I'm just curious anybody living in landed property with basement? I see some houses add extra storey but do u know if anybody excavated a basement?

Not suitable in Malaysia

Later flooded

With our climate and water table on high all the time I dont think house basement is popular thing in here

This post has been edited by failed.hashcheck: Feb 20 2019, 03:59 PM

if u r looking for real basement type of house in Malaysia, I haven't come across any yet.
I do know there are houses along Jalan Universiti in Petaling Jaya whereby the ground floor is facing the main road, and there is a another floor but below the ground floor because the houses are built on a sloppy ravine.

We dont have natural disaster and 4 season.

I ask architect, she said it is more costly to build basement than higher floor

Houses seems no

Shoplot have

if existing building.. wanna add basement sure hard. u have to avoid all the existing foundations

basement for either

- laundry room/washing machine dryer, or

- simpan jin bomoh (hobby santau enemy)

i got a relative with double storey house got basement 1

must buy a air dryer, humidity too high

i use it as entertainment space... a mini bar, home theater and space for mahjong/poker table... make sound wont disturb neighbours... want notti with gf also nobody know... lol

last time use as carpark but very troublesome cause got to in out slowly...

Not if u alot of child sun not fast enough

Putra heights also got

looks like nice on outside.

but dam scary lo

sked landslide

Old houses at pj kampung tunku got.

even at overseas hot climate area do not have basement

- Keep sex slave

I have seen few houses with basement. All build & design from scratch (not the one buying from developer).

Mostly store or laundry area.

later i build i will tell you..

until then.. help me crowdfund for a basement

Yup. Due to our weather, need to keep water out. Costly waterproofing. Workmanship will almost always fails the waterproofing.

Special structure needed too.

in the end, build higher up is more economical

basement takde

tanam contena ade

On serious note, having basement for Asian houses are not encourage. As underground is for the dead.

Fengshui sifus will not approve that

dungeon got,

lol so backwards

yes, this, my uncle had a small semi-d.
he made a small basement thinking to make it as store room for storing craps.

2 years later, water mark coming from the wall. then more and more.
in the end he covered the whole place with soil and cement, not using anymore

Ppl go basement because cold la

roof garden more fun

Lol. You are recommended to try it out.

There are walk-in type of basement on sloped land, but fully underground basement you'll be dealing with mildew and flood in tropical Malaysia.

Unless on some desert area at Australia I recall, too hot there, but they don't have moisture problem either.

Or for ppl to fak theor brains out without notifying the neighbor

> More costly to do so, need to korek korek and do piling
> Drainage big issue
> Humidity issue, need proper ventilation

Just look at the building with basement car park, not for human live condition after few years.

water table hi kenot make

basement lack ventilation grow mold...

or hide dead body like John Wayne Gacy

Quite a fetish u have there... hahaha

u want to become basement potato?

Or 30 year-old jobless son

basement for orgy?

add basement is not really hard, you just need an out door staircase, and 1floor 1 be your main entrance. solved

If i build another house, i'll design a basement for entertainment purpose - loud music, pool table, home cinema

The problem with basements is the cost of waterproofing them against our weather. Forget a cozy man cave, you're just gonna get a damp dungeon.

That place is Coober Pedy, surface temp is at 40 ~ 45c

Its in the middle of nowhere near central Australia

This post has been edited by Subang Nuclear Reactor: Feb 20 2019, 02:54 PM

Dont build on swamp.

Build on higher ground.

Even build on swamp also no problem if build properly. You can check hotel/mall carparks etc. Manada water seeping in..

If you build a basement on higher ground then it's not quite a basement anymore, right? And besides, I didn't say impossible, just too costly to be worth the trouble. Cheaper and easier to build upwards.

I have seen some houses in putrajaya that have those. Near to Alamanda shopping mall.

It doesn't matter

My house got 3 floors below street level. You can buy it if you want

Photos here: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4725075&hl=

Tropical country such as us where rains are common, gg lorr mau buat basement

Normally bungalows in very high keras place all got basement, mostly for car parks

Why/k machiem never visited house with basement???

This post has been edited by kitzai: Feb 20 2019, 03:16 PM

Basement means the house will have more space without taking up too much land space above. Very good idea but proper water proofing is a must. Moisture from ground very high.

usually the houses on the hill by the slopes got

i dunno lol

i live at tampin, N9. he live at ampang.

last i went to his house is ~10 years ago lol

that time his basement empty 1, seems like not using at all

This post has been edited by CyrusWong: Feb 20 2019, 03:36 PM

In reality basement is overrated even the foreigners who owns it said, just used for storing rubbish, very poor ventilation and damp with pests around.
Childrens also afraid that there are monsters lurking.

My basement looks like this though:

Yes, I mentioned a few post above this is called walk-in basement.
Usually on sloped land, that is common here.

Basement is good for keep wine and hide weapon like john wick

Malaysia law after 6ft is government property la.. so cannot

house with basement in malaysia

cleaning mold and mildew will become your part time job

not only on furniture, but also on every items you keep in there

my house in johor had basement and it was fine but it was built on a slope. my current hose in kl has basement but we closed up shortly after moving in because it kept on flooding.

yeah, i think basement on house built on slope is better because got ventilation and sunlight. so won't have the usual basement problems

bungalow is it? never encounter terrace with basement.. did he renovate/build it himself or already build with the house?

wah really ar? no wonder not common lar..

erm.. i actually forgotten already how his house outside look like i only roughly remember house inside

erm.... ermmmmmmmmmmmmm

ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

forgotten

i think is bungalow

ya he renovate/build one

so old time ago already his house, at least 20 years already, that time mana da basement when ppl hear his house got basement, all wah wah wah

This post has been edited by CyrusWong: Feb 20 2019, 06:50 PM

Hot climate country not suitable to have basement due to high humidity

better build attic

Yup, been there. Easy drive from Woomera (befitting your nick😁).

celaka far...

there are a lot of flights going into Alice Springs, albeit expensive but it's easily accesible

this place is really deserted from everywhere...

I bet there are more flights to Onslow or most of the FIFO sites than Coober Pedy

maybe one day I should do a road trip from Adelaide to Darwin through Coober Pedy

Better build up than build down.

you should. it's........... interesting. the trip there.

i came across a whole town with people got nothing to do than to smoke weed... even the pulis lel

I saw near jalan pasar.. siap ada ventilation fan..
Wonder what down there..

Hint: shoplot adjacent to the metropark. Look near the drainage, we can see the ventilation fan..

got.
basement garage carpark
but not everyone can afford
this is somewhere at sungai besi

5 storey down, tropicana golf club bungalow.

house so small. owai

basement for mancave

I concur

This is the only other legitimate justification for basement

the only necessity to build undergrd is
- if place has height limits
- cyclone shelter
- bomb shelter
- desert

Even houses beside a slope has moisture seepage.

got pics?

Nice.

common design if its at slope..

We flew in Adelaide and drove northwards to Port Augusta, Woomera, CP.

IIRC, it was in the month of June, hence, pleasant jumper-day weather.

Cool!

My house got basement, but it opens out to a backyard... So not basement in a strict sense