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Originally Posted by natethebrown
...most contractors down here don't know how to build things below ground (including basements).
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Agreed. My house was built on a slope so the first floor is a daylight basement. We have a few small windows at the upper end so it isn't dark. The problem is water ingress. I have yet to see a properly constructed basement in the South. Monolithic poured concrete walls don't exist here.
I would never recommend building below ground anywhere the ground saturates. All the French drains in the world won't keep water out.
I wouldn't build underground unless it was at the top of a hill.