Basements can frighten homebuyers
SUNDAY AUGUST 26, 2012, 10:14 AM
BY JENNIFER V. HUGHES
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
THE RECORD
As Irene Bressler lists her Ridgewood home for sale, she’s touting the updated kitchen, the luxurious great room and the large wall of windows that overlook the half-acre property.
What she won’t be bragging about is the basement — there isn’t one. And that’s just fine with her.
“I think it’s a blessing that we don’t have a basement,” said Bressler, whose home is in the town’s Salem Ridge neighborhood, which has many basement-less homes. The five-bedroom colonial is listed for $658,000.