Tooele, Tooele County
5-star rated by Tooele County homeowners. Locally owned by Danny & Trayson.
Add the room you need and keep the home you love. We build new bedrooms, bathrooms, home offices, and family rooms onto Tooele County homes, matched to the house you already have, with one honest price in writing.
We know what you are really worried about
After doing this out here for 20 years, we can almost guess what is on your mind before you say it. The people in Tooele who call us are nervous about the same handful of things. Here is what we hear, and exactly how we handle each one.
That fear is earned. Most of the horror stories out here start with a low bid and a pile of change orders. We put one honest, itemized price in writing before we start, and it does not move unless you change the plan.
A bad addition screams addition. We match the roofline, the siding, and the trim so the new space looks like it was always part of the house, inside and out.
We pull the permit, handle the inspections, and build it to code, so it is done right and it will not come back to bite you when you sell.
We seal the work off from the rest of the house, keep the dust down, give you a real schedule, and keep the job moving so you get your home back.
You have seen the half-finished jobs where the crew left to chase the next check. We are local, we finish what we start, and Danny and Trayson are on your job, not off starting three others.
What a home addition includes
You get one team for the whole addition, so nothing falls through the cracks between trades.
We lay out the new space, pull the Tooele County building permit, and schedule every inspection so it is legal and done right.
We pour the footing and foundation, then frame the new walls and roof so the addition is solid and built to last.
We tie the new roof into the old one and match the siding, trim, and windows so the addition looks like it was always there.
Outlets, lighting, heat, and rough-in for a new bathroom, laundry, or wet bar, all tied cleanly into your home.
Insulated and sealed for our cold Tooele winters, then drywall, texture, and paint that matches the rest of the house.
Luxury vinyl plank, carpet, tile, trim, and doors, finished to feel like it was part of the home from day one.
Our specialty
Your family has outgrown the house, but you love your street and your low mortgage rate. An addition gives you the extra bedroom, bathroom, or office you need, without the cost and upheaval of buying a bigger home.
Why an addition
Most Tooele County families who want more space are weighing these three. Here is the honest comparison.
| Build an addition | Finish the basement | Move to a bigger home | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per square foot | High | Lowest | Highest |
| Timeline | Several months | A few weeks | Months, plus a move |
| Adds bedrooms and a bath | Yes, on your main floor | Yes | Maybe |
| Keeps your home and rate | Yes | Yes | No |
| Disruption to your life | Some, mostly outside | Low, it stays downstairs | Very high |
Every home is different. The fastest way to a real number is a free walkthrough.
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Recent work
From a bonus room over the garage on a tight Overlake lot to a matched addition on an Old Tooele home, this is the kind of space we build. Every photo here is a finished room from an Upterra Builders project. Tap any photo to see it larger.
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Local addition experts
We have added onto homes all over Tooele, the county seat, so we know these houses well. Up in Overlake and the newer subdivisions on the north end of town, growing families often need one more bedroom or a real home office to make staying put worth it. Down in Old Tooele, the older homes near downtown sometimes need more room without losing the character of the house, and we build additions that match. An addition lets you stay in the home you have and get the space you need.
A lot of Tooele families commute over the hill to the Salt Lake valley for work, so staying put beats starting over with a move. We pull the permit and schedule the inspections ourselves with the county. We match the new roofline, siding, and trim to the existing house so it does not look tacked on. And when the budget is the question, we can point you to financing so you can spread the cost out. You are not handed off to a salesman here. You get Danny and Trayson, the two owners, on your job.
A lot of the newer homes up in Overlake and the north-end subdivisions sit on small lots, around a sixth of an acre, with the house pushed close to the setback lines. That means there is not always room to push the walls out to the side. On those homes we usually go up instead of out, adding a bedroom or a bonus room over the garage, or we bump the back of the house out toward the yard. We check the county setbacks first so we know what will actually fit before you fall in love with a plan that the lot will not allow.
The older homes on the downtown grid usually sit on bigger, deeper lots, so there is often plenty of room to add on. The trick with these houses is not the space, it is making the new part look like it was always there. We match the roof pitch, the siding, the window style, and the trim to the original house, because nothing looks worse than an addition that reads as a box stuck on the back. Done right, you cannot tell where the old house stops and the new one starts.
Tooele County has been one of the fastest-growing places in the state, and prices have climbed right along with it. Add in the interest rate you locked when you bought, and moving to a bigger house across town can cost a lot more than it first looks. That is why so many of the families we work with choose to add a bedroom, a bigger primary suite, or a real home office and stay put. You keep your street, your schools, and your rate, and you get the space you actually need.
An addition is only as good as the parts you never see. Out here we set the footings below our frost line so nothing heaves when the ground freezes, we tie the new roof and walls into the old ones so water never finds a seam, and we insulate the new space to hold heat through a cold valley winter. We pull the permit and schedule the inspections with the county ourselves, so the work is done right and it is on record for the next owner.
We also finish basements in Tooele, which is often a cheaper way to add space, so see our Tooele basement finishing page. See everything we do on our main home additions page.
Why Upterra
Upterra Builders is not a big company with a sales office. Danny and Trayson run the jobs themselves, so the people who quote your project are the same people who finish it.
Danny and Trayson quote the work and stay on the job. No handoff to a project manager you have never met.
You get a real written estimate before the work starts. If the budget and the plan do not match, we tell you up front.
We work in Tooele, Stansbury Park, Grantsville, Erda, Stockton, and nearby. We know the local permit process.
Clean framing, straight tile, and a crew that treats your home like it is theirs. Homeowners tell us so.
Where we work
Upterra Builders is based in Tooele County and finishes basements and remodels homes across the whole valley.
Not sure if you are in our area? Ask anyway. We travel across the county.
Questions
Maybe it is an unfinished basement, a basement apartment, a new kitchen, or a bathroom that is past its time. Start with one free estimate.
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