[dalbasal]

Just as a side point... A lot of architects like this idea from an aesthetic or architectural-sociological reasons.

Living in em.. these as houses don't give you a lot of privacy. People walk by, less than a meter from where you're sitting. They sometimes stop to look at your TV.

You get used to it, but it's not the kind of thing people go looking for on purpose.

[morsch]

Put stores or offices in the ground floor. Or have a raised ground floor.

[estebank]

Or just embrace it, like the Dutch do[0].

[0]: https://stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/2010/11/24/no-8-not-owning-...

[ptha]

I like the half basements, but they have their issues: http://copenhagenbydesign.com/blog/2015/5/21/half-up-and-hal...