ᐅ Demolishing a House – Using the Basement for a New Home?

Created on: 17 Feb 2019 20:20
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Pascali
Hello. Does it make sense to keep an existing basement when the old house is being replaced by a new one?

Or is it not cost-effective, since the new house would then need to be custom-designed by an architect to fit the existing basement, making it more expensive? In that case, a standard design house with a new basement might be cheaper. After all, it should be possible to keep the excavation hole created by demolishing the old basement.

I am not familiar with typical architect fees and the time involved, nor with the costs for excavation or pouring a new basement.
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haydee
17 Feb 2019 21:45
Have the basement inspected to check if the structure is sound and suitable for building over.
Have it assessed whether the building services can be installed there.
Then consider your options further.

I would like to store food supplies accessibly within the house.
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Pascali
17 Feb 2019 21:56
Thank you, so I will show my desired house to the builder. He will then inspect the basement structure and be able to tell me if it is feasible.

From the responses, I understand that it is generally possible and reasonable.
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ypg
17 Feb 2019 22:42
More like: It is possible, but not always practical.
11ant18 Feb 2019 01:27
Pascali schrieb:
So I will show my dream house to the contractor.

Or to Uncle Günter’s dachshund, it might come to the same thing. Contractors like formwork and masonry – people who enjoy tinkering are called engineers.

Let’s not get this wrong: not all contractors think in a straight line. But, with a fairly high probability, the contractor will only be able to imagine the project if the basement layout is a subset of the new house’s floor plan.

That is not necessarily the limit of what’s possible, but cleverer concepts call for an architect.
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