ᐅ Basement vs. Large-Scale Garage

Created on: 8 Jan 2020 21:36
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Heinziii
Hello,
what are your thoughts on the topic of having a basement or not?
Generally, most people advise against a basement because it’s expensive, dark (not necessarily), and often only used for a party room, sauna, or laundry room.

Has anyone had experience without a basement but with a large garage? Does that really work?

Where do you hang laundry? Where do you put a workbench, tools, bicycles, and so on?

Thanks for your opinions!
J
Joedreck
9 Jan 2020 12:46
Basement area in our home is used for sports equipment, laundry, building services, and storage. Everything more delicate ends up there. Admittedly, it’s not very well organized.

Our three garages (all unfortunately separate from each other) serve different purposes: one for the car (with an integrated pit), the next for the motorcycle and scooter including a LOT of tools and tires, and the third for the trailer, bicycles, and garden equipment.

I work on our vehicles myself and have the corresponding range of tools.

There are simply different ways to use the two "spaces." I would rather give up the garage than the basement.
11ant9 Jan 2020 17:02
In a desk job, my fitness benefits from the trips both between my apartment and the laundry room, as well as between the car and the auxiliary garage.
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Pinky03019 Jan 2020 17:35
I believe that, climate-wise, it is better to store items in the basement than in the garage.
11ant9 Jan 2020 18:32
That depends: in practice, I see no difference between a pumice cellar and a pumice garage, but there is a clear difference compared to a metal garage.
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Vicky Pedia9 Jan 2020 22:43
The note from @lastdorp is very important because there are strict regulations that are rigorously enforced regardless of the region. The comments from 11ant, as always, are not very helpful and only amuse a few here.
11ant9 Jan 2020 23:14
Vicky Pedia schrieb:

11ant’s comments are, as always, not very helpful and only entertain a few here.

I believe it’s best to leave it to the readers to decide what they find entertaining or not – the purpose of my posts so far has been about only around three hundred out of eight thousand, the "rest" remains information – including the fact that pumice block (as well as concrete) prefabricated garages are suitable for basement-level use. The building regulation notice is correct and I have not denied it – my garages, by the way, are all approved for all storage purposes, including parking motor vehicles.
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