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Homes with a basement in Santa Clara
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Listing information comes from the Washington County Board of Realtors MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Four kinds
How deep does the lower level go?
A basement in Santa Clara is a choice, so there is no standard kind. I have no count by plat, but these are the four shapes to know. Pick one to see how it lives and what to look at.
Under the groundBelow the ground on every side
What to look at
- Why it is a choice. The city's design sheet puts the frost depth at 6 inches, so the cold does not make a builder dig this deep. A full basement is a decision someone made.
- The light. Window wells, the pits around basement windows, bring in the daylight. Expect these rooms to be dimmer.
- A bedroom down here. Check for a window large enough to climb through, with a well you could climb out of as well.
Under the groundPartly below, with windows over the ground
What to look at
- What it needs. Ground that falls away. On the north bank that means the edges of the hill. South of the river it means the foothill lots at the Hills at Santa Clara.
- The light. Regular windows sit over the ground here, so the lower level feels like part of the main house.
- The water. Check that the ground slopes away from the walls and the windows.
Under the groundEarth up front, a yard door at the back
What to look at
- What it needs. A steeper fall in the lot. Ask which side of the home opens out to the yard.
- The door. A door straight to the yard makes moving furniture easy, and the space can live like its own floor.
- The slope. That same slope shapes the driveway, the retaining walls and the path of runoff. Walk the whole lot, and not only the house.
Under the groundAbout half of it
What to look at
- What it is. Here the lower level is half a flight down and part of it is under the ground. County outlines name three split-levels, all in Shady Lane Estates.
- Others. My community pages mention a few in Santa Clara Heights and Summerwood. Ask me, and I will check the plan.
- Read the listing. One listing counts this level as basement space, and another does not. See how the square feet are split.
The guide
What to know before you buy
The local read, square feet, flood and radon, the cost, before you tour and how I help
The local read
What a basement means in Santa Clara
In shortHere are the Santa Clara homes with a basement, finished or not. A basement is a choice here, not a given, so the question is what the one you are looking at really holds.
Start with why it is a choice. With a 6 inch frost depth on the city's design sheet, the cold does not force a deep dig. A builder digs a basement because a buyer wants the space, not because the cold forces it.
I do not have a count of which Santa Clara plats have basements, and the listing site does not run a basement page for the city. A daylight or walkout basement fits on sloped ground, on the edges of the hill and in the foothill lots at the Hills at Santa Clara. A few split-levels turn up too, in Shady Lane Estates, Santa Clara Heights and Summerwood.
The city asks for a soils report for the site on every project, and the December 2020 flood put water in some basements, says the 2025 General Plan. So with a basement I look at the ground and the water first, then the finish. Is it finished? How much sits below the ground? Can someone sleeping down there get out?
Finished basement
Ready to use- Finished walls, floors, heat and lights
- Living space from the first day
- Ask for the permit and look at the work
Unfinished basement
Space to finish later- Raw walls over a concrete floor
- Finish it your way, on your schedule
- Ask what the builder or seller already roughed in
Square feet
How to read the square feet
A basement listing's total usually counts the space below the ground. Look at where the square feet sit and how much is finished.
Rambler over a finished basement listed at 3,000 sq ft
Half the total is under the ground, and every foot of it is ready to use.
Rambler over an unfinished basement listed at 2,800 sq ft
Half the total is open space to finish later.
The same house, no basement listed at 1,400 sq ft
Half the size on paper, with the same space above the ground.
All three are examples, not real listings.
- Find the split. See how many square feet sit over the ground and how many under it, then compare homes on the first figure.
- Finished or not. Finished means the walls, floors and heat are all in. Unfinished means a blank room you can build out.
- Above grade. Those square feet leave the basement out.
Flood and radon
Keeping a basement dry and safe
A basement pays off only when it stays dry. The desert and the river each ask something of one.
Flood and storms
The 2025 General Plan says the December 2020 flood put water in some basements. Monsoon storms bring brief, heavy rain, mostly in July and August. Check that the ground slopes away from the walls and the window wells drain.
The flood map
The city joined the National Flood Insurance Program in 1984, and its current flood map took effect in April 2009. Rhone has 17 of its 23 parcels in Zone AE, a high-risk flood zone. Look up the map for any address on the river side.
Radon
Radon is a natural gas that seeps up from the soil. Ask the seller whether anyone has ever tested the lowest level.
Cool in summer
A normal July high is near 102 degrees at the St. George station, and a basement stays cooler than the floors above. Check that it has its own vents for winter.
Flood and storms: Santa Clara General Plan 2025, and the National Weather Service for monsoon season. Flood map dates: city design criteria, revised October 2021. Rhone parcel count: FEMA flood map. Heat: NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals for the St. George station.
The cost
What a basement home costs in Santa Clara
A basement gives you more room without a larger house on the lot. Here nothing forces one, so look at what the listing asks for it. A finished one is living space you can use now, and an unfinished one is space to finish on your own time.
Santa Clara's median sale price for 2025 was $656,995, in my year-end Washington County MLS report. Homes with a basement sell on both sides of that number.
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Before you tour
The basement checklist
Take this on every showing. Tick each line as you check it. Your ticks stay on this device.
How I help
How I find you the right basement
A basement is a choice here, so the job is sorting the good ones from the dark, damp or low ones.
What will you use it for?
A den, a spare bedroom, storage, or a project for later? Full, daylight or walkout?
I read every listing
For each home in your budget, I check the square feet, how much is finished and any bedroom down there.
You get a short list
Only the homes that fit, with my notes on the light, the ceiling and the water.
We walk it together
We go down first. We check the walls, the windows and the ground outside, and we go through the photos together and ask about anything unclear before the offer is written.
Where to look
Where a basement fits the ground
I have no count of basements by plat, so this map is about the ground. A basement fits where the land slopes or where a split-level went up, and it needs a close look where the river runs.
The hill
Santa Clara Heights
My community page mentions a few split-levels here. Plats run from 1971 to 1996.
Old town, river bottom
Rhone, Summerwood and Sycamores
In Rhone, 17 of 23 parcels sit in Zone AE, a high-risk flood zone. Summerwood has 3 of its 13 parcels in that zone, and Sycamores has 3. Summerwood's page mentions a few split-levels. Check the flood map before you count on a basement.
South of the river
Hills at Santa Clara
Sloped foothill lots, so a daylight or walkout basement fits here. Building began there in 2013.
Southeast
Shady Lane Estates
County outlines name three split-level homes here. Plats date from 1970 and 2005, and homes from 1971 to 2006.
Read it
Read the listing, line by line
One short line in a basement listing can hide a lot. Choose a line from this sample listing, and see which part of the house it covers and what to ask.
3,000 sq ft
Above the ground1,500 of the 3,000
The total usually includes the basement. Half of this sample sits under the ground. It is real space, but it lives differently from the main floor.
- How much of the total is over the ground?
- Is the whole basement in that total, or just the part that is done?
- Start by comparing the space over the ground.
70% finished
Finished belowAbout 1,050 of 1,500
Heat, walls and floors are in across most of this basement. The storage room by the stairs stays raw, with the furnace and bare walls, and could be finished later.
- Which rooms are done, and which are raw?
- Was a permit pulled for the finish work? Ask to see the records.
- Could the rest be finished around the furnace and the stairs?
5 bedrooms
Bedrooms with a way out4 of the 5
Bed 4 has a window big enough to climb through, in a well that lets you climb out. The den sits against no outside wall, so it has no window. Even so, a listing may call a room like that a bedroom.
- Does every lower bedroom have a window you can climb out of?
- Could you climb out of the window well as well?
- Tally the bedrooms yourself, one room at a time.
Full-height basement
Measure toThe lowest beam or duct
A full-height basement lives like the floors above it. A beam or a duct can still hang low across a room. Here, the duct over the storage room and the den sits lower than the family room ceiling.
- Bring a tape and measure every room.
- Take the measurement under the lowest beam or duct.
- Stand in each room. Does it feel like living space or like a storage closet?
Dry basement
Signs of waterAsk, then look
Dry is what you want, so check for yourself. Monsoon rain and flood water both bring water to the walls. Look for ground that slopes away, downspouts that empty well away from the walls, and window wells with a cover or a drain.
- Scan the lower walls for stains, a musty smell or a white crust.
- Ask whether water has ever come into the basement.
- Ask whether the lowest level had a radon test.
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