Basement ideas?

[Highlander]

I would not make an outside entrance, but make a larger inside entrance, and hide it the best I could.

.....although only 5 ft high,.. [ many houses in the UK have limited height basements MB ],..it wouldn't matter too much to me,...if its dry, then fine, it makes a great storage area,... if its damp, it still make a good storage area, just make sure your stores are in good damp proof containers

One thing I would buy, would be a set of castor wheels the type they move the likes of freezers with, then anything heavy is easily moved, bending in a 5 ft gap with a heavy box will not do your back a lot of good

Its a big space, it would be easy to build false walls around the sides to hide your stores

The most important thing would be to try if possible to hide the fact that the basement is there at all,... from the outsider looking at the house,... may be not such an easy thing to do,... but I wish I had such a space