While some people take their basement for granted, others have never seen a basement in their life. But why aren't basements attached to every home? The primary factors that explain why some houses ...

A finished basement not only adds more living and entertaining space to your home, it’s a great place for recreation options for your family as well as added storage. If you’ve been toying with the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Once upon a time, basements were just used for storage, laundry, and heating. But nowadays, a finished ...

Several years ago when I was looking for a house to purchase, I saw several otherwise attractive homes that I decided against purchasing after seeing the badly finished basements. These finished ...

BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What materials should homeowners choose to make basement remodeling last? A HelloNation article featuring Mike Werbowski of Total Basement Finishing of ...

Basements can quickly become the giant “catch-all” tray of your home—the place where holiday decorations, old furniture, and everything you’re not sure what to do with eventually go to live. But just ...

In new construction it is common for a builder to deliver a newly constructed home with an unfinished basement. The cost to the new homeowner can vary from a few thousand dollars to considerably more ...

Activists at a news conference in Washington, D.C. last month opposing Republican-sponsored legislation to open the Alaskan wilderness to oil drilling. Danny Shafer plays a song to start the night ...

Great Neck Village residents with illegally finished basements in their homes now can legalize the renovations with no penalties until next summer. The village board of trustees passed the measure ...