Today, it’s 75%. It’s not a question of whether you want a basement; it’s what you want to have in your basement.” Driving the trend is the confluence of desire and dollar value.

He started Choate Construction Co. in his basement in 1989, shortly before the 1990-91 recession.

At a basement project on the north end of the block, near Santa Rita Avenue, the groundwater pumping began on June 29 and concluded on Sept. 15. Here, only 133,000 gallons were pumped out.

FITCHBURG — In the 14 years since John Paine built his home — a three-bedroom house on Westminster Hill Road — his basement, he says, has never flooded. That changed last week and… ...

Summary Construction of the basement of the National Museum of Natural History on November 5, 1908. The brick support columns are in the process of being covered. Around the basement are two wooden ...

Up next in Woodside, the Town Council Zoning Subcommittee is gathering recommendations to be considered at a second basement study session slated for an as-yet-unannounced Town Council meeting.