Stansbury Park · Tooele County
5-star rated by Tooele County homeowners. Locally owned by Danny & Trayson.
We build the space under your Tooele County home into a legal rental or an in-law suite, with its own kitchen and its own entrance. Egress windows and permits included, 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 Stansbury Park 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.
An apartment that is not permitted is a problem when you rent it or sell the house. We build it to code and pull the permit, so you end up with a legal unit, not a liability.
A legal apartment needs a real egress window and its own safe entrance. We size and build both correctly, so it passes inspection and it is safe.
Nobody wants to rent a cave. We plan the light, the layout, the ceiling height, and the finishes so it lives like a real apartment people actually want.
You deal with the owners here, not a salesman who sells the job and hands you off. One point of contact, calls and texts get answered, and you always know what is happening this week and next.
What a basement apartment includes
A rental has to stand on its own. One crew builds all of it, from the private door to the last inspection, so it can be rented the right way.
A separate door so your renter or family comes and goes without walking through your house. Their space stays their own.
A code-legal egress window and well in every bedroom, so it is a real, safe place to sleep that passes inspection.
Real cabinets, counters, a sink, and hookups for a stove and fridge. A full kitchen is what makes it a true apartment.
A full bathroom with a tub or shower, plus the plumbing run to the kitchen and laundry, all built to code.
Washer and dryer hookups in the unit, so your renter does not have to share your laundry room upstairs.
We pull the Tooele County permit and build it to code, so it is a legal apartment you can rent with peace of mind.
Our specialty
You already own the space under your house. Turn it into a legal apartment and it can bring in rent every month, or give your family a place to live close by. Same square footage you already have, now working for you.
Why a basement apartment
If you want rental income or a place for family, you have three ways to get there. Here is the honest comparison.
| A basement apartment | Build an addition | Buy a rental property | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Lowest | High | Highest |
| Uses space you already own | Yes | Partly | No |
| Earns rental income | Yes | Sometimes | Yes |
| Adds to your mortgage or debt | No new mortgage | Often | A second mortgage |
| Disruption to your life | Low, it stays downstairs | High | A separate property to manage |
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Local apartment experts
Stansbury Park started as a planned community back in 1969, built around Stansbury Lake and the golf course, and it has kept growing with newer homes ever since. Almost every one of those newer homes came with a big unfinished basement under the whole footprint, which is the perfect spot for a legal apartment. A lot of people who work down in the Salt Lake valley want to live out here where homes cost less, so there is real demand for a good rental.
Stansbury Park is unincorporated, so the Tooele County Building Department issues the permits. A legal rental has to be built to code and permitted, with a real egress window and its own separate entrance, and we handle all of that for you. There is an HOA here too, so if the entrance or the parking touches anything outside we help you keep it in line with the rules. Just want the basement finished? See our basement finishing in Stansbury Park, or explore basement apartments and ADUs across the county. You are not handed off to a salesman here. You get Danny and Trayson, the two people who are actually on your job.
The subdivisions that filled in after 2000, and the newer ones like Wild Horse Ranch and Lakeside, almost all sit on a full unfinished basement that runs under the whole house. Many were built with taller basement walls and the plumbing already stubbed in, which is exactly what you want for an apartment. That means we are usually not fighting the house to get a second kitchen, a bathroom, and a bedroom or two down there. The bones are already right. We frame it out, run the systems, and finish it into a rental that stands on its own.
Stansbury Park sits about 35 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City on I-80, and it has close to doubled in size since 2010. A lot of the people moving in work in the valley but want to live where a home costs less, and plenty of them are renting first while they shop. That is steady demand for a clean, private basement apartment. Other owners are not chasing rent at all. They are building the apartment to house a parent who should not be on stairs anymore, or an adult kid saving up, and want it done so it could be rented later if the family situation changes.
Every legal apartment needs its own entrance, and how we get there depends on your lot. The homes on the sloped and lakeside lots often have a walk-out or daylight basement, so the private door is an easy add on the low side of the house. On a flat lot we build a proper stairwell and window well to code instead. Either way we plan the door, the egress window, and a spot for the renter to park up front, and we keep all of it inside the Tooele County rules and the HOA rules so it passes inspection and does not cause you trouble down the road.
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
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