{"id":46102,"date":"2010-07-08T10:45:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T10:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=46102"},"modified":"2010-07-08T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T10:50:16","slug":"english-basemen-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/07\/english-basemen-3\/","title":{"rendered":"English Basement Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am looking into purchasing a limestone in Prospect Heights. It has an English basement with a bathroom and I would like to convert that very raw space with tons of wires and pipes into two large bedroom. There are doors from the front of the house (beneath the stairs) and to the garden from the English Basement. Is this legal? Has anyone done this before? How hard was it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am looking into purchasing a limestone in Prospect Heights. It has an English basement with a bathroom and I would like to convert that very raw space with tons of wires and pipes into two large bedroom. 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