^^Personally I'd rather it be cold than hot, since I'm naturally hot all the time and on top of that my suboxone makes me sweat like a mother fucker especially when I try to get dry when I get out of the shower.
But relating to the basement... I keep the door open for air, it has no screen or anything and as I am sitting here typing there are nats flying around, and flies always get in it's so annoying. And my bedroom is the basement so it sucks even more when I'm trying to sleep and I keep feeling a damn fly land on my face, or flutter in my ear.
-dp