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mech@feddit.org 3 hours ago
When my wife and I were looking for a home, our main priority was actually that it’s “climate proof”.
We found a souterrain apartment facing east, on top of a hill, far from any rivers or forest.
So it stays cool in the summer even without A/C, and is unlikely to flood or get caught in a forest fire.
chocrates@piefed.world 38 minutes ago
What is souterraine?
mech@feddit.org 16 minutes ago
A fancy French word for basement.
Actually a floor that’s halfway between street level and basement.
So it’s possible to build normal windows into it, but they’re very low to the ground outside.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 minutes ago
The only issue you can have is high humidity/mold due to the high temperature difference in summer but that can usually be adressed with proper ventilation.