Young man I had your energy and ambition years ago. I wanted to be self employed and I lacked experience, I did what you did here. all my life, I tackled big difficult jobs, I finished and I gained knowledge. I was in my glory building, humble always, I crippled my self working for some one else. It slowed me down tremendously, but, I continued on.I found my niche market in oil burners, I could sit on my tool bucket, keep my mind occupied and my body busy.You have my utmost admiration and respect. I have developed a few gadgets, tools, devices, inventions along the way, you might be doing the same, write them down,date and time stamp them, put them away for a time when things are a bit slower and capitalize on them.Nice job young man, nice job.

Men.. My totally respect to you. In my eyes you are a hero to your family. Your kids, your wife, all relatives should be proud of you, most important you should be so proud of your self. I’m planning to do that in my house, but of course I have to pay somebody else to do it. Just thank you for documentary the hole project. Smart, tenacity and compromise all on you, congratulation. Many year to enjoy. Thanks 🙏

You should be proud. Your story is one of hard consistent work. Thank you for sharing!

I am totally impressed. This is one of the most impressive things I have ever seen. Hats off to you young man! Fabulous job! Aaah to be young LOL!

This doesn't always end well. I knew someone who did this and we had an epic 3 day rain that caved in the old foundation. The whole house ended up in the basement. You need more than determination to pull this off.

I'm buying an old farm house on 3 acres this month, I plan to rebuild it into a ranch, you sir are an inspiration, now I can't wait to get started. Thank you

I’ve never been this proud of a complete stranger. Job done.

What a fantastic transformation. And I love the amount of storage space you have tucked away behind doors. Beautiful job, well done!

Proof that you can do anything you set your mind to.

I cant even begin to express how amazing this was to watch. On many levels. Nailed it.

Wow! The amount of work, determination and I am sure a few arguments, "chasing your dream" got you where not many will ever even think of doing let alone trying it. Congrats on the hard work, now enjoy it! Cheers

Outstanding work, sir! If only a fraction of the population were as motivated and dedicated as you, greatness would never be in doubt.

I threw my back out just by watching this.

Wow truly blown away and I’m loving the black hinge and black door knob finishing its perfect

I did something similar between 2011 and 2014. Three-foot crawl space is now an 11' deep basement. I built 26 high-strength steel columns to go under the existing foundation, poured a 12" thick floor - was supposed to be 6, but ready-mix company screwed up the pour and poured six more inches atop the first - laid block under the existing footings, grouted the gap between old and new foundation, built an armored door to the outside, and put in a staircase from the first floor. The only tools I had were a shovel, wheel barrow, a strong back, and the will to get it done. There were times I could not help but wonder whether I'd lost my mind. In fact I am there now as I am in the middle of building a new kitchen off the old, about 22x30'. I'm not getting any younger, and yet this is like a disease.... digging, grading, laying block, and out of seemingly nothing... something arises.

Awesome job! That's a huge undertaking. Looks like you have an amazing wife and family to help with whatever needs to be done.

Hard work pays off. I tip my hat to you being so young. Glad you completed it and I like all of the aspects of your endeavor. Please keep that big smile on your face because you should be proud of this accomplishment.

Nothing more satisfying than saying I did this Nice job 👍

I loved the picture of the kids running around, brought back some memories of being a kid, I hope they saw the amount of labor you put into this. great job!

That’s awesome man! Reminded me of what I had to put my wife through when I upgraded our house from 1200sqf to 4600sqf while we were living in it! All I can say is our wives are saints to believe in us and trust in our abilities! great job!

Greatest video I've seen in a while! The final result is just epic!

Awesome. I've been watching your installments since the beginning and this is a very satisfying end!

Amazing job! Loved seeing your family help, work, and grow! Nice work!

awesome job. I liked how your kids were down in there with you some of the time playing and "helping". That's how you teach good work ethic.

The power of persistence. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

I love that you involved your son. He'll remember and appreciate that for the rest of his life.

I just paused the video because I couldn't wait to comment, amazing!! I love watching videos like these. Thanks for sharing...

Thought about doing the same thing to my partial basement/cellar, after seeing your project I don't think I want to lol. Props man!

Thank you for creating and sharing this video. Your hard work and dedication is an inspiration.

Super impressive. Soo much work...love the little ones 'helping' . Congratulations, great job !!

Incredible, absolutely incredible. My hats off to you sir, you should be very proud.

Absolutely awesome. I love your incredible determination to see such a project through and maintain your goals all along over such a long period of time. That takes tremendous dedication and discipline. You and your family are awe inspiring people.

I don't know as though I'd be willing to ever sell a house I'd put so much labor into. Hopefully you'll never have to. Beautiful project, thank you for sharing and God bless.

just watched this... twice. you sir, can really embrace the suck. i will bet there were times when you just laughed for 12 hours, not even realizing you were digging...thanks for the upload.

Well done TEAM REDMOND !! What an odyssey & what a huge amount of work. Be proud of yourselves. It turned out great.

You guys are freaking artists! Living the dream!

Props to you're hard work and dedication to a great finished home improvement!!!!!

Wow!!!! What a great job you all did.....my utter respect

Congrats! Looks great. I helped my dad finish his basement over a period of 32 months. We might of been able to do it in half the time but there was a lot of beer, whiskey, and talking about politics while drunk. But hey the tv that we built the basement for looks great. I'd do it again if I had the chance I loved every bit of it.

Really amazing, like wow.... that is one hard working family you have there, you must be very proud of them. Cheers from Tokyo Japan!

I'm a contractor and I would have been skeptical about this project. Great job and I know you family is proud.

I appreciate your tenacity and your wife's patience. A lot of work I know.

Great work! A hard earned and well deserved place for your family to enjoy. It will never lose its meaning. Truly taking care of your family. Respect well deserved.

Best basement project I've seen. Very proud for you and your family... Well done!

Wow, 5 years in the making, and what a huge transformation. But look at the results! Turned out amazing. Great job, and just goes to show, if you bite off smaller chunks that you can handle, over time, you can complete a big job like that and save a lot of money at the same time. Plus you get the pride of showing off your work.

Perfect Perfect Perfect down to the final spec great job man

Very well done. Looks amazing and makes my 12 week garage remodel feel quite small indeed. Wife and I almost killed each other in the process...

Speechless. Love your resilience. Nice work!

Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing!!!

you have a huge basement and you have done an amazing job, mine is 1/3 of yours, I am DIYing it now, glad you can share this video.

Truly incredible, nicely done and thank you for making the video of this!

What an incredible journey. I’m sure you had people who told you it wasn’t worth it or you were crazy. Good on you for pushing through. The end result is perfect. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

What a wonderful Job!!!! I do all of my own renovations on my house and having a family and working, it seems to take forever. You start thinking is it ever going to end....lol. Right now, I am sure you are thinking.......thank God this is over. I think the same thing every time I end a project on my house. I would say, I have never dug a basement out though. Way to go!!! Looks Great! Enjoy!!

My neighbors did this. It is an enormous undertaking. Great work.

My dad did something similar when I was a kid. Worth it when you own and don’t wanna go anywhere soon

I was going to do the same thing......but moved to a house with a finished basement instead. Saved me 5 years of digging.

Amazing work Stewart, you should be really proud of that

*OUTSTANDING!* Hardwork meets determination!

Your hard work really payed off. Job well done. God bless you and your family.

Your hard work and dedication paid off. Good job.

Truly a staggering amount of work. Quite impressive. Hope you can keep the house in your family for generations to come after all that effort.

Absolutely beautiful transformation!

This came out so nice!! The tiny helper and the rubble smiley face were adorable ❤

Big project. Props for committing and executing. Nice work.

You had a lot of work to do to get to this point! You should be very proud for great job all of you did! Very impressive! Good Day!

fantastic result and a great example of what hardwork and commitment get you :)

Congrats, your project turned out great!!! In my opinion, anytime your able to take on a project like this, the fulfilment is so much greater then paying someone to do the work. You grow a connection to your home, that you can only understand by doing it!

Can never escape the haters. Great friggin job.

This type of work ethic and determination is in increasingly low supply. I'm sure your family is very proud. I can only imagine how satisfying it must be to be in that basement now knowing how it was. Great job.

Awesome job Love to see this kind of commitment to doing it rite. Looks amazing

all I can say is awesome! I wish I still had your energy.

What a huge undertaking. Well Done!

God bless you! Such an amazing project!

Very, VERY nice job, you guys! Thank you for sharing!

massive job.. i live in canada and a 40 x 50 rectangle bungalow cottage in Quebec was sitting on post n pier 40 yrs old. .. it took 4 summers but we dug it out.. and cast a form and built a full height basement but kept it unfinished for a huge storage place .. gravel sand n boulders and put the sand gravel mix into the driveway and made the glass windows from used glass n wood and hand made wood doors because its just a cottage.. .. concrete floor and gravel base we used the little rocks for drainage and installed weeping tile but its bone dry. .. good job..

I am stuck for words, very much impressed!!

Good work!!! I did a part of a cross base and it was no joke some of the hardest work ever did in my life good job looks amazing!!!

Holy cow! Very nice. We just bought a 100 year old farmhouse. It has a stone foundation and a crawlspace. I would love to do something like this so my husband can have his "man cave". Not that he's messing but I miss not having to see his "things" all over. Now it's all I see when I walk into our house. I think he would be more comfortable in his own space as well. But 5 years? Damn! Again, very nice job. Thanks for sharing.

Great job man. Proof that you can do whatever you set your mind to

This is amazing. You did a really good job. Reminds me of the basement I finished in my house only mine was a million times smaller job!

Wow, 2012. Great work on the build and taking your time too.

BEAUTIFUL! Spectacular job!

Super impressive work. I wouldn't have the patience for that project. Amazing job dude.

This is beautiful basement I want to finish my basement to wow amazing

Wow! Impressive seen this done on my old girl friends house 750 sq ft on a crawl dug out and added 2000 plus basement added basement windows so in total had 5,200 sq feet. Just Amazing!!

Beautiful!.

Wauw!! You brought me to a idea to do the same. Amazing job, and great result!

It turned out Awesome! Nice work!

U give me motivation to finish my basement:) yours perfect 💪👍

That turned out really nice !!!!

Wow, you guys did a great job.

Amazing job love the results!!!

amazing job hard work and dedication. The mental stamina to keep going all that time. my wife would've moved out after 6 months.

Value of that house just went way up!!! Nice job!!!

Great job! I did two of these myself, so I can really appreciate the work that went into this project.

Awesome final result, you truly have a basement you can be proud of. The only that that concerned me was the fact that you have all of your networking gear in the same place as you have water. If you have a water leak, that could be an expensive repair/replacement of your network hardware.

It's a beautiful job , and l know how you felled after do all this work , tired but happy at the same time and see all this wondefull job done ,

Bravo!!! Thank you for sharing your journey. I am in the first stages of digging out my basement. :O)

Great project! Inspires me to look into digging down!

What a tasteful basement love the finish love the carpets and colours well thought out :)