I can also see what we paid for.
White bathtub on the mountain side
Thicker ceiling
The huge amount of reinforcement in the base plate and rear wall
There a piece of wall, there a few cubic meters of excavation, there a few cubic meters of mineral mixture. Above a certain height, you need heavy artillery.
Every excavator bucket costs,
Everything that needs to be dug up or filled in must be supported.
Rocky soil, for example, makes supporting easier, ground works difficult and expensive.
You can save costs if you build with the slope. House and garage are retaining walls.
You don’t build a basement, but a UG with living rooms. They also have nothing of a basement.