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. Hurricane ...

Home renovations have become more common, with basement conversions being among the top projects in regard to return on investment. If you're looking to sell your home in the near future, you may ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pilot program to convert illegal basement apartments in parts of Brooklyn into legal and safe units has just five active participants out of roughly 8,000 homeowners initially contacted, city ...

“If it were up to me, all of New York City would be included,” said State Sen. Julia Salazar, who is looking to expand the state’s recently passed basement legalization pathway to more neighborhoods. ...

If you live in a house with an existing but underused subterranean space, then a basement conversion could be key to a bigger home. Converting an existing area into a usable part of your home is one ...

While less common in the UK than loft conversions, basement conversions can be a brilliant way to add space to a house without extending its footprint. That said, when it comes to how to convert a ...

Including a Georgian villa on the outskirts of Bath, a Grade II-listed house in York and a new luxury development in London's Marylebone. Avonstone House, Bathampton, Bath. A Grade II-listed Georgian ...