At what point does a crawlspace become a basement?

[sputnam]

Agreed....but for some reason thought it was 6'6".

Could be 6'6". I always look that kind of thing (attic ceilings too) up whenever it's a possible issue.

 

[Vermonter]

If you are a Ted Bundy, it can be a cemetery

Not just for serial killers. 100+ years ago it was common practice to bury infant children that died in dirt cellars around here. Especially if they died during winter. Around 1910 or 1920 they put a stop to it.

Friggin creepy.

 

[sputnam]

In some parts of the state here, it's still legal to bury someone on your property. Long as it's not a secret burial. It sometimes becomes an interesting appraisal issue. Who wants to buy property with someone else's dead relative buried in the backyard? Turns out, it's involved and expensive to move a corpse. Sometimes, enough to render the property unmarketable. In some cases, the value of the subject property could be zero or less.

 

[Papoua Jose]

I'm fairly certain there's a grave in the woods adjacent to my property. The area is overgrown with woods right off an old colonial trail along a small river bottom.

There are thick trees growing close enough to it that it has to be at least 100 years old. Small rock headstone.