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Flake:
Actually its gets hotter than hell in Texas so I would think a nice naturally cool basement would be advantageous....especially a walkout. I would also think that simply "making the house larger" would be more costly than simply digging out a hole for a basement.
I would also agree with LL that you would think OK and TX being in tornado alley basements would almost be required by code? Or at least optional.
HaRuMaN:
We live in AZ (hot! gonna be 117 today), and tried to find a house with a basement rather than a 2 story house, figured it would help with cooling costs. There just isn't that many houses here with basements... We did find a couple, but got outbid everytime.
Ended up buying a 2 story with a large loft for my gameroom. :cheers:
LLUncoolJ:
I guess it is what it is. There really is no good explanation. Maybe I should start a house contracting business and move out west. I'd clean up...for about a year until every swinging dick out there started building homes with basements too.
HaRuMaN:
The housing market here is in the toilet right now... which was good for us. We got 3600 sq ft with a pool for under $300K. :burgerking:
pinballwizard79:
The reason basements are rare in Texas is because of the dirt.
Mudjacking out there is very common, cracked walls, sidewalks & etc happen all the time. It has something to do with the level of clay in their dirt. It will rain, then dry up like a sonnabitch & the dirt starts splitting & etc. If you have a basement in TX (well depends on which part of TX) you will have nothing but problems & armadillos.
Pee Wees bike missing = The Alamo doesnt have a basement
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