Searching for Egress Window Contractor in Denver

[Brian Kraft]

Hi. I'm looking to get a couple quotes to convert a few basement windows to egress windows to a property in Colorado. Denver / Aurora area more specifically. If you have some good contacts please let me know-- here or PM. Thanks!

[Brian Kraft]

That was interesting. I called the city to get permit pricing info to do an egress window. The woman asked me what the valuation is. I told her, "well, the house is under contract @ 'two eighty.'" To my surprise, she asked, "$280 dollars?" Me, "Um, no... $280,000!" 

Well, that led to more confusion, because she then said it would cost $10,000 for the permit. WHAT!? We went round and round, "let me make sure I understand-- to convert one window to egress will cost me $10,000 for the permitting process???" She kept saying that's right. FINALLY, I discovered she was asking the valuation of the labor and materials for the window...hahaha... which brought it down to $169/per window. LOL.

Take home point: don't send the city $10,000 for a small permit until you make sure you've asked a few follow up questions first. ;-)