basement

We see this as a good long-term plan, since our new house comes with a completely renovated basement and our town is a desirable location with loads of amenities.

The revamped basement goes far beyond a childhood friend’s enviable rec room — it has better mood lighting, for one.

While incoming members pick paint and drapes for their new offices, departing members are shoved into a collective basement space.

“I claim it was a biology class, Jackie says it was an English class,” said Jack, 85, sitting on a couch in the spacious, memorabilia-filled basement of their home in Ann Arbor, Mich.

He has a separate basement office that he described as “totally luxurious” by comparison.