If you are unfortunate enough to listen to First Ring Daily, you will probably have heard Paul and I talk about my basement remodel once, or maybe twice, during the past six months. With the project now 99.7% complete, here is the writeup of the process including how I approached the project, steps we took to complete the basement, and the cost associated with the remodel.

Standing in my daughter’s hospital room on a Friday after she had surgery to put a couple of pins in her elbow after falling off the monkey bars, a contractor we hired to install a sump pump in our basement said they could come on Monday if we were ready – we were not ready. Reluctantly, I said yes, and in mid-October, the basement remodel project began.