Not that uncommon if you have a fridge with a freezer, and you want more room. Many of my older relatives have freezers just like that in their basement, what was more surprising to me was that the whole looked like a page from Martha Stewart Living but the basement was scary and gross and unfinished.
shareLots of people have deep freezers in their basements!
Sometimes I've known people to have an extra freezer in their garage, but if the garage is not attached to the house (many pre-war homes have detached garages with no electrical wiring) it makes sense to have it in the basement. It is not uncommon up store food in basements.
I even knew families who'd have whole kitchens in their basements, for messy jobs like canning or butchering, or smelly things like frying fish.
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Most people I knew that had a freezer at home AND was living in a 2 floors house, appartment or whatever, it was in the basement.
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