face26
2019-05-16 14:05:13
- #1
Pro or Contra basement, there have already been many threads here. Different opinions will always come out of it. We are building with one. Why? For various reasons. Our plot is 420sqm (there was no bigger one in the development area we wanted). But we already have to build two parking spaces on it. With a bit of space in front and behind, that's 2.5 parking spaces, house footprint roughly 100sqm plus a bit of terrace, so after subtracting a green strip all around the house, not much is left. If I skip the basement, I need alternative space for technology/utility room and storage as well as guest/hobby. Maybe not 1:1 but that already adds up to a few square meters. They first have to be built above ground. That costs (yes, certainly somewhat less) and also needs space, of which I don't have much. We are not hoarders but still there are some things that need to be stored. And somewhere the stuff has to go. And not only because of the not too big plot do I not belong to the advocates of the 70sqm garage where no car stands. If I had 800sqm plot or more, I might possibly also build without a basement.