General contractor in West Jordan, Utah
Grandview Contractors is a Provo-based, licensed and insured Utah DOPL B100 general contractor (#14282236-5501) serving West Jordan and the rest of Salt Lake County. We handle remodels, basement finishes, additions, structural and concrete work, and commercial build-outs across the city, from the Jordan River east side to the new blocks climbing toward the Oquirrhs.
A city built in layers, west to east
West Jordan is Salt Lake County’s third-largest city, and it reads like tree rings. Near the Jordan River and the historic core around Gardner Village, the housing stock runs to 1970s and 80s ramblers and split-levels — solid houses now deep into the age where kitchens, baths, and floor plans want rethinking. A kitchen remodel in one of these homes usually means opening a wall between rooms that were framed to stay separate, so we check what’s load-bearing before anyone falls in love with a layout. The middle of the city holds the big 1990s and 2000s subdivisions along the Bangerter corridor — Jordan Hills and its neighbors — where the most common call we get is the unfinished basement. Builders left thousands of them roughed and bare down there, and finishing a basement is the cheapest square footage most West Jordan families will ever add.
West of Bangerter, the city is still being built. Master-planned communities are pushing toward the Mountain View Corridor and the Oquirrh foothills, with thousands of homes approved and in some stage of development. Different vintages call for different work, and a whole-home renovation in a 1978 rambler is a different project than warranty-era fixes in a 2024 townhome. We scope each one on its own terms.
Building on a slope you can’t always see
The city drops roughly a thousand feet from the Oquirrh foothills to the Jordan River, and most lots carry some of that grade even when they look flat. Natural drainages like Bingham Creek cross the city on their way to the river, which is why site drainage and where roof and yard water goes deserve real attention here — especially during summer cloudburst season, when a monsoon cell can drop an hour of rain on ground that spent all July baking. On the west side’s sloped lots, retaining walls do structural work, not decoration, and they need footings designed for the soil they sit in.
The Wasatch Front’s hundred-plus freeze-thaw days a year are just as hard on flatwork in West Jordan as anywhere in the valley. Driveways and patios poured without air-entrained mixes spall and scale within a few winters; we spec driveways and concrete flatwork for the climate they’ll actually live in. And with the city adding a significant share of Salt Lake County’s new multifamily housing near its six TRAX stations, we also take on commercial tenant improvements and unit turn programs for the owners and managers who run those buildings.
Permits in West Jordan: predictable, if you show up prepared
West Jordan runs permitting through its Building & Safety division, with applications submitted through the city’s online portal. It’s a well-organized department — the city even publishes its own basement-finish guide — and straightforward residential permits typically clear review in a couple of weeks when plans arrive complete. Projects that touch structure, additions, or anything unusual take longer, and we build that review time into the schedule instead of discovering it later. Inspections follow the current Utah-adopted code; any basement bedroom needs a compliant egress window, no exceptions. We handle submittals, scheduling, and inspections as part of the job, and our statewide B100 license is verifiable at dopl.utah.gov. Problems happen. Surprises should not.
Questions we actually get in West Jordan
Do I need a permit to finish my basement in West Jordan?
Yes. West Jordan requires a building permit for basement finishing, submitted through the city’s online portal, and any bedroom needs a code-compliant egress window. The city publishes a basement-finish guide covering common requirements. We prepare the submittal and schedule inspections as part of the project; verify unusual layouts with Building & Safety directly.
You’re based in Provo — do you really cover West Jordan?
Yes. Our service area runs from Payson to North Salt Lake, and West Jordan sits comfortably inside it — about 35 minutes up I-15 from our office. We schedule site visits in Salt Lake County routinely, and our B100 license is statewide, so nothing about the paperwork changes at the county line.
What does it cost to finish a basement in a West Jordan subdivision?
As ballpark planning numbers, most Utah basement finishes land somewhere between $35 and $70+ per square foot depending on bathrooms, ceiling height workarounds, and finish level. A typical 1990s–2000s West Jordan basement is a friendly candidate — modern foundations, decent headroom. We start with a consultation and a budget range, then firm it up to an estimate.
Nearby cities we serve
From West Jordan it’s a short hop to the rest of the southwest valley. We also work in South Jordan across the border to the south, Taylorsville to the north, and Riverton down Bangerter — along with the rest of our Payson-to-North-Salt-Lake service area.
Tell us what you’re working on
We reply within a couple of hours during business hours — a day at most. You’ll get a straight read on scope, sequence, and budget before anyone commits to anything, whether it’s a basement in Jordan Hills or a build-out near Jordan Landing.