Okotoks · Basement Development · Since 2011
The same team behind 1,000+ Calgary-area basements — designing your Okotoks 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
Okotoks pairs small-town character with newer family homes — and many of those homes have large, undeveloped basements ready to become a rec room, home gym, guest suite, or a legal suite for rental income. It's the easiest square footage you'll ever add.
With ReImagine, you see photorealistic renderings of your own Okotoks 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.
Same designers, same guarantee, same curated materials behind 1,000+ basements since 2011 — now a short drive south, in your community.
What we build
Okotoks homes pair small-town character with newer construction — and roomy basements to match. Whether it's a games room, a theatre, a home gym, or a legal suite, we design and finish the whole space end to end, rendered 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
The Okotoks homes we develop almost always start as bare, never-finished basements — the work we specialize in. 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
Plenty of Okotoks contractors won't commit to a number. We will — these ranges are drawn from real ReImagine projects, and your quote then breaks the cost 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 Okotoks 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 Okotoks
Basement development in Okotoks runs through the Town of Okotoks, and a few rules differ from Calgary's — including some that are actually more streamlined. We know the path, so nothing stalls unexpectedly.
In most Okotoks land-use districts you're allowed up to two dwelling units without a development permit — a more streamlined path than Calgary. You still need the safety-codes permits (building, plumbing, electrical, gas), built to the National Building Code – Alberta Edition. We pull and manage all of them.
If a new basement entrance doesn't meet the Land Use Bylaw setbacks, that does require a development permit. We check this against your lot before we design the entrance, so it's not a mid-build surprise.
If an egress window requires coring the concrete foundation, Okotoks requires a professional engineer's report and a post-construction site-inspection report sent to the Town before the building inspection can be booked. We line up the engineer early so that paperwork is ready when the inspector is.
Planned in advance: Okotoks inspection bookings — and the engineer's report that has to land before some of them — can add lead time. We schedule both well in advance and build the buffer into your plan, so an inspection date is never what holds 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 Okotoks homes
Okotoks blends a tight-knit, river-town character with newer family neighbourhoods like Cimarron, Drake Landing, and Air Ranch — many with large, undeveloped basements. Homeowners here value craftsmanship and a build that respects their home and their time, so we map every trade to specific days before we break ground and keep the timeline predictable.
Okotoks has actually streamlined parts of its suite approval process, and there are grant dollars available for some suites — we'll point you to what applies to your project.
We build across Okotoks's communities, including:
See the work
Completed ReImagine projects — games lounges, theatres, and finished living space built to the standard Okotoks homeowners expect. 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 Okotoks. We build them to code with a separate entrance, egress, fire separation, sound control, and a second kitchen — fully permitted through the Town of Okotoksso 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.
Okotoks questions, answered plainly
Yes. Okotoks is within our service area, with the same designers, guarantee, and curated materials we bring to every project — across Drake Landing, Cimarron, Air Ranch, Sheep River, and Crystal Shores.
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