a one-off job can't
Free 3D design
Your actual basement, laid out before you commit
One crew, start to finish
Never your number sold to five contractors
How this works

Design first. Then one vetted crew builds it — start to finish.

Every Beehive basement starts in design: your layout, your scope, your real price — before anyone bids anything. Then one licensed, insured crew takes your project start to finish. No bidding circus, no five contractors calling at dinner. And because we don't keep a crew of our own that needs feeding, the crew on your job is there for one reason — it's the right one for your job. Here’s exactly how it works.
Finding a contractor yourself
Starting with Beehive
Design
✕You describe what you want and hope the bid matches it
✓A free 3D design of your actual basement first — so every quote is for the same thing
Finding a crew
✕Weeks of calls, reviews, and hoping the license checks out
✓A vetted crew we've already worked with — license and insurance checked before they ever see your job
Price
✕Retail, one-off job pricing — you have no leverage
✓The pricing steady volume earns — typically at or below walk-in rates
Your info
✕Lead sites sell your number to four contractors who all call at dinner
✓One crew, one call. We never sell your number
Cost to you
✕Your time — and whatever the wrong pick costs you
✓Nothing. The design and the introduction are free — homeowners never pay us
Who builds it
✕Whoever you found
✓Your crew, start to finish — they contract with you directly, pull permits, and warranty their work
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Straight talk about what we do

What we handle
  • A free walkthrough and 3D design of your basement
  • Getting the scope right before anyone quotes it
  • Putting a vetted, licensed crew on your project — the right one for the job
  • Getting you one real, apples-to-apples number
What your builder handles
  • The contract — it's between you and them
  • Permits, inspections, and the build schedule
  • The crew, the timeline, and day-to-day questions
  • The workmanship warranty on the finished work
We only put crews on your project that we'd hire ourselves — and we want to hear about it either way once the job's done.
How we get basements finished

From bare studs to finished — in four steps.

See everything a Beehive basement finish includes.
01
Walk & Measure
A free in-home walkthrough. We measure everything — windows, posts, plumbing, ceiling — and listen to how you’ll actually use the space.
02
Design
You get 2–3 concept layouts of your real basement, code-checked for egress and room sizes, with a line-item scope sheet and an honest price range.
03
Meet Your Builder
We put your plan in front of the vetted crew that fits it best. They walk your basement with you and price your exact design — one real bid, no bidding circus.
04
Build
Your crew takes it start to finish — contract, permits, schedule, warranty. We check back at the end, because a crew that disappoints you never gets another Beehive project.

Get your free design + quote

A $2,500 design and a real quote, free — and one vetted crew to build it start to finish. You pay us nothing, ever.
Get my free design + quote
Basement apartments

Make the basement pay for itself.

Utah now lets most single-family homes add a legal basement apartment — what Utahns have always called a mother-in-law apartment. We design the egress, separate entrance, and kitchen, and check your city’s rules for your address. Your builder handles the permits and the build. You collect the rent.
How basement apartments work in your city →
The math on an 800 sq ft apartment
Typical Lehi rent
$1,400 / mo
Yearly rental income
$16,800
Conversion cost
from $95,000
Pays for itself in
~6–7 years
Why homeowners start here

Get the basement designed right — before anyone swings a hammer.

A design that’s truly free
The builder pays our referral fee — disclosed up front. Homeowners never pay us anything, ever.
No crew to keep busy
We don’t build, so we have no reason to push the wrong crew or pad your scope. Our only job is the right plan and the right builder.
Code-checked concepts
Egress windows, bedroom sizes, and fire separation get flagged in the design — not at inspection.
Real 2026 pricing
Your scope sheet is priced from the same line-item model as our public cost calculator — try it yourself before we ever meet.
Vetted crews only
License and insurance checked before a crew ever sees a Beehive project — and re-checked every year.
Apartment expertise
Mother-in-law apartment design — egress, private entrance, kitchen — that can pay for itself in about 6–7 years of rent.
The finished feel

What your basement could become.

Concept rendering of a finished basement home theater with leather recliners
Home theater
Concept rendering of a bright finished basement family room with egress daylight
Family room
Concept rendering of a basement apartment kitchen with white shaker cabinets
Apartment kitchen
Concept rendering of a basement wet bar with waterfall quartz counter
Wet bar
Concept rendering of a finished basement home gym with mirrored wall
Home gym
Concept rendering of a finished basement bathroom with walk-in tile shower
Bathroom
Concept renderings — the style range our designs draw from. Project photo gallery coming as builds complete. Browse more basement ideas.

Straight answers

Who actually does the work?

A licensed, insured Utah crew we’ve worked with and would hire ourselves. We do the free design and put the right crew on your project; your crew contracts with you directly, pulls the permits, runs the schedule, and warranties the work. We’re the front end — they’re the builder.

How can it cost the same or less if you're involved?

Because we save the builder money before they ever meet you. A contractor prices a one-off job to cover slow weeks, sales calls, and bids that go nowhere. We hand them a designed, scoped, ready-to-quote project from a homeowner who’s serious — so they price it better. Our fee comes out of what we save them, not out of your budget.

Do you manage the project?

No — and we’re upfront about that. We handle the design, the scoping, and bringing in the right crew. Once you and your builder agree on terms, the project is theirs to run and yours to work with them on directly. We check back in when it’s done, because a crew that disappoints you never gets another Beehive project.

How much does it cost to finish a basement in Utah County?

Standard finishes run $50–65 per square foot in 2026 — roughly $45,000–$60,000 for a typical 800–1,000 sq ft basement. Rental-ready basement apartments run $95–120 per square foot because of the kitchen, separate entrance, and fire separation. See our full cost guide.

How long does a basement finish take?

A typical project runs about six weeks from demo to final inspection: framing and rough-ins in weeks 1–3, drywall in week 4, and finishes in weeks 5–6. Basement apartments run 8–10 weeks.

Do I need a permit to finish my basement?

Yes — every city we serve requires a building permit for a basement finish, and bedrooms require a code-compliant egress window. Your builder pulls the permit and schedules the inspections — we make sure the design meets code before it ever gets there. Details by city in our permit guide.

Can my basement become a rental apartment?

In most cases, yes. Utah law now requires most cities to allow one internal accessory apartment in single-family homes. It needs an egress, a separate entrance in most cities, a kitchen, and city registration — see basement apartments.

See your basement finished before you spend a dollar.

Free in-home walkthrough, 3D design, and a fixed-price bid — usually within 48 hours.
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