Ansi delema

[Airstream]

are you giving me lessons but but but the berm house has no "basement'

Kind of a smart ***. If you use regular houses for a berm home comparison then I hope you are ready to lose your license.

 

[Dale Floyd]

Maybe in Tennessee, but I've seen some pretty plush walkout basements in my career with the finish every bit as comparable to above grade. In fact I've seen one bedroom above grade luxury homes with super nice walkout basements that are the exact same finish as the above grade.

We have them too, with some featuring finishes way above the grade level. Doesn't change what they are, which is the real reason for the divisions.

Adjusting them is a different discussion, but without any doubt, a one level house with a basement should never be compared with a two-story home. Not the same animals.

 

[Airstream]

We have them too, with some featuring finishes way above the grade level. Doesn't change what they are, which is the real reason for the divisions.

Adjusting them is a different discussion, but without any doubt, a one level house with a basement should never be compared with a two-story home. Not the same animals.

It would depend upon how the market perceives it. If the only part below grade on the house is a few feet in the back I would disagree with you. I did a house like this a few years back. The amount that was "below grade" was so insignificant that to call it a basement would have been ridiculous. No one viewed it that way. We are about the market, not about some artificial rules that there are clearly exceptions to.

 

[djd09]

Kind of a smart ***. If you use regular houses for a berm home comparison then I hope you are ready to lose your license.

just use the exempt code or call it a desktop appraisal

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

below grade is considered basement. "basement & finished area below grade." Get real.

Defining "below grade" would help because there are two "Below Grades".

One is below the ground level which civil engineers call "grade." The other is a quality issue. "Below grade" can mean "below quality" - a lower grade could be a short loft is not equal to a full upper level floor of similar "grade". A sunroom without heat or air is "below grade" compared to the main house no matter it cost $200 a SF to add on. A garage conversion is generally "below grade" unless they went to extraordinary lengths.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

It would depend upon how the market perceives it. If the only part below grade on the house is a few feet in the back I would disagree with you.

Technically and correctly then it is "below grade" and therefore should be treated separately even if that means making the same SF adjustment for both...which is a function of market perception. Calling it one or the other does not change the value of the property. If it changes the value, then you did it wrong.

 

[David S. Roberson]

You can call it a two story if you want, or a berm house, or even Hubert; it's a basement.

 

[djd09]

berm houses are classified as above grade so you cant call it a berm and have a basement these are some backwards *** standards hee haw

 

[djd09]

football is a game of inches but they keep the stats in yards. why ? the precision doesn't matter. anyways just took one of my CE updates and they didn't even mention home innovations/ansi/fannie, actually they used fannies long used measuring guidelines with the exception for the house being built in side of the hill example

 

[djd09]

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