Your lower level can be more than a place for storage. Your basement or lower level contains extra square footage that is valuable—both for your own family and for potential buyers someday. With a remodel including these features, turn it into a space that you can’t live without.
Style Features
Some homeowners like to make their lower level feel like any other room in the house. The style, colors, and flooring remain the same upstairs and downstairs. Others like to make their lower level radically different.
Whether you prefer consistency or not, it is common for basements to have an open concept, also popular on main levels. An open concept avoids the need to use more of the square footage for walls. But you can still use the lower level for many reasons. There are plenty of features that work in an open space, such as:
- A family room with lounge seating and a TV
- A kids play area
- A kitchen with a wet or dry bar
- A recreation room with a pool or ping pong table
- A home gym
Depending on your needs and wants, your budget, and your space, you could have all or some of these features in the lower level, with an open floor pan that makes it easy to move from area to area.
Trendy Features
Although keeping the space open is common, there are two must-have areas of the lower level that are exceptions.
Common in many lower levels today is an extra bedroom and bathroom. This gives guests who stay for an extended period their own room and privacy. It also works well with older kids who live at home. If you have a teenager in the house or an adult child who moved back home, the bedroom and bathroom in the basement could be his or her personal space. Remodeling your lower level to be a walkout—in other words, building a door and windows to face the exterior— is convenient not only for guests, but also satisfies building codes with an exit in case of an emergency.
In addition, now that working from home is commonplace, a home office in the lower level can help productivity. There is plenty of room in a basement for cabinets or shelves to store documents and supplies, and the room could be made soundproof from areas of the home that can get loud during the day.
With the extra space that a basement gives a house, homeowners are getting creative and adding value to their homes through a remodel.
Balsitis Contracting is happy to help you transform your lower level into a luxurious space that works for you and your family. Contact us at 262-203-3952, email info@balsitiscontracting.com, or fill out a contact form online.