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Why don't home builders utilize the space when building on a hill?
Posted on 10/28/26 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 10/28/26 at 2:57 pm
Do they not have the expertise? They would rather build a large crawlspace.
Are they so used to a cookie cutter build that is all they know?
Are they so used to a cookie cutter build that is all they know?
Posted on 10/28/26 at 2:58 pm to boogiewoogie1978
"What's a hill" for $500 Alex.
South La.
South La.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 3:01 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Ever heard of a walkout basement?
Posted on 10/28/26 at 3:04 pm to DCtiger1
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Ever heard of a walkout basement?
I have but that's not in their cookie cutter build apparently. That's the point of the OP
Posted on 10/28/26 at 3:05 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Who is they? You're just making a weird blanket arse statement about hills 
Posted on 10/28/26 at 3:05 pm to boogiewoogie1978
So you're referring to some builders and not all builders then.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 3:08 pm to boogiewoogie1978
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Do they not have the expertise? They would rather build a large crawlspace.
Are they so used to a cookie cutter build that is all they know?
Slabs are cheap, crawl spaces next and basements are expensive. The thing about a basement though is it is really cheap way to add square footage if the plumbing will work - shite can be pumped up hill but when the pump needs fixing its a shitty job.
Once a crawl space gets above 48 inches high though they get to be about as expensive as a basement minus the extra water proofing a basement requires if its living space. Most AHJs require an engineered foundation wall above 48 inches high.
I designing a house for my niece on a crawl space on a lot that slopes about 5 feet over 50 feet. I am going to do a stepped footing with blocks no higher than 4 feet and the low end is going to be a grade level footing with a floating pad and a walk in mechanical room under the house. Almost a small basement but the waterproofing will be far less because its just going to be a furnace, water manifold and water heater. I may wind up putting the furnace in a coat closet so filter changes will be easier but the water will all be in the crawlspace.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 3:12 pm to AwgustaDawg
So are you saying they could never find work as home builders in Kentucky or Tennessee?
Posted on 10/28/26 at 4:03 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Can you draw us a picture?
Posted on 10/28/26 at 4:15 pm to boogiewoogie1978
I know what you mean. I live in Birmingham and my house is on the side of Double Oak Mountain and we have a walk out basement. Basements are great and are very common here due to the advantageous terrain. My downstairs living area stays about 72 degrees without the AC running in the summer and I have a huge garage in my basement. Even though this area is very hilly, you still see developers flattening out terraces on hill sides and pouring slabs for cookie cutter subdivisions. It is such a waste when you could have a basement.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 4:26 pm to boogiewoogie1978
That’s really not how any of this works…
Posted on 10/28/26 at 4:50 pm to DCtiger1
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Ever heard of a walkout basement?
I have a two-door walkout basement. It's great. It was a big selling point on the house.
Thanks for listening.
Posted on 10/28/26 at 6:06 pm to AwgustaDawg
Currently building myself a house on the side of a hill. Inside the hill is a concrete bunker complex accessible by a vault door hidden in a wall. It is fireproof and bombproof, filtered ventilation system, runs on solar power primarily but has 20,000 gal of diesel for backup generator. Gun vault with weapons, ammo, and gold and silver bars, 500 sq ft pantry with non perishables. Living space, 6 beds, shortwave radio and satellite phone uplinks. Two military vehicles and a helicopter with a huge door that opens on the other side of the hill but when closed camouflaged to look like grassy hill.
And then I woke up
And then I woke up
Posted on 10/28/26 at 6:12 pm to DCtiger1
quote:I had a "rich" (compared to us white trash) aunt that had one of these. It even had a bedroom and bathroom.
Ever heard of a walkout basement?
as a kid I thought it was the coolest place ever
Posted on 10/28/26 at 8:43 pm to PsychTiger
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So you're referring to some builders and not all builders then.
Actually, he's referring to specifically Bob the Builder.
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