Is That, “No Finished Square Feet in Lower Level?” or, “There’s NO LOWER LEVEL . . . AT ALL?!?” “If your parents don’t have kids . . . you won’t either.” –Anonymous “If your listing doesn’t get showings . . . you won’t get offers, either.” –Real estate corollary, Ross Kaplan [Editor’s Note: The views expressed...Read More
Maybe They’re Counting Four Stairs I’ve seen homes with as much as 3,000 finished square feet in the lower level — “basement” to non-Realtors (it was a very big house). And I’ve seen homes with no finished square feet in the lower level (typical of 19th century homes that have limestone foundations and only partial basements with...Read More
Caveat, Sellers It’s not an ironclad rule of house hunting, but in general I think it’s safe to say that more sophisticated Buyers head to the basement — er, lower level — first. Why? That’s where they can inspect the foundation (or at least the part of it that’s visible), the mechanicals, and look (smell)...Read More
