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redforever · 08-31-2006, 03:35 PM

In terms of rooms and layout, visualize what your plan shows in the upstairs bedroom area, and go from there. It will be about that same square footage, and your bathroom will have to go close to where existing plumbing comes down from upstairs. If you wish to have a couple of rooms plus your media and sports room and a bathroom, keep in mind, that will just about be it and you wont have any large area for storage etc.

You will have stuff like furnace, hot water tanks etc down there too, so can pretty well knock off one room for that.

When we built, we originally were going to do the basement ourselves too, but in the end, decided to go with the builder and I think it was maybe even cheaper in the long run. PLUS, you dont have the mess in a new house for doing add ons as soon as you move in. Not only that, you will have carpet from the same dye lot and all that kind of stuff you really should think about.

Your flooring will depend on a few things. If you want a comfy basement development, you really should think about infloor heating. We have that, it is wonderful, and we have large airy windows and a walk out, we went with 9 foot walls in the basement, so as light and warm etc as upstairs. BUT, with an infloor heating system, you will have further flooring costs. ie: you cant nail your studs to the floor now, you need special glue or cement to do any of that, cause of course, you cant take the chance of nailing or screwing into any of the infloor heating tubing. You can however, put down carpet etc as normal.

We also went with an open stairwell, just opens up things tremendously and the stairwell is 4 feet wide too. This really does make it very convenient for moving things up and down, and also, does not seem like you are taking a tiny walk down into a dungeon.

If you go with your builder, the cost should be approximately the same or a bit less as what you are paying for your square footage upstairs. So work out your costs from there. It all depends on what grade of carpet you use and all that kind of stuff. Also, how much electrical and tech stuff will you require in your media room? You can pay a lot of money for those types of rooms. There is not just a standard price, kind of goes with what class of house you are building.

08-31-2006, 03:35 PM	#8
redforever Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Exp:	In terms of rooms and layout, visualize what your plan shows in the upstairs bedroom area, and go from there. It will be about that same square footage, and your bathroom will have to go close to where existing plumbing comes down from upstairs. If you wish to have a couple of rooms plus your media and sports room and a bathroom, keep in mind, that will just about be it and you wont have any large area for storage etc. You will have stuff like furnace, hot water tanks etc down there too, so can pretty well knock off one room for that. When we built, we originally were going to do the basement ourselves too, but in the end, decided to go with the builder and I think it was maybe even cheaper in the long run. PLUS, you dont have the mess in a new house for doing add ons as soon as you move in. Not only that, you will have carpet from the same dye lot and all that kind of stuff you really should think about. Your flooring will depend on a few things. If you want a comfy basement development, you really should think about infloor heating. We have that, it is wonderful, and we have large airy windows and a walk out, we went with 9 foot walls in the basement, so as light and warm etc as upstairs. BUT, with an infloor heating system, you will have further flooring costs. ie: you cant nail your studs to the floor now, you need special glue or cement to do any of that, cause of course, you cant take the chance of nailing or screwing into any of the infloor heating tubing. You can however, put down carpet etc as normal. We also went with an open stairwell, just opens up things tremendously and the stairwell is 4 feet wide too. This really does make it very convenient for moving things up and down, and also, does not seem like you are taking a tiny walk down into a dungeon. If you go with your builder, the cost should be approximately the same or a bit less as what you are paying for your square footage upstairs. So work out your costs from there. It all depends on what grade of carpet you use and all that kind of stuff. Also, how much electrical and tech stuff will you require in your media room? You can pay a lot of money for those types of rooms. There is not just a standard price, kind of goes with what class of house you are building.