where to find home with basement? (house, company, shelters)

[BWM]

alisa517,

Most houses in Midtown have at least a half basement. If you just want to use it for storage or storm shelter, a half basement works fine.

[ColliervilleMom]

TSW Storm Shelters Inc

[alisa517]

what is the mid town? how do i look for something to rent there? zip code or major street names plz?

[Robert_J]

Those are the 'fraidy holes I was talking about. There's an entire subdivision in Collierville with those.

Alisa,
Be careful about old houses with basements. I went to college in a small town in southeast Arkansas. One of the houses I lived in had a HUGE basement. After we moved out one of my 'friends' decided to tell me and the rest of the former occupants that the house was the old funeral home for the city. That explained all of the strange noises we kept hearing at night.

-Robert

[ColliervilleMom]

Originally Posted by Robert_J

Those are the 'fraidy holes I was talking about. There's an entire subdivision in Collierville with those.

Where is that Robert?

[BWM]

Midtown is basically zip code 38104. Cleveland, North Parkway, East Parkway, Central, McLean, Cooper, Young, Union, Peabody, Belvedere. Rhodes area.

[sldream]

there are TONS of homes in Midtown and East Memphis edge, Even as far north as Vollintine/Sheridan Street for example, as far east as highland/walnut grove and as far south as south parkway. ZIPs include 38104, 38107, 38111, 38112

[Robert_J]

Originally Posted by ColliervilleMom

Where is that Robert?

I'm not sure of the exact location. I think it was on or near Bahaylia Road. New subdivision with some very nice houses.

[kimmeeks1]

Originally Posted by alisa517

guys i am moving to memphis, and looking for home or townhouse with basement..ive been searching all over but cant find any..does anybody know where can i find please point me to the direction..thanks

Hi, Well first off, welcome to Memphis. I restore houses in the Memphis area. There are not very many houses with basements in these parts. When I lived up North it was pretty much a given that you would have a basement in your house or townhouse. Not so here. Either people in these parts do not know how them in the south or our land is not suitable. Most basements here leak and are not fit to live in. If you look in the Mid town area you will find alot of older homes with unfinished basements. You might find a rental house in the Mid town area, buy you will probably will have to finish it out. Finished basements are just not easy to find here. I can't think of any townhouses that have basements.

I know of one house that has a nice finished basement, They hired someone that builds basements up North to build it. We just do not have alot of hills to dig them out of and our soil different. It does seem at one time they did build basements around here. Check out the Mid town area, in the 100 year plus homes.

[the_nemi]

2199 Wood Creek Dr Germantown TN 38138

I found this on zillow and has a basement. From the price it looks like its a fixer upper.