Actually, you may find that you don't miss your basement. I've lived in many different housing styles in many parts of the country and found I could do quite nicely w/o a basement. If you haven't used it in 2 years, you very likely don't need it. Take a really good look before you move it down. Plus, if you're like most of us, a lot of that stuff is for maintaining the house and yard you won't have anymore.
The biggest plus is you don't have to clean it! also, you don't have to worry about it leaking or painting it or remembering what's in all those boxes and cubbyholes. And if you still have your kids' stuff, you have a REALLY good incentive to finally get them to take it or trash it.
(And GG - I went to Our Lady of Peace on the north side - if I'm not mistaken, they closed St. Leo's a while back. I moved out of state at 21 and moved back to Columbus at age 50, but always came back regularly to visit family. Columbus greatly improved in my absence - hopefully that was unrelated! Lived in Fairfield for a couple of years in there somehwhere, had one of my kids at Christ Hospital in Cincy).
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