Your basement can be a versatile and dynamic space, ideal for hosting friends and family in the summer months following a basement conversion. Whilst they can be expensive, a basement conversion can be a great way of adding more space in your home that can be enjoyed in the summer months. Your basement does not need to be removed to being a dark space under your home, it can be a beautiful open space that can even open to a lower level of your garden!

 

When you begin the planning stages of a basement, you can be entering a very lengthy and time-consuming process. It requires many surveys and reports in order to assess the safety of having a basement underneath your home. However, amongst all the safety aspects, you can have some fun with the design, especially when you think of how you would like to use your basement throughout the year! You will need to have absolutely every detail of your basement project planned out before construction can begin, so make sure your space is designed exactly how you want it to be.

 

In the summertime, you can use your basement for hosting guests, family, and friends in a variety of different ways. If you have opted to have a basement conversion that can open out into your garden, you can host an amazing English garden party. Your guests can walk out of your basement into your garden space, possibly out into a courtyard with stairs up to the higher garden grounds? The choice is yours! If your basement does not open out onto your garden space, you can still have lighting wells that provide the perfect small courtyard for a barbeque!

 

 

One of the best aspects of a basement space is that it can be as light, or as dark, as you want it to be. Close the curtains, dim the lights, and grab the popcorn, when the sun goes below the horizon you can come inside and watch movies in your own basement cinema room. Perfect for families with younger children who need entertaining in the summer holidays, a basement cinema room is a luxury addition to any house. Of course, you could even team up a cinema room with a social space too, adding in pool tables, LED lighting, or air hockey tables for a retro game’s night.

 

A basement can be a great way to have a second kitchen in your home, perfect for dinner parties with friends and family. You can have a private chef use your basement kitchen to prepare a full menu of delights, ready to be brought up to your dining room on your ground floor. None of the mess and no noise needs to be heard or seen by your guests with this genius basement kitchen.

 

If you are thinking of having a basement conversion, speak to a member of the Simply Basement team today on 0800 917 7571 now!