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10-21-2009, 08:05 PM
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No Basements??
What is the reason for so few homes in the Triad area not having a basement? Any idea of the additional cost to have a basement if we decided to build?
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10-21-2009, 08:22 PM
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10-22-2009, 07:09 AM
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I'm not sure where you're looking for homes, but it can hardly be said that the area has "few" homes with basements. Of all my acquaintances in the Triad, I'd guess that maybe a third live in homes without basements.
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10-22-2009, 07:14 AM
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I was looking in newer (0-5 yrs) subdivisions in Clemmons, Advance and Pfaftown.
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10-22-2009, 07:38 AM
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Ah - Newer homes. Cheaper to build without basement. Cheap materials + cheap designs = Cheaper to build, but they'll charge the same amount to homebuyers as if it were quality construction (see Portrait Homes and similar builders). If you want a somewhat new home with a basement that's built solidly, you might try for those built in the early 90s. Many homes around here built after that are not built as well. (Hint - walk into the center of the den and jump. The floor's like a trampoline in most of those homes).
Of course, you can find homes of better quality with basements, but they'll cost you much more these days relative to what they'd have cost 10-20 years ago.
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10-22-2009, 12:42 PM
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I assumed it was a matter of cost. I have an old home now and getting tired of the maintenence but would prefer a better built home than not.....moving can be exhausting
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10-22-2009, 12:53 PM
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^ Agree with Cohaagen. In my neighborhood, most all of the houses have basements.
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10-22-2009, 02:56 PM
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Our subdivision (part 20yrs old, part new construction) 95% of the houses have basements. Mostly due to the layout of the properties, with sloping backyards, they are essentially walkout basements with garages in the basement. The few that do not have basements are built on flat lots.
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10-22-2009, 03:31 PM
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You will find few, if any, homes built within the past 40-50 years with fully subterranean basements. Flat lots will have homes without basements. This is why builders will often change the grade of flat lots in order to make them slope so that they can add basements (and thus increase the value).
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10-22-2009, 05:44 PM
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In my mom's neighborhood in Winston-Salem, almost all homes have basements. You guys ask like very few homes have basements in the Triad.
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