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Old 01-04-2013, 04:42 PM
 
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We are relocating from NY to most likely around Murfreesboro,TN and there are surprisingly more homes without basements then there are with basements. Coming from the cold northeast in the winter and the humid hot summers, the basement area for us is a source of warmer/cooler living interior and most if not all the houses in our area have them .
I am curious why with relatively new house constructions we have seen on our house searching, there are few with full use basements.
Our price range is 3-500K so I don't think price is the issue. Is it there is little need? Is the ground to difficult to pour basements? Or is it just a cheaper way to build a house on a slab or crawl space?
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Old 01-04-2013, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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Because right underneath all that beautiful topsoil is solid rock.

Blasting adds tens of thousands to the cost of a new home.
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Old 01-04-2013, 05:12 PM
 
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ok thank you.. that helps in figuring out the value of a property as well.
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Old 01-04-2013, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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How do you mean?
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Old 01-04-2013, 06:34 PM
 
Location: Boston
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Generally the highest chance of finding a basement will be in older homes built on the side of a hill.
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Old 01-07-2013, 10:05 AM
 
Location: West Meade
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I also found this odd when I first moved here coming from a mid atlantic state in which basements are the norm. I assumed, wrongly of course, that basements would be common due to the higher likelihood of tornadoes. My husband informed me quite quickly of the rock hiding beneath the soil and how expensive it is. In my neighborhood in the west part of the city the homes with basements are, like posted above, on hills.
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Old 01-07-2013, 11:18 AM
 
Location: Nashville, TN
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It's not just rock....although it is expensive to blast a hole for a basement. Just the added cost of the concrete and normal excavation to do a basement adds quite a bit to construction costs. Up north, you have to set the foundation 60"+ below grade. The cost difference between a foundation and a full basement isn't all that much. Here, you only have to go down 18". That to a full basement is a considerable added expense that most people would choose not to incur. Personally, if I were building a house, it would have a basement.
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