JH Basement Finish
About us
JH Basement Finish is the premier basement finish company in CO, one of the first (1989) and still one of the finest. JH Basement is a 9 year winner of the BBB Gold Star Award - A+ Rating. Winner of the 2011 through 2023 Merchants Circle - "Circle of Excellence" Award, and USCA "Best of Aurora" in the field of Construction companies 2008 through 2024 and just announced 2025 Winner. JH Basement was named the "Best of Houzz" in 2014 -2025 and received the Angie's List "Super Service Award." Further, JH Basement was just named the #1 Construction Company in Denver by Buildzoom. Free estimates and innovative design at an affordable price.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Award Winning Design and Ideas. JH Basement is skilled in framing, Fireplaces and Steam Showers., Home Theaters, Innovative, JH Basement offers complete Basement Finish and Renovation to include Free Estimate, Personal Gyms, Saunas, Wet-Bars, Wine Cellars, carpeting, drywall, electrical, flooring, granite, hvac, insulation, plumbing, tile, trim, trim work and paint. JH Basement Finish specializes in Original Design
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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My wife and I researched basement remodeling companies for approximately two years before we both retired from our jobs. The research was extensive because we had a tight budget to work with. Our house was built in 1963 with a finished basement. We wanted to modernize our home with up to date electrical wiring and plumbing that would accommodate a wet bar and added shower to an existing half bath plus all the modern day electronics for our grandchildren. We finally narrowed our search down to three well established and reputable contractors. After checking references and reading reviews from many, many customers on Angie's List and other sites, we decided to contract with JH Basement Finish company.
The first time we met and discussed our refinishing plans with Joe Hannah Sr. we knew his company was the one we wanted to work with. Joe doesn't typically work with finished basement projects because of the unknowns and surprises that could exist behind the finished walls. But, much to our pleasure Joe decided to move forward with our remodeling project. Joe put together a design and cost estimate and after a few adjustments a contract was signed.
After the complete tear out of the basement there were a few surprises hiding behind some of the walls but Joe made some recommendations, adjusted the design and cost estimate and continued with building our new basement. Joe's two sons, Joe Jr. and Paul were great to work with. Both were knowledgeable with the skills they have and very courteous to us throughout the process. We asked lots questions (maybe too many) about what or why something was being done and they always took the time to explain the work to us. We were so impressed with their knowledge, skills and abilities that we decided to have some additional remodeling done to the main floor of the house...all the doors replaced with new hardware, a wall replaced along with newly textured walls throughout, painting and a few extras thrown in here and there. Joe Sr. and his sons never missed a beat. They added the extra work at a fair and reasonable price and stayed on schedule and finished the project as agreed.
All the subcontractors used by JH Basement Finish were also very skilled and professional in their work. It was a pleasure meeting and working with all of them. There were some delays from time to time because of bad weather, but the job was still completed on time.
The bottom line, it was an absolute pleasure doing business with JH Basement Finish and personally with Joe Sr., Joe Jr., Paul and all their subcontractors. I will definitely recommend their services to anyone with a remodeling job in mind.
My husband and I hired Joe and his crew to do some remodel work on our townhome a little over a year ago. We were so pleased with their professionalism, price and hard work that we hired them to finish our basement in our new home this year. We have a 1000 square foot basement that we knew we wanted to be an entertainment space but we weren’t sure how to design it. Joe came over, heard what we were hoping to get out of the space and then drew up a plan that exceeded what we thought possible for our basement (including an additional exterior door for our walkout which added tons of light and made the inside flow to the outside maximizing our entertainment space). We were thrilled with the design and Joe and his guys started right away. 7 weeks later our basement was complete with fireplace, family room, game room, work out space, wet bar and full bath- we love it! I highly recommend Joe. He was on time, professional and true to the contract. If we ever need work done on the house Joe will be the first one we call.
Joe came to our house and with the information that we provided him he drew up an excellent floor plan that far exceeded what we had imagined. The framing, drywall, and plumbing were well done. He even threw in a few extras during the project including permanently mounting my entertainment center in the wall and placing a granite top on it that matched the granite in the wet bar area and the two downstairs bathrooms.
Joe even subcontracted my son to remodel the two upstairs bathrooms including tiling, wainscoating and custom made pans for the showers in both upstairs bathrooms. He also paid my son to do most of the punch list items at the end of the project.
Joe's two son's did all of the framing. His other subcontractors were professional and did good work.
Any minor complaints that there might be are not worth mentioning. All problems were corrected and we are very happy with the finished project.
Joe is a Christian man with high ethics. I would recommend that you give him the chance to do your project.
I have heard many horror stories about contractors and to honest was worried to allow someone in my home for weeks at time. I was bold enough to share this with the contractor and he was very sensitive to the issue. They loaded all the materials through our basement window to ensure my carpet wouldn't have an additional ware and tare. They even used our walk out entrance instead of our front entrance to give us more privacy. I have never heard of a contractor being so accommodating. Even the contractors sons were professional. It really is a wonderful family business. We never heard them working and were even able to freely entertain friends while they were working. The lockbox on the door was nice too because we didn't have to be home for them to work.
Overall I am quite impressed with this business and they even finished a week early which I have never heard of! My husband and I hope to move to our dream home in the next few years and JH basement will be one of our first phone calls.
Contract was for 6 weeks, it took 7.5 weeks and we did not get everything done as guaranteed. Our stairwell banister was patched together with a piece that is not the same circumference as the original banister. The drywall around one window extends past the window frame, changes to the plan were made without our consent and we had to petition to get them changed back. Cabinets in our wet bar were not set level so there is unsightly gaps around our under counter fridge.
More often than not we had to leave voicemails or text and wait several hours for responses. On one occasion we had to go to home depot in the middle of the work day to get a bathroom faucet as one was not given to the granite sub contractor for the granite to be drilled and cut so we weren't going to get a faucet unless one was provided that day.
A schedule of work was never provided despite requests. Never knew who to expect or when in our home and often people wouldn't show up for days at a time.
No efforts were made to provide protection over our upstairs flooring surfaces as promised so we now have drywall mud in our carpet upstairs.
Contractor threatened legal action when we asked for credits for the aforementioned faucet and other items that were to have been provided. Only after another disgruntled client found my reviews on Yelp and told the contractor about them, did the company make efforts to return our requests for repairs of outstanding items.
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