The fact that there is a basement in the house, you begin to value only over time. Of course, it is necessary to decide whether the room will be warm, how it will be used. It depends on this whether it will be necessary to carry out sound in the basement — and thermal insulation. With practice, an understanding comes that the house needs utility rooms, it is necessary to install a heating system for them somewhere, to have the right type of fuel. In a living room, such a system takes up a lot of space, it costs more. The foundation of the house usually goes deep into a meter, and the basement is deeper, it gives additional warmth to the house.