Your unfinished basement is your home's best room — waiting to happen.

In the Chicago western suburbs, most full basement finishes land between $40–$75 per square foot, depending on whether you add a bathroom, bar/kitchenette, fireplace and the level of finishes. A basic open family room sits at the lower end; a multi-room build with a bath and bar sits higher. Your free estimate gives you an exact, line-by-line number for your home — try our estimator above for a ballpark first.

Most projects take 6–10 weeks of construction once permits are in hand. Larger multi-room builds (like our ~1,850 sq ft St. Charles project) can run a bit longer. Permit review time varies by village and happens before construction starts — we'll give you a realistic schedule at the estimate stage and update you weekly during the build.

Yes. We coordinate the building permit and the electrical and plumbing trade permits, schedule inspections (framing/rough, insulation and final), and make sure details like egress for a basement bedroom meet your village's code before walls close.

Usually, yes. A full bathroom needs access to drain and vent lines — we'll check your existing rough-in or ejection-pump options at the consultation. A room can only be called a bedroom if it has proper emergency egress (a code-sized window or exterior door); we'll tell you honestly what your basement qualifies for and design accordingly.

Payments are staged and tied to completed work — agreed in writing before we start. You never pay for stages that haven't happened, and the final payment comes after the walkthrough punch list is complete.

Basements are our specialty, but no — OMO Elite also does kitchen and bathroom remodeling, interior and exterior painting, drywall, framing, LVP flooring, trim and custom built-ins throughout the house. Many basement clients have us paint or refresh rooms upstairs while we're there.

We stand behind our workmanship and walk every finished room with you at completion. Specific warranty terms are spelled out in your written estimate/contract so there are no surprises — ask us about them at your consultation and we'll go through them line by line.