Even if you have flat soil underneath, you need to compact it to make sure there won’t be settlement.

Anyways his stuff was around $45/sq ft - pretty affordable - it's a bit thinner since they use plywood underneath the granite and it's somewhat of a veneer with a thick edge -- it'd make sense if you saw an install.  

I'm not sure if that falls underneath the category of fix and flips, but I will find out soon enough.

They make handy storm shelters, among other uses.Basements are holes in the ground, and therefore are susceptible to flooding from rainwater from above and groundwater from underneath. 

Your lesson learned about the soil report/geotech report could help others save quite a bit of $. 

The sofa is NOT a sofa bed, and we want to accommodate groups up to 6, so that's on tap too.. more so after learning that at some point, the current sofa's wooden armature underneath was partially broken - ugh.

Then you need to check into the composition of the soil to see if the property is even buildable, you need to check with a soil engineer.  

WIth scale you almost always need hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment, pesticides and chemicals that damage soil and output over time.

The most expensive removals are buried oil tanks with soil contamination. 

Our loamy, clay soil has a high-elasticity, which means it moves with shifting temperature and moisture levels.The soil under your home expands and contracts with shifts between hot and cold conditions and through dry and wet cycles — literally moving your entire home.Your home was designed to handle this, but over time or after a big weather event your home can move beyond its limitations — that’s when you get foundation problems."