Basement Finishing in The Highlands, KY
Local, owner-operated basement finishing for The Highlands, turning the lower levels of Louisville's most eclectic neighborhood's homes into finished, livable space.
Rated 5 stars by Louisville homeowners
“The Base Basements team did an excellent job finishing our large game room in our basement. My wife and I are very pleased with their price, professionalism and especially the completed project! We highly recommend their service!!”
“My fiancé and I just bought a rental home with an unfinished basement that honestly looked like a dungeon. Harrison was about to come out and show us different iterations of what it could look like and we ended up choosing a speakeasy bar with billiards! We cannot wait to see that come to life!”
“Great doing business with these guys, very upfront and honest!!”
Why Working in The Highlands Is Different
The Highlands was largely built out between the 1890s and the 1940s, so the basements here are block or rubble foundation under houses that were never designed around a finished lower level. Expect walls that wander out of plumb across a run, uneven floor slabs, and a ceiling full of pipe routing added a decade at a time. There is also a rule most homeowners here do not know about. Part of the neighborhood sits inside the Cherokee Triangle Preservation District, one of a handful of local preservation districts Louisville Metro has designated, and inside one of those a change to the outside of the house can need a Certificate of Appropriateness before any work starts.
How We Work in The Highlands
Interior work is unaffected by the district, so framing, drywall, flooring and lighting run exactly as they would anywhere else. What we check first is which side of the boundary your address falls on, because anything touching an exterior opening gets designed and approved before someone starts cutting. On the walls we frame independent of the foundation with a gap for airflow, then specify moisture-resistant board on the exterior-facing runs so drywall hanging and finishing lands flat even where the block does not. Basement drywall in Louisville and basement painting in Louisville run on one schedule. We also work in Germantown and St. Matthews.
Ready to finish your The Highlands basement?
Tell us what you want done and we'll walk the space and give you a free estimate. Usually within a week.
Serving The Highlands and the surrounding Louisville Metro