Here’s how to renovate your basement for $3k DIY projects can be hard, but they’re so worth it and you’d be surprised what you’re capable of. Keith and Sophie came to us 3 months ago, desperate to have their basement renovated but they didn’t have a huge budget and didn’t know how to DIY it themselves… And now 3 months later, they’ve conquered every single DIY task... With only $3,000 as their budget, they easily added over $30,000 to the value of their home by learning to renovate it themselves