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More like he moved into his parents’ attic? They don’t have basements in California :P

stevenwoo 4y ago
They do if you spend enough money. I met someone who was related to an executive of Intel and they had a basement with dumb waiter and a laundry chute from the other floors.
- dilyevsky 4y ago
  I toured large house in santa clara that had a huge basement that was going for about 1M in 2017
dredmorbius 4y ago
Basement additions through remodeling has become much more common on the Peninsula over the past decade or two. There are height and density limits, so among the few options is to go down. Not a whole lot of coverage that I'm finding, though there's a brief mention in this Palo Alto Weekly article (2018): <https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/01/12/groundwater-spurs-basement-changes https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/01/12/groundwater-spurs...> If you search "palo alto basement remodel" you'll find a heck of a lot of contractor / services pages (enough to frustrate me looking for actual news coverage or mentions). And a Crescent Park remodel involving basements across four properties: <https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/05/26/zuckerberg-plans-to-raze-replace-his-crescent-park-homes https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/05/26/zuckerberg-pl...>
sethd 4y ago
Weird. I’ve heard this same phrase about every state I’ve lived in (always from a native) and it’s always turned out to be false. Perhaps such a state does exist? Sibling comment seems to indicate California might not be one of them.
- msrenee 4y ago
  New Mexico doesn't have much for basements, at least in the houses that I saw down there.
- bodangly 4y ago
  Not sure about the rest of the state but definitely no basements here in South Florida. I haven’t even seen any houses w a crawl space when I was moving here. Pretty much just concrete block construction on slab. Can’t really dig far on a swamp…
  - sethd 4y ago
    I live in FL too and there are basements for sure. :) I don’t have one but I’ve seen plenty. As for crawl spaces, they’re really common on older homes up here (central FL); I have one.
    - bodangly 4y ago
      I guess you guys have some firmer land up there. Here if it isn't pure swamp, its limestone which water has no problem passing through, hence no basements in most locations.
- vel0city 4y ago
  There's practically no basements in residences in lots of Texas. In Houston a lot of the city is literally only 10-15ft above sea level, the water line is often close to the surface. Coupled with lots of rain and flooding, it's not a good idea. Then in North Texas, expansive soils are then a challenge. There's lots of shifts from drought to wet seasons that'll quickly start crushing those walls. It's definitely possible to have basements, but it's something only the exceptionally wealthy would even bother with.
  - sethd 4y ago
    I’ve seen some in older homes and have heard “there are no basements in Texas” when I lived there. Same thing in Oklahoma, even though a house I lived in as child had one and we definitely weren’t wealthy. :)

They do if you spend enough money. I met someone who was related to an executive of Intel and they had a basement with dumb waiter and a laundry chute from the other floors.

dilyevsky 4y ago
I toured large house in santa clara that had a huge basement that was going for about 1M in 2017

dredmorbius 4y ago

Basement additions through remodeling has become much more common on the Peninsula over the past decade or two. There are height and density limits, so among the few options is to go down. Not a whole lot of coverage that I'm finding, though there's a brief mention in this Palo Alto Weekly article (2018): <https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/01/12/groundwater-spurs-basement-changes https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/01/12/groundwater-spurs...> If you search "palo alto basement remodel" you'll find a heck of a lot of contractor / services pages (enough to frustrate me looking for actual news coverage or mentions). And a Crescent Park remodel involving basements across four properties: <https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/05/26/zuckerberg-plans-to-raze-replace-his-crescent-park-homes https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/05/26/zuckerberg-pl...>

sethd 4y ago

Weird. I’ve heard this same phrase about every state I’ve lived in (always from a native) and it’s always turned out to be false. Perhaps such a state does exist? Sibling comment seems to indicate California might not be one of them.

msrenee 4y ago
New Mexico doesn't have much for basements, at least in the houses that I saw down there.
bodangly 4y ago
Not sure about the rest of the state but definitely no basements here in South Florida. I haven’t even seen any houses w a crawl space when I was moving here. Pretty much just concrete block construction on slab. Can’t really dig far on a swamp…
- sethd 4y ago
  I live in FL too and there are basements for sure. :) I don’t have one but I’ve seen plenty. As for crawl spaces, they’re really common on older homes up here (central FL); I have one.
  - bodangly 4y ago
    I guess you guys have some firmer land up there. Here if it isn't pure swamp, its limestone which water has no problem passing through, hence no basements in most locations.
vel0city 4y ago
There's practically no basements in residences in lots of Texas. In Houston a lot of the city is literally only 10-15ft above sea level, the water line is often close to the surface. Coupled with lots of rain and flooding, it's not a good idea. Then in North Texas, expansive soils are then a challenge. There's lots of shifts from drought to wet seasons that'll quickly start crushing those walls. It's definitely possible to have basements, but it's something only the exceptionally wealthy would even bother with.
- sethd 4y ago
  I’ve seen some in older homes and have heard “there are no basements in Texas” when I lived there. Same thing in Oklahoma, even though a house I lived in as child had one and we definitely weren’t wealthy. :)