This. When we went house shopping in Seattle, we saw alot of craftsman houses with basements and most of them were depressing and expensive, especially the base

This. When we went house shopping in Seattle, we saw alot of craftsman houses with basements and most of them were depressing and expensive, especially the basement, like 1500 sqf on paper but half of that is almost unusable. The newer townhomes were about the same price with no basements but three stories above ground instead, so we wound up in one in Ballard. I don’t mourn the old houses being torn down to make way for three town homes on the same plot.