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By Tony & Darcy Cannon

Real Estate Agent with Aubrey and Associates Realty

October 26, 2011 06:27 AM

Here in our area this style of home was not too uncommon. I am not going to say that it was a popular style of home, but it seemed like there were a couple of these in almost every town in Utah, especially in Southern Utah. Many have since had a Main Floor and upper levels added to the basement to bring them into the more main stream style of home. This particular home didn't quite make it to that point. It has been like this for the nearly 12 years that we have lived here, and as I remember, even before that.

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These homes were very energy efficient houses, once you got them warm in the Winter, they would stay warm. They also stayed cooler in the Summer, but you lived in a basement!

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Evelyn Kennedy

Alain Pinel Realtors - Alameda, CA

Alameda, Real Estate, Alameda, CA

Tony:

I have never seen a home like the one pictures. I can see that a basement home would be cooler in the summer. Thanks for sharing a picture of this unique home.

Oct 26, 2011 10:06 AM

Joni Bailey

101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX

Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

Interesting! It looks like UTAH has been included in our 2012 travel plans. Maybe I'll see one! LOL!

Oct 26, 2011 11:48 AM

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

Evelyn, Thank you for stopping by and commenting!

Joni, Maybe! That would be cool!

Oct 26, 2011 12:00 PM

Rosalinda Morgan

Brookville, NY

"The Rose Lady"

Tony - I have never seen one like that house before. Not in Long Island or Johns Island! I don't even have a basement now.

Oct 26, 2011 12:32 PM

Mike Cooper, Broker VA,WV

Cornerstone Business Group Inc - Winchester, VA

Your Neighborhood Real Estate Sales Pro

Tony, that's a first for me. What's the style name? I can see how it would be energy efficient. Very interesting.

Oct 26, 2011 01:08 PM

Joy Daniels

Joy Daniels Real Estate Group, Ltd. - Harrisburg, PA

Someday I am going to travel to your area to see the differences between the East and West! :) Thanks for sharing.

Oct 26, 2011 02:06 PM

Kay Van Kampen

RE/MAX Broker, RE/MAX - Springfield, MO

Realtor®, Springfield Mo Real Estate

Wish you had photos of the inside. I don't think I could handle not having windows. Definitely unique.

Oct 26, 2011 02:18 PM

Joni Bailey

101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX

Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

You know I'll be blogging about it if I do!! :)))

Oct 26, 2011 03:46 PM

Steve Hoffacker

Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL

Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

Tony and Darcy,

Does this style of home have a name? Quite interesting. :)

Steve

Oct 26, 2011 03:56 PM

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz

Las Vegas, NV

Hello Tony & Darcy and a wonderful post and photo, congrats on your feature from The Gods and ...

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Oct 26, 2011 04:28 PM

Sharon Alters

Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty - 904-673-2308 - Fleming Island, FL

Realtor - Homes for Sale Fleming Island FL

Tony and Darcy, ok, at first I thought I was looking at a weird A-frame but on closer inspection and reading your post, I realized I am looking at a roof of a house that is built underground! Now that is truly stra-a-nge! But if they put those 'windows' like they have in Hollister's (or is it American Eagle?) that show live outside video, then it might be bearable...

Sharon

Oct 26, 2011 04:28 PM

Goran Utvic

Goran Utvic Real Estate Broker/Construction Consultant - Chicago, IL

Chicago 2 Flat Specialist

Real interesting home...how much does the market time increase on a home like that? and where's the door to get in...at the side through the roof or you got to step down into it?

Oct 26, 2011 04:39 PM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Tony and Darcy - there are advantages to living "underground" but it is unusual for one to remain that way if it was not built to be an underground home.

Oct 26, 2011 04:59 PM

Sandy Acevedo

951-290-8588 - Chino Hills, CA

RE/MAX Masters, Inland Empire Homes for Sale

It is so interesting to see the different architecture of the many areas in AR. Broker caravan must be fun there!

Oct 26, 2011 06:19 PM

Rosalie Evans

Meritus Group Real Estate - Sioux Falls, SD

The Evans Group, Sioux Falls, SD Homes For Sale

That is a strange one alright! I have never seen anything like it! And I thought a geodesic dome was weird! That looks like just a roof on the ground! I sure wish you could see inside that thing! So is there a name for this kind of home style?? Is it actually called a basement home?

Oct 26, 2011 07:24 PM

Dawn Maloney

RE/MAX Trinity Northeast Ohio Real Estate Specialist - Hudson, OH

330-990-4236 Hudson & Northeastern Ohio

Oh thank God my dad never got to build one of these! Ick. He always talked about it and I would think, no way would I ever want to live in a house like that. He was very thrilled about the energy savings.

I like SUNSHINE and windows!!! Interesting picture though!

Oct 26, 2011 07:43 PM

Phil Leng

Retired - Kirkland, WA

Phil Leng - Retired

Hi Tony,

Fascinating!

Looks like there was a mudslide and everything got covered except the roof!

Phil

Oct 26, 2011 11:24 PM

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

Valerie, That is true, one of the main reasons that I wouldn't want to live in a basement houses.

Rosalinda, We found that our basement was more of a storage area than living space! These houses are sort of uncommon now in most places, even here.

Mike, We just called them basement houses, not sure if that is an official style name. I don't know of any city or town that would give you a certificate of occupancy if you tried to build one today.

Joy, That would be interesting! Darcy's Parents just returned from Washington DC and Pennsylvania, now I have the travel buy myself!

Kay, It is abandoned and the roof has mostly caved in, I didn't like the way the photo's showing that looked, so I deleted them. I should go back and shoot some more photos of this house.

Joni, Travel is a great blogging subject!

Steve, I don't know if this style house has a name, we have always just called them basement houses.

Bob, Thank you! It is always an honor to be featured in a group!

Sharon, I would still have to have the natural light, I like windows!

These are really uncommon anymore, this particular one hasn't had anyone live in it in years. I would imagine that they would lag on the market for a long time unless someone came in with the money to add above ground house to the basement house.

Kathy, Very true, most of the ones that we used to have around here have either had above ground additions, or have been torn out and had another home built on the lot. These are really getting rare anymore, at least around here. This one has been abandoned for many years, I am surprised that it hasn't been torn out or just caved in.

Sandy, We do have a nice variety of home styles here!

Rosalie, I have never heard them called anything but basement homes, I don't know if you could even build anything like this anymore. Getting a certificate of occupancy would really be tough I would think.

Dawn, That is the one huge advantage, but for me, it isn't enough to make me want to live in one of these!

Phil, It does look like that!

Oct 27, 2011 05:32 AM

Jim Frimmer

HomeSmart Realty West - San Diego, CA

Realtor & CDPE, Mission Valley specialist

I wonder what the natural lighting is like in that type of house.

Oct 29, 2011 02:51 PM

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

Jim, It usually isn't all that great!