Built without a basement & regretted?

Don't be so hard on it. Even for well-off people, the budget is finite.

I wouldn't really know how we could manage without a basement. For example, in our basement are stored:
- kitchen appliances and utensils that are not used very often (raclette, grill, etc.)
- shoes (changed in summer and winter)
- lots of bicycles, pedal cars, scooters
- inflatable pool, sand filter system and accessories
- chest freezer and food supplies
- beverage crates
- wallpapering table and accessories for painting and wallpapering and paint buckets
- lots of tools, screws, electrical devices (drill, etc.)
- decoration items
- washing machine, dryer,
- suitcases
- fitness equipment
- several sleds
- ice skates, inline skates, skateboard
- winter and summer tires for the car
- cleaning supplies (buckets, mops)
- steam cleaner
- lots of cleaning supplies for the car
- cleaning agents (for all kinds of things)
- dog toys
- dog blankets
- dog food containers, canned food
- grooming table and clippers for dog
- table tennis table
- dog transport boxes for the car

and certainly some other things that I can't think of right now.
That's why I definitely wouldn't build without a basement.

Best regards
Sabine

But also because we grow vegetables, fruit, and berries in the garden (will) and I process and store them... We have only lived here since this March and there are already 64 jars of strawberry jam, 32 jars of applesauce, and just as much baked apple jam... And in the coming years, it will not be less.