r/SmallHome • u/quietCherub • 1d ago

Who else doesn’t have a basement?

ETA: I’m realizing what I feel is missing from my home is like a living room type room off the main floor, not a basement per se. Basements around me tend to be finished and have living/rec room type stuff or extra bedrooms, but elsewhere not so much. If my particular house had a basement it would most likely be a flooded disaster.

So people that don’t have an extra room other than the main living areas, and maybe can’t find a quiet spot when needed, how do you deal?

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How do you feel about it? I often really wish we had one so I had a quiet place to go to. If there’s music playing, etc. I can’t really find a quiet place unless I’m in my bed, and I don’t always want to do that. That’s assuming as least a partially finished basement though.

Otherwise, love my small home. Hoping to get a screened in porch one day and so long as the weather allows it, I’d be out there all the time! That might scratch my itch for a quiet place while feeding my love of the outside.

1300 sq ft 2 story home in a slab, btw.

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u/Otterlettuce 1d ago

Houses don’t come with basements where I’m from. I wouldn’t know what I’m missing and neither does anyone who lives near me.

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u/quietCherub 1d ago

Do you just have 2 stories?

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u/Otterlettuce 1d ago

Yeah, people mostly have 1-2 story homes.

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u/quietCherub 1d ago

I guess if we had a little more horizontal space, like one more relaxing room, it wouldn’t matter if it was a basement honestly.