Originally Posted by JakeBlues
But is it more expensive per square foot? Seems like if you had a ranch with the same square footage as a two story, including the basement, that had the same total floor space, the ranch would be more expensive.
Generally speaking a basement is the cheapest square footage he will add. If unfinished or minimally finished. Now if you fancy it up as a main living quarter of course you can spend however many dollars a square foot you can afford..