Basement Remodeling in South Jersey
There’s a fine line between “cozy” and “crowded.” When you’re feeling the urge to add onto your home, the best opportunities are often right beneath your feet.
Finished basements represent a huge range of possibilities — whether they’re employed as an extension of your main floor creature comforts, or a totally dedicated escape for work, play, or to simply get away.
Ayars’ South Jersey basement remodeling experts help homeowners extract maximum enjoyment and functionality from their understories, while ensuring the space is dry, insulated, and inviting for decades to come.
Basement Remodeling Contractors South Jersey Trusts
Communication was really important to me throughout this entire process — Ethan, Eric, Josh, the entire team were entirely communicative with us from start to finish and we couldn’t be more grateful for their transparency throughout the whole project. Ethan and his team were true professionals … giving us project checkpoints and just asking us how we’re feeling … I cannot recommend [Ayars] enough whenever anybody asks “Who’s working on your house?”
-Laura F., Homeowner in Woolwich, NJ
Highest quality work done efficiently and with the utmost level of professionalism. 6 out of 5 stars.
Ayars were excellent. We were extremely happy with their high quality and efficient basement remodel. It turned out even better than we hoped! Cannot recommend them highly enough. We will definitely be using them again for future home additions!
What Is Your Basement Finishing Goal?
Room for Activities
We love kids, but they often come with clutter. Playrooms, recreational rooms, and game rooms are among the most popular basement remodeling goals — whether you’re raising young or simply young at heart. Our craftsmen will install the ideal flooring, shelving, storage, and electrical solutions to accommodate your hobbies.
A Place to Concentrate
Even if you never intend to work from home, we all occasionally need a quiet place to sort out our finances, conduct internet research, or simply collect our thoughts. Ayars’ basement home office designs carefully consider soundproofing and incorporation of natural lighting to maximize productivity and mood — whether you’re on or off the clock.
Rest and Relaxation
The basement is the perfect locale for a den, “man cave,” or family room — a place to kick your feet up and spend quality time with the people you care about or all by yourself. During the design phase, we’ll discuss furniture arrangements and define the lounge area and the complementary elements of the overall floor plan.
Secondary Living Area
Family and friends come and go — but not always on our schedules. A basement in-law suite allows homeowners to adapt to flexible living situations, whether loved ones are “just dropping in” for a weekend or “sticking around” for a while. Basement bathrooms, kitchenettes, and bedrooms provide privacy along with all the essentials for separate-but-together living.
Beautiful Basements, Bar None
We build basement bars for connoisseurs and casual entertainers alike — implementing wine racks, beverage fridges, ice makers, dishwashers, and even draft systems for our clients.
Fitness Without the Gym Membership
If fitness is your passion, the basement is well-conditioned to meet your needs. The more isolated environment allows you to focus on your goals, with floor space for your equipment.
Creative Comforts
For structural and utilitarian reasons, unfinished basements usually aren’t all that homey. We warm it up via drywalling, lighting, flooring, and creatively scheming around mechanicals.
Service Area
Ayars provides basement finishing services to Gloucester County and parts of Camden County in South Jersey, including:
- Clarksboro, NJ
- Mantua Township, NJ
- Mickleton, NJ
- Mullica Hill, NJ
- Sewell, NJ
- Swedesboro, NJ
- Wenonah, NJ
- West Deptford, NJ
- Woodbury, NJ
- Woolwich Township, NJ
Our design showroom in Mickleton, NJ is open to new customers by appointment only.
Frequently Asked Questions
Basement FAQS
That depends on a few factors. First, you must ensure your basement does not have issues with water. Secondly, the foundation walls should be checked to ensure that there are not any structural issues. All mechanicals including HVAC, electrical, and plumbing need to be inspected to ensure that provisions can be made for access to key areas where necessary. Newly adopted New Jersey code requires an additional point of egress in addition to the stairway leading to the basement, and any bedroom in a basement requires a separate exitway. This is typically accomplished by installing an egress window with a window well.
In most cases, basements are used for additional living space or recreational areas. Sometimes this may include a dry bar/wet bar, which can be custom-designed to fit your needs. Finished basements are often more attractive than additions due to the benefit of not expanding the home’s footprint and are usually less expensive per square foot.
Drywall is installed in basements all the time. Ensuring the basement is dry and taking precautions to make sure it stays that way is key. The ceilings can also be drywalled as long as there are no mechanical access issues. It is no different than having wiring, plumbing, and HVAC on the first or second floors. The only components to take into consideration are clean-outs, shut-offs, or other important access points since they are typically located in the basement.
Our preferred method of framing for basements is always steel studs. We believe minimizing the presence of wood can be beneficial in the event there are ever any water issues, as well as to limit the attraction of insects.
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