Basement Finishing in Roswell, GA

Basement Finishing for Roswell homes

Roswell's population multiplied between 1970 and 2000, and the housing records that growth. Martin's Landing and Brookfield Country Club date mostly to the late 1970s; Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek, Loch Highland and Wildwood Springs filled in through the 1980s; Barrington Farms and Edenwilde followed in the 1990s. Much of that stock is wood-sided or wood-trimmed, with cedar, hardboard and brick fronts, and the rolling ground that falls toward the river and the creeks gives many lots a slope and a walk-out basement. Older still is the historic district: the Mill Village around Sloan Street, where some millworker housing dates to the 1850s, and the blocks along Canton Street and Mimosa Boulevard, with old wood, plaster and many layers of earlier paint. Newer infill townhomes, such as Harlow and Ashbury, are the exception rather than the rule. For painting and remodeling that adds up to a lot of carpentry before paint, decks and siding at replacement age, and kitchens and baths on their first or second remodel.

Areas we work in Roswell

• Martin's Landing
• Horseshoe Bend
• Brookfield Country Club
• Barrington Farms
• Saddle Creek
• Mill Village

Near Bulloch Hall, Barrington Hall, Roswell Mill ruins and the Vickery Creek trails and across the rest of Roswell.

Basement Finishing on Roswell houses

Roswell's terrain makes basements common. The ground drops toward the Chattahoochee, Big Creek and Vickery Creek, and many 1980s and 90s homes in Horseshoe Bend, Saddle Creek and Barrington Farms sit on sloping lots with walk-out or daylight basements. Those spaces have natural light and a door to the yard, which makes them good candidates for a family room, guest suite or home office. Many were partly finished decades ago with wood paneling, carpet over concrete and drop ceilings, so the job often starts with taking out an old finish before building a new one.

What usually gets missed

The thing to rule out first is water. On a hillside lot the uphill wall takes groundwater and runoff, and an old finished basement can hide damp drywall or mildew behind the paneling. We check the foundation walls, gutters and grading before any framing. We also look at headroom under ducts and beams, and at where the panel and drain lines sit, since those decide where rooms and a bathroom can actually go.