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wrote:
I'm sorry ahead of time if this is the wrong place to post this
question.

I will be constructing a two story house in Spring of 2006. I'm
planning on building the house with a basement (which I will not
finish
for years) but due to some financial and ground issues (we might hit
rock) I'm thinking about putting the house on a crawl space. I live
in
Western PA - does anyone have any insight into the resale value of a
house that does not have a basement? It's a 4 bedroom house, but I
may
or may not combine two of the rooms to form a large master bedroom
and
large master bathroom.

i am going through the same issue. i don't know if i am gonna get
through the rock to have a basement. however with the savings of 0
foundation walls, windows, etc i am forgoing the attempt to blast to
basement height and just have the crawl space with enough room for the
plumming and furnace. i will be adding on a side addition to accomadate
my workshop, storage and laundry room.