The basement was always cold while I was in the Winter time weeks, so it wasn’t an ideal living area without constant warmth.
One of the smartest decisions every one of us made as a family was giving my teenage daughter her own home office plus lavatory in the basement, but our house didn’t have enough home offices for all our children to have their own space to occupy, however not all of them wanted their own area plus they were excited sharing with a sibling. My oldest son however was begging me for privacy plus she hated sharing a room. The two of us weren’t making plans on moving in the near future, so my husband plus I tried to think of ways to provide our daughter her own home office without adding a brand new addition. Our basement was partially finished, however there was another half that needed to be finished as well. The two of us decided to finish the rest of the basement and design a new place for our daughter. There was plenty of area to create a mediocre home office plus a full lavatory. The area would be perfect, every one of us just needed to add a source of warmth. The basement was always cold while I was in the Winter time weeks, so it wasn’t an ideal living area without constant warmth. The previously finished area in the basement had a ductless mini split system to keep it warm, so every one of us decided to do the same in the newly finished space. The ductless mini split system would run off of electricity plus it would be easy for my daughter to handle. The ductless system took up wall space, however every one of us knew our daughter would prefer controlling the temperature of her own room.