Basement Bars & Kitchenettes in Town and Country, Missouri

Town and Country homes and this kind of project

Our first visit for a basement bar in Town and Country is spent on the nearest drain and vent, panel capacity and the wall you want it on, which tells us how estate homes ranging from mid-century ranches to new custom builds were put together.

The housing stock here: estate homes from mid-century ranches to new custom construction on lots of an acre or more.

Bars in larger homes become second kitchens, with dishwashers, ice machines, wine storage and stone tops.

Foundations and basements in Town and Country

Lower levels are finished to main-floor standards, with wine rooms, gyms and guest suites. Older homes may have low or partial basements that limit the options.

Lower levels in Town and Country's larger homes are full floors, often walkouts of two thousand square feet or more. Owners finish them to the same standard as upstairs, with a bar or second kitchen, guest suite, gym and theater. Proper zoning of heating and cooling for a space that size is part of the design.

What is included

For Town and Country clients who already have a finished basement, we retrofit bars with careful dust control: plastic walls, floor protection from the door to the work area, and drain tie-ins planned to open as little finished ceiling as possible.

We take on basement bar work in and around estates along Mason, Clayton and Conway roads.

What we watch for

Humidity swings warp cheap cabinet boxes. For Town and Country basement bars we specify plywood boxes or moisture-resistant cores and leave an expansion gap at the slab that the toe kick hides.

Working on acre-plus lots with protected trees, as we do in Town and Country, we plan access for a plumber, an electrician, cabinet installers and a countertop fabricator before the first delivery arrives.

Permits and approvals in Town and Country

For a basement bar at a Town and Country address, the paperwork goes to the City of Town and Country, with permits coordinated through St. Louis County. Expect plumbing and electrical inspections.

Interior work like this normally does not involve the city's architectural review and strict site rules, though dumpsters and working hours sometimes do, and we check.

Schedule and getting to you

Plan on two to four weeks of site work for a basement bar in Town and Country, once permits and materials are in hand.

Town and Country is straight down I-64 to the I-270 area, about thirty-five minutes from our Wentzville base. We plan crew days and deliveries around that drive so you get full working days on site.

What moves the price in Town and Country

We price basement bars & kitchenettes in Town and Country from a site visit, not a square-foot figure. These are the items that change the number.

• Cabinet line: stock, semi-custom or fully custom built-ins.
• Countertop material and edge, and whether there is a raised bar top.

More detail

Our step-by-step method for this work, and the factors that move its price, are laid out on the main basement bars & kitchenettes page. More about the area is on our Town and Country page.