Luxury Basement Finishing & Remodeling in Atlanta, GA
Finish Your Atlanta Basement Into the Room Your House is Missing
Stop living above square footage you already paid for and only use for boxes. No more chasing contractors for a quote that comes back late and vague. We publish our prices, walk your basement with you, give you a real number at that visit, and plan every room with you before anyone frames a wall.
Packages from $78 a square foot · A designer on every project Best 6 Houzz Awards for Service, 2021 to 2026
No Waiting, No Guessing, North Atlanta's Most Reliable General Contractor & Remodeler, Call Us
ATLANTA, GA · VIDEO REVIEW
The Millers' Atlanta Basement Renovation, in Their Words
For this Home Owner 'Miller' in Atlanta, GA, we built a kitchen, a movie room, a library, two bathrooms and a mud room. It came to more than $200,000 of work in their home, and the basement renovation was the biggest part of it.
$150,000
Basement renovation
$30,000
Bathroom
$25,000
Mud room
Press play to hear how it went from the Millers themselves.
No One is Offering Transparent Basement Construction Pricing in Atlanta, GA
Every contractor prices differently for basement finishing projects in Atlanta, GA. Some charge cost-plus. Some bundle materials and labor into one number. Labor rates alone vary a lot between companies. That's usually why homeowners end up anxiously awaiting on a quote, not because the number is bad, but because they never knew what was actually being priced. We built our process of 'Simple Pricing Concept' for your basements remodeling, so you know what happens at every step, before you ever pick up the phone.
Husky Cara Fine Homes is an award winning, full service construction company serving the Atlanta metro area, specializing in kitchens, bathrooms, and basements. Our commitment is simple: quality workmanship, transparent pricing, and an exceptional customer experience. During your first appointment, we walk your home with you, take photos and measurements, identify your priorities, and immediately provide a project price range based on your vision and level of investment. Your package includes interior design services, with no hidden costs and no waiting weeks for a quote that doesn't fit your budget. Our White Glove Service was created for homeowners who value their time, their investment, and knowing exactly what to expect.
Our team walks every basement in person. Not a video call, not a guess off square footage.
Most basement quotes are a guess based on square footage over the phone for realtime basement remodeling projects in Alpharetta. Ours aren't. We built three clear pricing tiers, so you know where you stand before we even walk your basement. Materials and labor included in every tier. No surprise change orders halfway through.
Each package features a Husky Cara Expert Interior Designer to assist with your design.
You're about to let a crew work in your basement for weeks. Here's what our clients said once the work was done, and all of it is public.
Houzz bases its Best of Houzz Service award on client reviews from the year before and a pro's overall rating. We've won it every year from 2021 to 2026. That's six straight years of homeowners telling Houzz how their project went.
Just 2 Week Lead Time:
Day 1 — Book your appointment & sign your contract.
Day 5 — Meet Your HCFH Interior designer at your place.
Day 9 — HCFH will file permits for your remodeling project.
Day 14 — Your project is started.
Initial Walkthrough — We walk the space with you, talk through your vision, and review the scope of work.
Sign Your Contract — If you're ready, you can sign and make your first payment the same day.
Meet Your Interior Designer — You're assigned a HCFH designer who works with you from here through completion.
Finalize Your Design — Review your floor plan or 3D rendering, in person or by video, and sign off once it's right.
Permitting — We handle the permit process once your design is approved.
Construction Begins — Most projects start within two-three weeks of design approval, and
we schedule crews months in advance so your project already has a real place on the calendar.
RECENT ATLANTA PROJECTS
Recent Basement and Bar Projects in Atlanta
Two jobs with very different starting points: a basement another contractor left half done, and a rooftop a family wanted for entertaining.
ATLANTA, GA · BASEMENT FINISH
The Chef's Kitchen Basement
Started by another contractor, finished by us.
The homeowner had hired contractors to frame her basement and put in some of the electrical, then stopped trusting the work. We reframed most of it, put in the electrical and installed a new 3-ton HVAC unit. The city inspected the work before we insulated, and it passed.
Her sister is a professional chef, so we designed the kitchen cabinets and countertop and ran an electrical line for serious cooking. Then came more than 150 sheets of drywall, new floors, doors and trim, a tiled shower, a tile backsplash with floating shelves, and fiber optic cable for the TV. She wrote us a Google review and sent photos to show other homeowners.
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New 3 Ton HVAC
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Passed City Inspection
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150+ sheets of drywall
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Tiled shower
ATLANTA, GA · ROOFTOP BAR
The Rooftop Bar
Two bars, one inside and one out.
The homeowners wanted a place to entertain on their rooftop, with a bar, an ice machine and bar seating. We built two bar areas, one inside and one outside, each with room to show off the bottles and set out food and drinks. Outside, friends can sit at the bar, watch TV and eat.
Our interior designer worked with the family on the cabinets, the hardware, and the backsplash with its shelving and lights.
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Ice machine
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Indoor and outdoor bars
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Bar Seating
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Designer-led cabinets
What Atlanta Homeowners Turn Their Basement Into
The foundation, the walls and the roof already built and paid for. That's why the basement is
often the easiest place in the house to gain a room.
Guest on in-law suite
Put a bedroom, a full bathroom and somewhere to make coffee downstairs, and visits stop pushing anyone out of their own room.
Home Gym
On the Best package, the fitnesss room comes with custom rubber floor tiles, gym hooks or shelves, and two 5x5 frameless mirros we install.
Home theater or media room
We build the room around the screen and plan the lighting and wiring before the drywall goes up.
Bars or second kitchen
Better adds a kitchenette with a 48-inch base cabinet and a granite top. Best builds a full kitchen with a cooktop, sink, disposal, microwave, and a fridge with an ice maker.
Just bought a house where the last owner finished the basement badly? We tear oput the redo those too. Getting ready to sell? Tell us at the walkthrough and we'll talk through which package makes sense for the house.
UPFRONT PRICING
Basement Finishing in Atlanta Without the Guesswork
Search for basement remodeling in Atlanta and the top results give you a range like $75,000 to $300,000, or a form to fill out before you see any number at all. So you book 3 visits, want on thee quotes, and still can't tell what's inside each one.
We do it the other way. We call in upfront pricing, and it has been three parts.
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The price is on this page
Three packages, priced per square foot: Good at $78, Better at $88 and Best at $98. Each one lists the bathroom, flooring, lighting, HVAC and kitchen it includes, so you can pick a tier before we ever met.
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You get a number at the walkthrough
We walk your basement with you, measure it, take photos and talk through what you want. You leave that visit with a price range for your project, not a promise to email one later.
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You approve the plan before we build
Your interior designer works through the floor plan or a 3D rendering with you, in person or by video. Construction starts once you've signed off on it.
How Much Does It Cost to Finish a Basement in Atlanta?
With us, finishing a basement in Atlanta costs $78 to $98 per square foot, depending on the package. That puts a 1,000 square foot basement between $78,000 and $98,000.
We measure your basement at the walkthrough, so the number you get there is based on your real space.
Why our price is higher than $30 a square foot
One Atlanta remodeler's published cost guide puts basic basement finishing at $30 to $40 a square foot: insulation, drywall, basic flooring, lights and paint. The same guide puts basements with bathrooms and kitchenettes at $85 to $100.
Our Good package at $78 already includes a full tiled bathroom. Better at $88 adds a kitchenette and a heat pump. The difference is that our list of what's included is on this page, line by line.
What can change your number
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HVAC on Good. The Good package doesn't include it, so we talk through heating and cooling at the walkthrough.
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Water getting in. If we find a moisture problem, it gets fixed before anything else is built.
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Egress windows. A new bedroom without a window or door to the outside needs one cut in.
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Plumbing. A basement with drains already roughed in under the slab is simpler than one where the concrete has to be cut.
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Going custom. Layouts and finishes beyond the three packages get priced to your plan.
For a longer breakdown, read our basement remodeling cost guide.
What your basement costs, by size
1,000 sq ft
Good
Better
Best
$78,000
$88,000
$98,000
1,500 sq ft
Good
Better
Best
$117,000
$132,000
$147,000
2,000 sq ft
Good
Better
Best
$156,000
$176,000
$196,000
ATLANTA,GA
What Atlanta's Ridge, Red Clay and Rain Mean for Your Basement
Atlanta was founded in 1837 on a ridge in Georgia's Piedmont, and the ground and weather here decide a lot about how a basement gets finished.
1,050 ft
Hilly lots
Atlanta sits about 1,050 feet up, so many lots slope and one basement wall often sits at ground level. That's the natural spot for a walkout door or an egress window.
50.43 in
Rain every year
Red clay
It holds water
UGA Extension says Georgia's heavy clay soils "tend to hold moisture well," so we check drainage outside before we frame anything inside.
3D RENDERING OF BASEMENT DESIGN
Husky Cara & J Miles Designs Collaboration
THE REAL BASEMENT, BUILT FROM THIS EXACT DESIGN
Husky Cara & J Miles Designs Collaboration
Step 1 for Basement
Remodeling in Alpharetta
Walkthrough
& Plan
Call Husky Cara Fine Homes and schedule a date and time for one of our representatives to visit your home.
During the initial walkthrough, we will:
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Walk through the basement space with you
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Discuss your goals and vision for basement remodeling
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Review the scope of work we need to fix for basement
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Answer your initial questions in details
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Establish the next steps based on your confirmation
Once you are ready to move forward, you can sign your contract and make your initial payment on day one.
Your Appointment.
Your Plan.
Your Project.
When we come to your home, we walk through the space with you, talk through your vision, review the scope of work, and explain exactly what happens next. If you're ready to move forward, your contract can be signed right there during that same appointment. Your initial appointment isn't just a conversation, it's the actual first step of your project.
Why You need a Basement Renovation
Walk into most basements in Alpharetta and you'll see the same thing. A water heater. Some totes from the last move. Maybe an old treadmill nobody uses. It's square footage the house already has, sitting there, doing nothing for anyone.
Then something changes. A kid needs their own space. Someone starts working from home and the kitchen table isn't cutting it anymore. Family starts visiting more and there's nowhere for them to stay. And that basement stops looking like storage and starts looking like the easiest room to gain in the whole house because the foundation, the roof, and the walls are already built and paid for.
That's basement renovation. Not an addition. Not a new structure. Just finally transforming the space that you always dreamed of.
SAME BASEMENT, DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES
What Your Basement Could Become
01
Skip the Gym
Membership
Your basement can be your own workout space, downstairs, ready whenever you are.
02
Friday Nights,
Reinvented
Pool table, real bar, the room everyone ends up in your remodel basement.
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A second Kitchen in basement, Zero Trips Upstairs
Cook, serve, and entertain in your basement without ever leaving the party.
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Clear the Floor, Turn Up the Music
Once space built for the nights you actually want to remember.
Kitchen Remodeling, from $64,970
Bathroom Remodeling, from $24,500
Three packages at $24,500, $48,500 and $65,500. Demo to the studs, then framing, insulation, plumbing, electrical, waterproofing, tile, glass, vanity, and a designer who plans the room with you. Silver is a hall bath. Gold opens up a primary bathroom. Platinum takes a wall out and builds a new floor plan.
See all three bathroom packages
The Part of Basement
Renovation Nobody Shows You in Photos
Open or closed — that's the first real decision, before paint colors, before flooring. Open leaves the ceiling exposed, with ductwork visible along the joists. Closed hides all of that behind drywall or a drop ceiling, at the cost of a few inches of head height. We walk you through both, in person, before pricing ever comes up.
Basement HVAC: Heating, Cooling, and Improving the Air Quality
A finished basement needs its own real HVAC plan, not just a vent or two tapped off the upstairs system. Basement HVAC covers three things: heating and cooling sized correctly for the space, ductwork routed to actually reach every room being finished, and humidity control, since basements hold moisture even after the walls are dry. Better includes a 2.5 ton heat pump, Best includes 3 ton, both sized for the square footage being finished, not a generic number pulled off a chart.
We check for moisture and drainage on the very first walkthrough, before framing starts, because basement air problems almost always trace back to a water issue nobody caught early. That's also when we decide open basement or closed, since it affects how the ductwork gets routed and how much stays visible. You get one team handling HVAC as part of the renovation, not a separate contractor you have to find, vet, and schedule around your own build timeline.
Basement Flooring: Why Luxury Vinyl Plank Beats Carpet and Hardwood Down Here
Basement flooring has one job regular flooring doesn't: surviving moisture that can show up years after the room is finished. Carpet holds water and grows mold if it ever gets wet. Solid hardwood swells and warps. Luxury vinyl plank does neither, which is why it's the flooring in every tier we offer, not an upsell. Good and Better use 8mm LVP in the main living area, Best runs 12mm through the entire basement including bedrooms, thicker material that holds up to more daily foot traffic.
Every tier includes three and a quarter inch baseboards installed as part of the job, not billed separately after the fact. And because we're the same team handling the waterproofing and framing before the floor ever goes down, the flooring choice gets made with your actual basement's moisture history in mind, not picked off a sample board without knowing what's underneath it.
flooring that
doesn't care if water shows up
Paint's easy to redo. Flooring isn't, especially in a basement, where water eventually shows up even in good ones. Every tier uses luxury vinyl plank instead of carpet or hardwood for exactly that reason, it doesn't warp, it doesn't hold moisture the way carpet does.
BASEMENT GYM:
Proof It's Not Just a Corner With a Treadmill
Rubber floor tiles, not a stick-on mat. Real gym hooks. On Best, two frameless 5x5 mirrors. This isn't a description, it's what's already sitting in the Chateau Elan photos above, a real room someone actually lifts weights in, not a rendering.
Basement Home Gym: What's Actually Included, Not Just a Corner With a Rack
A real basement home gym needs flooring that handles dropped weights and moisture both, proper ventilation since basements run more humid than the rest of the house, and enough electrical capacity for equipment that plugs in. On Best, that means customized rubber floor tiles instead of stick-on mats, real gym hooks or shelving, and two custom frameless 5x5 mirrors.
This isn't a hypothetical layout, it's the real Chateau Elan Gym & Juice Bar project, not a rendering. Because gym build-outs go through the same walkthrough as the rest of the basement, electrical and ventilation get planned before the drywall goes up, not patched in afterward once someone realizes the outlet's in the wrong spot.
Why our previous clients loved Husky Cara Fine Homes, LLC Basement Remodeling Projects
14/22
14 of 22 five-star reviews mention finishing on time or ahead of schedule, unprompted
13/22
13 of 22 use the word
"recommend" without being asked to or request for review
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9 People specifically call the team "professional" in their own words in feedbacks
Princeton Nash's Review as "They truly deserve their own HGTV show!" — after Husky Cara turned water damage across three floors into a fully renovated home, basement included.
We Built Three Real,
Complete Pricing Tiers for Your Basements in Atlanta
Feature | Good | Better | Best |
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Price | $78 / sq ft | $88 / sq ft | $98 / sq ft |
Bathroom | Tub and shower combination w/ no niche. Ceramic or porcelain tile 12x12 to 12x24 size tiles | Tub and shower combination w/ one niche. Ceramic or porcelain tile 12x12 to 12x24 size tiles | 12x12 to 12x24 size tiles Marble, Porcelain or Ceramic tiles. Tub and shower combination w/ two niche |
Flooring | 8mm LVP throughout main area with three and quarter inch baseboards | 8mm LVP throughout main area with three and quarter inch baseboards | 12mm LVP throughout main area with three and quarter inch baseboards |
Drywall | Walls and ceilings with insulation roll foam and R rated where required per code | Walls and ceilings with insulation roll foam and R rated where required per code | Walls and ceilings with insulation roll foam and R rated where required per code |
Bedrooms | Carpet in bedrooms | 8mm LVP throughout | 12mm LVP throughout |
Electric | Outlets and switches as per code, eight recessed lights, and one ceiling fan | Outlets and switches as per code, eight recessed lights, and two ceiling fans | Two pendant lights. Three hallway ceiling mount lights. Outlets and switches as per code, twenty recessed lights, and three ceiling fans |
Paint | Painting throughout. White ceilings and one signature wall shade | Paint throughout. White ceilings and three signature wall shades | Paint throughout. White ceilings and four signature wall shades |
Interior Doors | Prehung doors for all bedrooms | Prehung doors for all bedrooms | Prehung doors for all bedrooms |
HVAC | Excluded | 2.5 Ton heat pump | 3 Ton heat pump |
Kitchen / Kitchenette | Excluded | Kitchenette: One 48 inch base cabinets w/ granite countertops. Three floating shelves and ceramic or porcelain backsplash | Fully functional kitchen with electrical cooktop, sink, microwave, garbage disposal and refrigerator with ice maker. Eight base cabinets w/ granite countertops. Two floating shelves, marble or porcelain backsplash |
Fitness Room | Not included | Not included | Customized rubber floor tiles. Gym Hooks or shelves. Two custom frameless 5x5 mirrors (installation only) |
Best of Houzz Service, six years running, 2021 through 2026, with 4.8 out of 5 from real client reviews. Best in Alpharetta, GA.
Award-Winning Since 2021.
Three complete bathroom packages with the full scope listed under each one.Not a number you have to sit through a pitch to hear.
Real Prices, Published Upfront.
Every package includes a real design consultation, a digital mood board and a 3D rendering. Not an upsell added after you have signed.
Interior Designer Included
from Day 2
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Same-Day
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Atlanta Basement Remodeling Questions, Answered
How much does it cost to finish a basement in Atlanta?
With Husky Cara, $78 to $98 per square foot, depending on the package. A 1,000 square foot basement runs $78,000 on Good, $88,000 on Better and $98,000 on Best.
How much does it cost to finish a 2,000 square foot basement?
$156,000 on Good, $176,000 on Better and $196,000 on Best. We confirm your real square footage at the walkthrough.
Can you finish a basement for $10,000?
Not with our packages. At $78 a square foot, $10,000 covers about 128 square feet, roughly the size of a storage room. We'd rather tell you that now than quote low to get in the door.
Do I need a permit to finish my basement in Atlanta?
In most cases, yes, especially when the plan adds plumbing, electrical work or a bedroom. Inside the city limits, residential permits go through the City of Atlanta's Office of Buildings. An Atlanta mailing address doesn't always mean you're inside the city, though. Most Sandy Springs ZIP codes used "Atlanta" as the default mailing city until the Postal Service approved a change in March 2026, and those homes get their permits from Sandy Springs.
Can I see a basement you've finished in Atlanta?
Yes. Watch the Millers' video review and see the Chef's Kitchen basement on this page, and see more of our basement work on our Houzz profile.
What are the most common basement remodel mistakes?
Finishing over a water problem, treating HVAC as an afterthought, putting a bedroom where there's no way to add an egress window, and choosing flooring that can't handle a damp slab. We look at all four during the walkthrough.
Is HVAC included?
On Better and Best, yes. Better includes a 2.5-ton heat pump and Best a 3-ton. Good doesn't include HVAC, so we talk through heating and cooling at the walkthrough.
Can you add a bathroom or a kitchen to my basement?
Yes. Every package includes a bathroom with a tiled tub and shower. Better adds a kitchenette, and Best builds a full kitchen.
What's the difference between basement finishing and basement remodeling?
Finishing turns an unfinished basement into living space. Remodeling reworks a basement that's already finished but dated or badly built. We do both.
Do you work in my part of Atlanta?
We work across Atlanta and the northern suburbs, including Decatur, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Roswell, Marietta, Johns Creek, Peachtree Corners, Milton, Alpharetta, Duluth, Cumming and Braselton. If you're closer to Alpharetta, see our basement remodeling page for Alpharetta.
Do you offer any discounts?
We don't run percentage discounts. Our prices are already published, so there's nothing padded to mark down. What we do offer is a price lock: sign at your walkthrough and the price we give you that day is the price you pay.
My basement had water damage and insurance is paying. Can you do the rebuild?
Yes. We work with your insurance company, document the damage and write a detailed scope for the rebuild. Tell us about the claim when you book.
What time of year is best to finish a basement in Atlanta?
Any time of year. It's indoor work, so weather rarely holds it up. If you're still deciding, a humid stretch in spring or late summer is a good time to check your basement with a cheap hygrometer. A reading that stays above 60 percent means humidity control belongs in the plan.
What if another contractor already started my basement?
We can take it over. At the walkthrough we look at what's already built. Work that won't pass code or won't hold up, like cut king studs or a load-bearing wall without support, gets torn out and redone before we finish the room. We did exactly that on a basement where another company had already done the framing and some of the electrical.
Book Your Free Basement Walkthrough in Atlanta, GA
Tell us about your basement. We'll call back within 12 hours, walk the space with you, and give you a price range at that visit.
Sunday to Friday, 10am to 7pm
