Airdrie · Basement Development · Since 2011
The same team behind 1,000+ Calgary-area basements — designing your Airdrie basement before you sign and delivering it on a date we guarantee in writing. If we're ever late, you're paid $500/week until it's done.
1,000+ basements · 4.9 · 13 weeks · $0 deposit
1,000+
Basements built
4.9
140+ reviews
Since 2011
8× HomeStars · A+ BBB
13 weeks
Guaranteed, or $500/wk
Airdrie is one of Alberta's fastest-growing cities — a commuter community full of newer family homes with large, undeveloped basements waiting to become real living space. That lower level is your easiest square footage to add: a rec room for the kids, a home gym, a guest suite, or a legal suite that helps pay the mortgage.
With ReImagine, you see photorealistic renderings of your own Airdrie basement before you commit a dollar, you get a full build schedule with every trade booked to specific days, and you get a completion date in writing — backed by a penalty we pay you if we miss it.
It's the same designers, the same guarantee, and the same curated materials behind 1,000+ basements since 2011 — now a short drive north, in your neighbourhood.
What we build
Airdrie's newer homes tend to come with big, wide-open basements — which is exactly the canvas a busy commuter household wants. We design and finish that unfinished space end to end, rendered in photorealistic detail before we break ground.
Family rooms, media walls, games areas, and dedicated theatres — the everyday living space built for movie nights and weekends in.
Full wet bars and kitchenettes, dry bars, and glass-enclosed wine rooms — the wet work that turns a lower level into a true second living space.
Egress bedrooms, a guest suite, a home office, or a gym — flexible rooms for a growing family.
Self-contained legal suites with a separate entrance and second kitchen — a mortgage-helper that turns an unfinished basement into monthly rental income.
Development vs. renovation
Airdrie is full of newer homes with never-touched basements — which is the work we're built for. Here's the distinction that decides whether your project is a fit: We're specialists in developing unfinished basements — and we'd rather be excellent at that than average at everything.
What we specialize in
Taking a bare basement — concrete, studs, and rough mechanicals — and building it into finished living space for the first time. Because that path is predictable, we can design it before you sign, book every trade to specific days, and guarantee your completion date. It's the work we've done 1,000+ times since 2011.
What we usually don't take on
Tearing out and reworking a basement that was developed before. Demolition and unknown conditions behind the walls make these jobs harder to schedule and supervise predictably — a different set of steps and variables, and not where we're at our best. If that's your project, we'll tell you honestly.
Designed before you sign
Most contractors hand you a 2D floor plan and ask you to imagine. We design your basement on your home's real measurements and render it in photorealistic detail — so you see the finished space before you commit a dollar.
Drag the slider to compare the 3D design model with the finished build. See how our design process works →
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3D DesignReal numbers
Most Airdrie contractors quote a vague total. We put real numbers on the page — based on what ReImagine clients actually paid — then break your own quote down feature by feature.
Starts From
$40,000
standard finished basement
Most Projects
$50,000–$65,000
the typical middle 50%
Legal Suite
$65,000–$90,000
permitted, rentable
Where finished basements land (range of real projects):
The shaded band is the typical middle 50% of Airdrie projects ($50,000–$65,000). Larger custom basements run past $100,000. Figures are typical guide prices from real ReImagine projects; your exact cost is confirmed by our team.
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Since 2011 · 1,000+ basements · 4.9 · $0 deposit
Permits & inspections in Airdrie
Basement development in Airdrie runs through the City of Airdrie, and the rules differ in small but important ways from Calgary's. We've built through them many times, so the permit path is mapped before we start.
A standard basement development needs the right permits pulled and inspected through the City of Airdrie. We apply, manage, and schedule them as part of the build — not something left on your plate.
An Airdrie secondary suite needs an accessory-suite development permit first (roughly 2–4 weeks), and only then the basement building permit. We sequence the two so the approval clock never quietly stalls your start date.
Suites here require minimum ceiling heights, egress windows in every bedroom, interconnected hardwired smoke alarms, and HVAC heat-loss calculations from a qualified contractor. We design to those rules from day one, so nothing gets rejected at inspection.
Planned in advance: Airdrie inspection slots can lag demand at busy times. We book inspections well in advance and build the lead time into your schedule — so an inspection date is never the thing holding up your finish.
The guarantee
Move-in ready in 13 weeks — or $500 a week until it's done.
We commit to your completion date in writing before construction starts. Miss it, and $500 comes off your final bill every week until we deliver. It's the accountability most contractors won't put on paper.
Get Your Free Quote →How it works
Most basements run on handshakes and rough estimates. We rebuilt that into a process you can plan your life around — from first sketch to final walkthrough.
Oscar designs your basement in photorealistic detail — multiple layouts and a curated material package. You see the finished space before you commit a dollar.
Before we break ground, every trade is booked to specific days — carpenters Monday, electrical Wednesday, drywall the following Tuesday. You get the full build calendar up front.
Peggy coordinates from the office, Josh runs it on site. Because the plan is set before we start, the work moves predictably — no reactive scrambling.
Move-in ready in 13 weeks on a date guaranteed in writing. If we're ever late, $500 comes off your final bill every week until we deliver.
How we differ
Built for Airdrie homes
Airdrie has grown into one of Alberta's fastest-growing cities — a commuter community where newer builds come with full-height basements and open footprints. That's perfect for the practical, family-first living that draws people to commute from here: a play space, a media room, a home gym, or a guest suite.
In a commuter city, a legal suite is one of the most popular mortgage-helpers we build — and we handle the City of Airdrie permitting end to end.
We build across Airdrie's communities, including:
See the work
Completed ReImagine projects — the practical, hard-working family basements Airdrie homes are made for. Every one was rendered before the build.
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CompletedLegal & income suites
A legal secondary suite is one of the highest-return things you can do with an unfinished basement in Airdrie. We build them to code with a separate entrance, egress, fire separation, sound control, and a second kitchen — fully permitted through the City of Airdrieso it's safe to rent and clean at resale. Most legal suites run $65,000–$90,000.
Explore legal basement suites →Proven in every review
Eight consecutive Homestars Best Of awards, including four Best of the Best. Here's what that looks like, in our clients' words.
Proven
We spoke with 4 different building companies and chose ReImagine. They had the best customer reviews, the lowest price, the best warranty, and the project was delivered exactly on the agreed date.
Personal
From Oscar the designer, to Peggy the coordinator, Kloe handling the administrative side, Josh the construction supervisor — all incredibly helpful throughout the process.
Planned better
The accuracy of their incredibly detailed schedule was wildly impressive. The only time ReImagine was 'off' their schedule was when they were ahead of it.
Designed better
They listened to all of my questions and design requests. They used quality materials and helped us get the exact look we were after.
Airdrie questions, answered plainly
Yes — Airdrie is part of our core service area. You get the same designers, schedule guarantee, and curated material packages we bring to every Calgary build, across communities like Bayside, Kings Heights, Cooper's Crossing, Midtown, and Williamstown.
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