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Added space, smaller footprint.......... by Ty Webb

Take two homes, one with a basement, one built on slab. Same lot footprint, one has way more space than the other.

We have a playroom for the kids and a man cave for myself without having to clutter our living and family room upstairs with toys, etc. Our mechanicals are in the basement which means our heater and A/C doesn't eat up closet/mudroom space on the main floor. We have tons of storage that I can easily access without having to crawl my ass up into an attic or crawl space.

In the 7 years we have been here, we've had lots of bad rains storms and no water issues at all (knock on wood). The houses in our development are mostly properly graded, french drains installed in the basement as well as sump pump holes for those that might need a sump pump.

Now on the flip side, my parents basement floods from time to time and it's a pain in the ass.