General Contractor in Lakewood, CO
Remodeling, additions, and drainage work for Lakewood's 1960s–1980s housing stock and Green Mountain slopes.
Building in Lakewood
Lakewood grew fast between the 1960s and the 1980s, and it shows in the housing: split-levels, four-levels, and ranches with attached garages, aluminum windows long since replaced, and floor plans that separate the kitchen from every other room in the house. Most of what we are asked to do here is open those plans up, finish the lower level properly, or add square footage at the back.
The other half of Lakewood work is water. Homes on the Green Mountain slopes and along the Bear Creek and Weaver Gulch drainages take surface flow from uphill during spring melt and summer storms, and a lot of the basement seepage calls we get here are surface grading and downspout problems rather than foundation failures. We diagnose that before anyone spends money on interior waterproofing.
Lakewood runs its own building division, so permits and inspections go through the city rather than Jefferson County for properties inside city limits — worth confirming early, because pockets of unincorporated Jeffco sit right against the city boundary.
Permitting and approvals
- City of Lakewood building permits and inspections for properties inside city limits.
- Jefferson County review for adjacent unincorporated parcels — the boundary is not always obvious from the address.
- Grading or drainage review where regrading changes how water leaves the property.
- Separate electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permits through the licensed trades performing that work.
What shapes a Lakewood project
Split-level and four-level plans
These homes stack short flights and half-levels, which means a wall you want removed may be carrying a floor above and a stair opening beside it. Structural review is the rule here, not the exception.
Hillside surface drainage
Green Mountain and the west side of the city shed water downhill fast. Regrading, swales, area drains, and extended downspout runs solve more Lakewood basement moisture than any sealant does.
Older lower levels
Garden-level and walkout lower levels from this era often lack egress-compliant windows, have moisture-trapping paneling over foundation walls, and were finished without permits. We open them up and rebuild the assembly correctly.
Wind and hail exposure
West Lakewood sees strong downslope wind events and regular hail. Roofing, siding, and any covered structure we build gets fastened and specified with that exposure in mind.
What we build in Lakewood
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- Green Mountain
- Belmar
- Applewood
- Union Square
- Solterra
- Glennon Heights
- Lakewood Country Club area
- Bear Creek corridor
Lakewood questions, answered
My Lakewood basement gets damp every spring. Is that a foundation problem?
Usually not first. On the Green Mountain side of the city, most seasonal seepage traces back to surface water — negative grade against the house, downspouts discharging at the foundation, or uphill flow with nowhere to go. We evaluate grading and roof drainage before recommending anything invasive.
Can a wall be removed in a Lakewood split-level?
Frequently yes, but split-level framing stacks loads in ways that are not obvious from inside the room. We open a small inspection area, have an engineer confirm what the wall carries, and size a beam and posts before committing to a price.
Does Lakewood or Jefferson County issue my permit?
If the property is inside Lakewood city limits, the city's building division does. Unincorporated Jefferson County parcels sit immediately adjacent in several areas, so we verify the jurisdiction against the parcel record rather than the mailing address.
Do you build retaining walls on Lakewood hillside lots?
Yes, and drainage behind the wall is the part that matters most on a slope. Walls above roughly four feet of exposed face generally require an engineered design and a permit, which we handle as part of the scope.
Read before you start
Planning something in Lakewood?
Tell us what you have in mind. We walk the site, talk through what it actually takes here, and send a line-item estimate you can read.