[FLMomma]

Hello, I'm new to this forum.

My DH and I are going to start the process to become foster parents in about 6-8 months. We are moving to Georgia from Florida this month, so we are house hunting. We are seriously interested in a particular house.

My question is how do SWs feel about our bio-children's bedrooms being in the basement? It is a daylight basement where the whole back side is exposed like the upstairs of the house. The FC would be upstairs across the hall from our bedroom. Do you think this will be a problem? I have heard that SWs don't like for the FC's bedrooms to be in the basement, but what about our children? I would hate to get ourselves into a house that wouldn't work for foster.

TIA for any experiences.

(I cross posted this in the "becoming foster parents" forum.)

[JadedSaint]

Well, the first thing that comes to my mind is that is it a true bedroom or does is still look like a basement? I know of many, many homes that have converted the basement into furnished apartments! I know of garages and porches that have been converted into real bedrooms, and you would never know that it was a former basement, garage, or porch. It sounds like you are describing a "sub-basement"- one not totally submerged beneath the ground. I don't think it would be a problem. After all, you are providing a foster child with his/her own personal space- and their own room! Good luck!

[FLMomma]

Oh yeah, it's true bedrooms downstairs. It's set up just like another floor of a regular house. It just goes downstairs instead of up, kwim? The basement is only in the ground on 3 sides.

Thank you for your reply.