A contradistinction: Traditional Queensland houses are built raised on stumps, first, because of floods and cooling airflow under (sub tropical)
When you can afford Air Conditioning, or have too many babies you build under.
So our pattern is build high first, fill in later. The one here is "build basement first, digging under the ground with a house on it, is a pain"
(also raised because termites: gumtree hard stumps treated with CCA can survive them, siding and framing wood less so. Modern build tends to be either a slab of concrete and single storey, or a mcMansion, or units)
When you can afford Air Conditioning, or have too many babies you build under.
So our pattern is build high first, fill in later. The one here is "build basement first, digging under the ground with a house on it, is a pain"
(also raised because termites: gumtree hard stumps treated with CCA can survive them, siding and framing wood less so. Modern build tends to be either a slab of concrete and single storey, or a mcMansion, or units)