I'm planning new construction and weighing the options of building a shop either on a slab or into a daylight basement. I wanted to find out the cons of building a shop into a basement with walls 5' below the ground surface as far as humidity and temperature issues, as well as the potential for water problems. I would have level access to the basement, so that's not an issue, I'm mostly wondering if it's fundamentally good or bad for the shop to be there, since I have a choice (i.e. am I always going to have moisture issues no matter what, will the wood I'm using be off humidity wise so that it changes dramatically when I take projects upstairs etc)

Thanks,
Andy