We got one here in Missouri all the way back in the first Reagan administration. She worked with my mother at her realty office. Stupid bitch would.Not. LEARN that in MO, basements are a selling point for houses, NOT swimming pools! Moron kept trying to raise the list price on houses with swimming pools because that's a big selling point in CA, but here in MO, they're only useful 3-5 months of the year (May/June- Aug/Sep ), TOPS. That's the level of intellect we're talking about, albeit in this instance not political: An utter incomprehension that what applies to CA does NOT apply outside CA.
I work in a construction related industry. I see a lot of houses built every different way. There are places where having a basement is almost impossible due to soil conditions, but people put the effort in and make it happen because they really want a basement. Meanwhile I see places where there is nothing but dry sand for at least 10 feet below ground so building a basement is a snap and CHEAP, but a crawl space is used because they want the little extra money for a deck which could be built at sometime in the future. SMH. A pet peeve that drives me bonkers.
Go with the climate. Go with the site conditions. Don't fight Mother Nature. Don't build a house suitable for Arizona in upstate NY. Maintenance costs on square pegs in round holes can just eat you. Gables and broken ridge lines look cool and are a PITA. Rant over.
We got one here in Missouri all the way back in the first Reagan administration. She worked with my mother at her realty office. Stupid bitch would.Not. LEARN that in MO, basements are a selling point for houses, NOT swimming pools! Moron kept trying to raise the list price on houses with swimming pools because that's a big selling point in CA, but here in MO, they're only useful 3-5 months of the year (May/June- Aug/Sep ), TOPS. That's the level of intellect we're talking about, albeit in this instance not political: An utter incomprehension that what applies to CA does NOT apply outside CA.
I work in a construction related industry. I see a lot of houses built every different way. There are places where having a basement is almost impossible due to soil conditions, but people put the effort in and make it happen because they really want a basement. Meanwhile I see places where there is nothing but dry sand for at least 10 feet below ground so building a basement is a snap and CHEAP, but a crawl space is used because they want the little extra money for a deck which could be built at sometime in the future. SMH. A pet peeve that drives me bonkers.
Go with the climate. Go with the site conditions. Don't fight Mother Nature. Don't build a house suitable for Arizona in upstate NY. Maintenance costs on square pegs in round holes can just eat you. Gables and broken ridge lines look cool and are a PITA. Rant over.