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Pretty house, Zoom! Good luck and happy birthday!

Is your area prone to flooding and/or wet basements? If yes, then I might wait on the basement drywalling until you know for sure whether you're going to have any issues with this basement. If nothing else, specify that they are to use a mold or moisture resistant drywall. I'd suggest use that type of product regardless of whether you anticipate any problem with a basement. Regular drywall is just not the best product to use in basements IMO.
Nope, very high and dry. West MI is essentially a giant sand dune. We have the opposite of water issues in these parts--our trouble is maintaining grass and plants around here. About a decade ago we had a really dry Summer that killed a birch tree in our yard. We simply couldn't water it enough. Even when we do get heavy rains it drains through the sandy soil really fast. The only people who have flooding issues are the ones who live near rivers when we have Winter/Spring ice dam issues (that's what people get for building/buying close to flood plains, IMO).