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Average Cost To Remodel Basement

Name: Joel Wittemann  City: Waukesha

Question: I would like to get a feel what it would cost to remodel a 1000 sq ft basement with 10 foot ceilings adding one bathroom and 12'x12' bedroom and some electrical and 2 windows.

Name: joe | Date: July 29, 2005, 4:25
Answer: Basement finishing these days starts at about $40 per sf...or a starting point of about $40,000. ...The bath alone will cost about $8,000....And codes will require emergency escape and rescue windows one for the living space and one for the each bedroom....Thes window openings must meet code requirements and if they need to be located in wells below grade will probably cost about $5,000 each to install....Project cost starts at about $58,000 for your $1000sf basement.