Basement Renovations in Oakville
Luxury basement finishing for Oakville homes. Free 3D design, an itemized price that locks before you sign, a lifetime workmanship warranty and a written finish date that pays you $200 for every late day.
Get a Free EstimateSee our projectsBasement renovation in Oakville, street by street
In Glen Abbey, River Oaks and Joshua Creek, executive homes come with generous footprints where a finished lower level becomes a theatre, wine room, gym or full guest suite finished to the same standard as the main floors. This is where our premium catalog earns its keep, and you can see the luxury basements we have built across the GTA.
Older properties near Old Oakville, Bronte and Kerr Village can carry heritage or conservation considerations and benefit from moisture-first construction, both of which we manage as part of the project. Whatever you start with, you end with finished square footage your family uses every week, and a number your Oakville house carries at resale.
What we build in Oakville basements
Basement finishing
Theatres, bars, gyms and family spaces. Wood studs with metal tracks and moisture-resistant drywall as standard, finished to match the rest of your home.
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Home renovations
Kitchens, bathrooms and whole-home updates for Oakville families, built with the same crew and warranty as our basements.
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Structural & legal suites
Underpinning for ceiling height, waterproofing, and permitted separate entrances for legal Oakville second suites.
EXPLORE STRUCTURAL WORK →Big footprints in Glen Abbey, River Oaks and Joshua Creek
Oakville homes give us room to work. The estates of Glen Abbey, River Oaks and Joshua Creek were built from the 1980s onward on wide lots with deep poured-concrete foundations, so a basement of 1,200 to 1,500 square feet with ceilings over eight feet is the norm rather than the exception. That scale changes the brief. Instead of fitting a family room and a bathroom into 700 square feet, we are planning a theatre, a bar, a gym and a full guest suite for visiting parents, and making them read as one space.
Our Rattlesnake Path project in Oakville shows what that looks like: 1,373 square feet finished for $170,000 to $180,000, with a 19-foot bar around a 9-foot island, a 100-inch fireplace, a tiled steam shower with a bench and a ballet bar in the gym. Hatfield Drive, also in Oakville, came in at 1,308 square feet for $80,000 to $90,000 with a simpler finish. Same town, similar size, half the price. Scope drives the number, not square footage.
Older homes in Bronte and Old Oakville are a different animal, with smaller footprints, lower ceilings and lakeside moisture, and they get the waterproof-first treatment before any millwork is discussed.
Permits run through Town of Oakville Building Services, and our licensed structural engineer prepares and stamps the drawings while we handle the application. From Richmond Hill, Oakville is about 50 minutes down the 407, and the drive has never been a reason to turn down the job.
Every basement is priced from the same quote sheet, line by line. Permit drawings, 3D design and the lifetime workmanship warranty are included.
A 1,373 sq ft entertaining basement on Rattlesnake Path
- Completed 2024
- 1,373 sq ft
- $170,000 to $180,000
A 19-foot bar with six custom cabinets and a 9-foot island, a 10-foot TV wall cabinet beside a 100-inch linear fireplace, and a bathroom tiled floor to ceiling with a custom steam shower, bench, niche and thermostatic controls. A ballet bar, three closets, ten doors and 57 pot lights complete it, all on an insulated DRICORE R+ subfloor.
What a basement in Oakville costs, by scope
The same quote sheet we use everywhere in the GTA, line by line. Permit drawings, 3D design and the lifetime workmanship warranty are included.
| Scope | Price before HST |
|---|---|
| 600 sq ft with a three-piece bathroom | $56,000 |
| 800 sq ft with a three-piece bathroom | $62,000 |
| 1,000 sq ft with a three-piece bathroom | $67,800 |
| 1,200 sq ft with a three-piece bathroom and two bedrooms | $75,200 |
| 1,500 sq ft with a three-piece bathroom and two bedrooms | $83,700 |
| The family basement: media wall, full bathroom, laundry, around 1,000 sq ft | $60,000 to $85,000 |
| The entertainment build: theatre or media room, bar, gym, spa bathroom, 1,000 to 1,300 sq ft | $95,000 to $130,000 |
| Three-piece bathroom, added to a basement without one | $11,700 |
| Custom wet bar | +$15,000 |
| Home theatre setup | +$20,000 |
| Walkout entrance, permits included | $15,000 to $25,000 |
| Full-perimeter underpinning for low ceilings | $60,000 to $120,000 |
| Legal basement apartment, purpose-built | $75,000 to $110,000 or more |
Every basement is priced from the same quote sheet, line by line: a 1,000 sq ft basement with a three-piece bathroom comes to about $67,800 before HST, and the price per square foot falls as the basement grows because the permit, bin, breakers, stairs and bathroom cost the same at any size. Use the calculator to price yours. Cost guides: bathroom, walkout and underpinning.
A real basement we finished in Oakville
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