The benefits of choosing a house plan that includes a full basement foundation are endless. You can create a private retreat like a recreation room, media room, home office, wine cellar, second kitchen, wet bar or additional bedrooms. It’s a great way to give your children a fun and flexible place to hang out with their friends, watch movies and store all their toys, games and electronics. If you’re creating a large living space in your basement, be sure to include at least a half bathroom into your basement design and a small kitchen or wet bar. You’ll be glad you did, when the time comes for entertaining and containing your children to one area of the house. A finished basement also adds to the value (in many cases you’re almost doubling your square footage) and efficiency of your new home. Check out some really cool basement floor plans in the latest issue of Dream Designs like this game room and wet bar from the Traverse House Plan:
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Christine Cooney
Christine has over a decade of experience as a house plan and floor plan expert. Outside of providing her expertise to customers to help them find and build their dream homes, her passion and knowledge of the home building industry allows Christine to guide families and builders through all of the important steps from finding plans to building custom homes that meet the expectations of today’s new home owner. Christine’s years of knowledge of the diverse trends and needs of the modern homeowner has made her into an authoritative and trusted voice in the online house plan community..