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re: If you could have a basement would you?
Posted on 8/28/25 at 4:50 pm to Odysseus32
Posted on 8/28/25 at 4:50 pm to Odysseus32
Yes, ever since I read The Cask of Amontillado.
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Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:02 pm to Odysseus32
Couple of houses on Highland rd have basements. A bunch do in the felicianas.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:19 pm to Odysseus32
Id like a nice, big finished basement for a media room. With a half bath, fridge. Seems like it would always be nice and cool in there.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:22 pm to Odysseus32
Only way you can build a basement in Southeast LA is to build your house on a mound of dirt but leave the middle of the mound empty and build your house with that as your base sublevel, and your 1st level is above that. Also you may want to build on pilings for support and hopefully it doesn't settle and start cracking.
I can remember in Terrebonne Parish they opened a brand new school, and they decided to coat the concrete floors instead of placing tiles. The floor is full of surface cracks.
Heck even Walmart is big into no tile flooring as they removed most of the white tiles after Ida.
I can remember in Terrebonne Parish they opened a brand new school, and they decided to coat the concrete floors instead of placing tiles. The floor is full of surface cracks.
Heck even Walmart is big into no tile flooring as they removed most of the white tiles after Ida.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:34 pm to Odysseus32
Put an illegal bathroom and kitchen and rent that place out for extra money. Parents do this to supplement their retirement. Must have a private entrance for tenant.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:46 pm to Tarps99
I have a finished basement with full kitchen and bathroom and wood stove. We love it, I'm going to cook a gumbo downstairs for the game.
This post was edited on 8/28/25 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 8/28/25 at 5:52 pm to Odysseus32
would love to have one for all the tornadoes in East Central Ms. live in a home but still scary to see damage to well built homes. would feel alot better being able to run into basement instead of lower room farthest from walls and no windows.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 6:43 pm to Odysseus32
Had one. They are awesome man caves. Had more ideas for it than budget. 1100 sq ft of bar, darts, stripper poles, corn hole, skeet shooting, midget wrestling, and elk hunting.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:19 pm to Odysseus32
The house I lived in in BR, corner of park and government, there was a small basement, like storage under 1/4 of the house.
It flooded every time it rained.
House in now in NJ, full basement, no sump pump or french drain, never took on water, not even during Sandy. It was unfinished when we bought the house, we have since finished it, my office is down there on one side, other side is a bed and living room area. Comes in handy when we have a few house guests.
Laundry is also down there. I love the basement
It flooded every time it rained.
House in now in NJ, full basement, no sump pump or french drain, never took on water, not even during Sandy. It was unfinished when we bought the house, we have since finished it, my office is down there on one side, other side is a bed and living room area. Comes in handy when we have a few house guests.
Laundry is also down there. I love the basement
Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:53 pm to tigertrueAU
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dated a girl who’s parents had in in their house n new orleans off broad street. they borrowed my parents generator after katrina to pump it out.
Can’t even bury the dead below ground in Nola, but many older homes there have a basement as the first floor for obvious reasons.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 9:54 pm to Odysseus32
Have a finished one. Usually go down in the evenings to watch whatever game is on. Constant 67 degrees no matter what season.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 9:58 pm to RonFNSwanson
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It doubles your house size if it's finished.
Yeah! My wife watches TV upstairs and I go to the basement to watch sports or watch You Tube historic events.
Basement is also a secure place in the event of storms.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 10:01 pm to Odysseus32
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If you could have a basement would you?
Would my wife know about it?
Posted on 8/29/25 at 4:42 am to RonFNSwanson
I have a 1400 sf finished basement with 3 bedrooms, a large living room , a storage room and a full bathroom. Never had a moisture or leak issue in 15 years. 1700 sf main floor. 900 sf upper floor. Large attic. 12 x 16 storage building in the back yard. Still barely have enough room to put all the crap we have held onto over the years.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 7:13 am to Dirk Dawgler
Live in great white north and basements are the norm except if you live where bedrock is at ground level. My finished basement is spare bedroom, small workshop (heated in winter that's a key), mancave and storage. Also where hvac and water heater are placed. Don't use attics much in gwn for storage etc.
Posted on 8/29/25 at 7:15 am to Odysseus32
Onl6 if it is a walkout hasement. Otherwise it is just a dungeon.
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