On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 22:29:17 GMT, Tim Scott wrote:
I think it will. When adding the egress you turn the basement into "livable
space" and thus can be claimed as square footage when reselling the house.

Uh, no. Around here in Upstate NY, at least, below-grade space is not counted,
even if it's code-compliant and inspected, as is mine. And that's according
to both my local building office and the realtors. At best you can advertise
it as having a "finished basement".

- Rich