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From lower levels and kitchens to additions and whole-home planning, Built by Design helps Overland Park homeowners make connected remodeling decisions before construction starts, so the rooms don't fight each other later.
Overland Park / The space decision
Overland Park includes established neighborhoods, suburban subdivisions, and a rural transition at its southern edge. The city's FrameworkOP planning work recognizes those different settings. A remodel needs the same attention to the individual house: its floor plan, lot, and earlier alterations.
City of Overland Park: FrameworkOP character areas, page 8 (PDF)BBD's local work gives you three useful comparisons: finish the space downstairs, reconnect rooms on the main floor, or extend the footprint. We'll help you test which route actually solves the shortage.
Three local examples / Three different scopes
This finished basement combines a theater, wet bar, and gym with a Murphy bed for occasional guests. It's a useful example when the house has unused lower-level space but the main floor is already doing its job.
For a similar brief, start with ceiling clearance, the route to a bathroom, and the requirements for any proposed sleeping room.
See the flexible basement
The primary bathroom in this local project pairs a soaking tub and glass shower with a dual vanity. A second bathroom downstairs was part of the same scope.
If the footprint is adequate, compare fixture positions and storage before assuming you need an addition. Two bathrooms also need a plan for which one remains available during work.
Explore both bathrooms
BBD's room addition added roughly 1,000 square feet, bringing an expanded kitchen, living room, and mudroom-laundry together. The connection to the original house mattered as much as the new space.
Use this example to discuss rooflines, structural openings, exterior continuity, and the route between the kitchen and the rest of the home.
Tour the room additionBefore an Overland Park remodel
For a kitchen opening or a lower-level reconfiguration, identify the walls, posts, utilities, and floor transitions the change touches. Existing finished space doesn't tell us what's concealed behind it.
Kitchen layouts and scopeFor an addition or covered living area, review the survey, easements, setbacks, drainage, and access for construction. A citywide planning designation isn't permission to build on a particular lot.
Outdoor living connectionsOverland Park's Building and Construction department provides the permit, plan-submission, and inspection resources. Confirm the current review path for your address and scope before scheduling construction.
Overland Park building and construction resourcesHow BBD works in Overland Park
Official source. Overland Park's Building and Construction page.
The question to settle for your address. Which permit guidance and inspections apply to this address and proposed scope?
Checked. September 28, 2026. Requirements change, so confirm before scheduling work that depends on a permit.
Overland Park Building and ConstructionTen documented projects / What they share
BBD has more published work in Overland Park than in any other city, which makes the records worth reading together. These patterns come from the case studies themselves, not from a marketing brief, and each one links to the projects it's drawn from.
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More completed Overland Park work
These additional local case studies show different ways to organize entertaining, fitness, storage, and access to the backyard. Open the projects that match the uses you're considering.
Overland Park, KS · Basement and Outdoor Living
A media wall, bar, and bathroom downstairs, with exterior updates and a new outdoor living space in the same scope. It's the useful comparison when the backyard is part of the brief, because the route between the lower level and the patio was planned once, not twice.
Overland Park, KS · Basement
A kitchen-style wet bar, a second beverage station with a dual drink fridge, a theater wall with sconces, and a remodeled bathroom with recessed wall storage.
Overland Park, KS · Basement
A wet bar and fireplace lounge, a hidden desk nook under the stair, and a separate theater with recliner seating and a popcorn station.
Overland Park, KS · Basement
A true lower-level kitchen with a wood island, dishwasher, and rope-lit floating shelves, connected to a theater lounge with guest-ready seating.
Overland Park, KS · Basement
A family's weekend space: a theater wall, wet bar and glass-door drink cellar, a built-in gym, a kids' gaming area, a reading nook, and a tiled walk-in shower.
Overland Park, KS · Basement
A walk-in wine cellar, a glass-door gym, an office, a walk-out theater lounge, and a pool table and vintage arcade area, all on one level.
Overland Park, KS · Basement
A custom wet bar, lounge, gym, office nook, pool table, and game room, planned for workouts, guests, and everyday use as much as for parties.
They listened to us and came up with a design that exceeded our expectations.
They have completed two major remodels for us. ... The communication was very good. We knew about every delay and why. ... As a repeat customer I will always use them for all my remodeling projects!
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Overland Park FAQAnswers, by design
Straight answers drawn from BBD's Overland Park project records and the city's own resources. Your project team confirms what applies to your home after a walkthrough.
Yes. 9 documented Overland Park projects are published as case studies on this site: finished basements with bars, theaters, gyms, and guest space, a primary-and-basement bathroom remodel, a roughly 1,000 square foot room addition, and a lower level paired with a new outdoor living space. Each record lists the rooms, the materials, and, where it was recorded, the construction timeline. Browse Overland Park projects
It depends on the shortage you're solving. Finishing the lower level uses space you already own but needs ceiling height, a route to a bathroom, and egress for any sleeping room. Reworking the main floor changes how rooms connect without changing the footprint. An addition adds room the house can't provide and brings the survey, setbacks, easements, and roofline into the plan. BBD's Overland Park case studies include all three, so you can compare real examples before deciding. Compare the three routes
For the remodel itself, the individual house matters more than the neighborhood: its floor plan, lot, structure, and earlier alterations. The city's FrameworkOP planning work describes different settings across Overland Park, from mature neighborhoods to newer subdivisions and a rural transition to the south, but a citywide planning designation isn't permission to build on a particular lot. Confirm setbacks and review requirements for your address with Building and Construction.
Often, yes, but the city decides based on the scope and the address, so confirm before scheduling work. Overland Park's Building and Construction page is the official source. The question to ask is: Which permit guidance and inspections apply to this address and proposed scope? Your BBD project team reviews the permit path as part of planning rather than after construction is scheduled. Overland Park Building and Construction
The Overland Park case studies that record a construction timeline list 9 to 16 weeks. Those are historical records of specific scopes in specific houses, not a promise for yours. Design, permitting, and product lead times come before construction and vary from project to project. Why remodeling timelines change
BBD's office is at 9393 W 110th St Suite 500, Overland Park, KS 66210. It isn't open for client visits. Mike and Kristen meet homeowners at their homes by arrangement, including in Overland Park. The company is family-owned and was established in 2004. Request a consultation
Both. Built by Design is a design-build remodeler: the same team handles the design, selections, scope, permitting path, and construction, so decisions made in planning carry through to the job site instead of being handed off. How BBD's design-build process works
Beyond Overland Park
Built by Design works from Overland Park across Johnson County and into the Missouri side of the metro. Each city page is built from documented local projects and that city's own permit resources, so if your home sits near a boundary, compare the neighboring page too.
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