Basement finishing · Milton & Halton
Your basement has been storage for eleven years.
We finish basements in Milton, and we publish what every one of them cost, how long it took, and what went wrong along the way. No mystery quote. No disappearing act in week three.
Next site visit availability: week of 8 September
- WSIB clearance
- Active Cert. #SPEC-4471288, ask to see it
- Liability cover
- $5,000,000 Certificate sent with every quote
- Milton permits pulled
- 34 since 2019 Halton building dept. record
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years Written, transferable on sale
What a finished basement actually costs in Milton
Every other contractor makes you sit through a sales visit to hear a number. Here it is. These are real ranges from the last eleven jobs, and the middle column is where most Milton builds land.
| Scope | Typical size | Range | Most jobs land at | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open rec roomFraming, drywall, floors, lighting, trim | 700 to 900 sq ft | $32,000 to $46,000 | $38,500 | 4 to 5 weeks |
| Rec room + full bathAdds 3-piece bath, rough-in tie-back | 900 to 1,100 sq ft | $48,000 to $67,000 | $56,000 | 6 to 8 weeks |
| Bath, bar & bedroomAdds wet bar, egress window, closet | 1,100 to 1,400 sq ft | $62,000 to $88,000 | $71,000 | 8 to 10 weeks |
| Legal second suiteSeparate entry, fire separation, HVAC split | 1,000 to 1,300 sq ft | $95,000 to $140,000 | $112,000 | 12 to 16 weeks |
Prices include permits, drawings, disposal and HST. They do not include underpinning, waterproofing, or moving a structural post, if your basement needs one of those, we tell you at the site visit, before you have paid us anything.
A recent one, in full
Not a gallery of tidy corners. The whole job, the number, the schedule, and the week it went sideways.
The Vandenberg basement
Hawthorne Village · Finished March 2026
A 2011 Mattamy build with a 7'-2" ceiling, a cold room nobody used, and the furnace parked awkwardly in the middle of the floor plate. The family wanted a rec room their teenagers would actually sit in, a proper bathroom so guests stopped using the ensuite, and a bar that didn't look like a basement bar.
We boxed the furnace into a service wall rather than moving it, a $6,800 saving that cost them nothing but eleven inches. Egress window cut into the north wall for code. Engineered oak throughout, because carpet in a Milton basement is a five-year decision.
Week three, the egress cut exposed a section of weeping tile sitting higher than the drawings showed. That stopped the job for nine days and added $4,100 for a re-route. We ate the schedule; the Vandenbergs paid the material cost, and we showed them the invoice.
How the job runs
Four stages, in order, because that is genuinely the sequence, and you always know which one you're in.
STAGE 01
Site visit
Ninety minutes. We measure, check the ceiling height, find the beams, and tell you on the spot if there's a problem worth walking away from.
Free · booked within 5 days
STAGE 02
Drawings & fixed price
A layout, a materials list, and one number that does not move unless you change the scope in writing.
$450, credited to the build
STAGE 03
Permit & build
We pull the Halton permit. One crew, on site daily, same faces. You get a photo update every Friday whether anything interesting happened or not.
4 to 16 weeks by scope
STAGE 04
Walkthrough & warranty
We walk it with you and write the deficiency list ourselves. Final payment is due after that list is closed, not before.
5-year written warranty
What Milton homeowners said
“They found the weeping tile problem, stopped, and phoned me before touching anything. Every other quote we got would have poured over it and told us in year two.”
“The Friday photo turned up every single week. Twice it was a picture of an empty room with a note saying nothing happened, waiting on inspection. I appreciated that more than the good weeks.”
“We had two quotes higher and one lower. The lower one wouldn't put the number in writing. That told us everything we needed.”
Book a site visit
Ninety minutes, no charge, no pressure. You get a real number range before we leave your house.
- We reply the same day, or by 9am next morning
- If your basement isn't a good fit, we say so and tell you who is
- Insurance and WSIB certificates come with the quote, unasked
- Rather talk? 905-555-0142