If you've been searching for basement and conversion ideas to make the most of a currently wasted space, you've come to the right place. Many older houses and country homes were built with cellars and ...

Basement dwellings have been eyed as a relief valve for Boston’s housing crisis, but a summer with record rain and fatal storms down the East Coast shows they may come with dangerous risks. Courtesy ...

Basement conversions are a popular type of remodeling. Homeowners often turn to this type of remodeling to create space at a minimum cost. It is true that the cost per square foot for a basement ...

Calculating your final basement conversion costs will largely depend on whether you're converting a basement, adding a new one, or upgrading an existing cellar. If you have an existing underground ...

Our latest lookbook features 10 homes where basement conversions create extra rooms and more liveable space underground. Basement conversions can be a practical way of providing homes with additional ...

Home renovation: Converting your basement into a guest suite, utility room, playroom or extra bathroom or adding a swimming pool or gym could add value to your property. Photo: Getty · mvolante via ...

If your family is growing and your kids need their own space, or if you want to give guests some privacy when they visit, you may be thinking about adding another bedroom. If local zoning laws would ...

Existing state laws are raising the costs of converting an unregulated basement unit up to legal building code standards to as much as $1 million, city officials said at a City Council hearing Tuesday ...

Only five of 800 basement apartment owners who expressed interest in a program to legalize those units ultimately participated, city officials said Tuesday. The main reasons were cost and zoning that ...

New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has announced a new pilot program to help homeowners add an extra apartment in a basement, backyard or garage, as the city ...