[PonchoV8]

Here's a pic of the house just about when we bought it--notice the algae on the garage door.

HERE: (Front door is hidden behind the bump out at the middle on the house). The front side and under that garage are covered by the grade. The basement doesn't extend under the garage, but it's 1400 feet of basement--500 finished on the back half where you walk out the back yard. The grade slopes off quickly down both sides of the house to a walk out basement.

There's no water accumulating inside no matter how wet it is outside. I don't see any seepage either. It's just damp feeling. There's a large storage area in the basement against the garage side at the front of the house that has no windows--it's walled off from the finished part of the basement. Away from the garage on the other front corner there is a large Weeping Spruce, or a Blue Spruce that you can see. It's right bam against the house, which would possibly be destroyed if I dug down the foundation over there.

Up on the surface out in front of the garage there's always been a water accumulation issue. The street water at the driveway entrance has a berm built up so the water stays in the street. It will still accum in front of the garage door though--as seen by the green growth. Perhaps that area is the majority of the issue. When I rework the front walk and driveway, I can drain that area better. Hard to believe that the water table under the garage could be part of the problem. If it's anything, it's pooling from the front door to the driveway. Actually 480 finished down--1400 total feet of basement.