Does the house already have access to the outside from the basement? Isn’t that common in New England? If the real/only issue is stuffiness and not view or escape, you might want to look at having an exhaust type fan put in, instead of the window. Depending on the home’s layout for the basement and first floor, you might be able to have a fan put in the lower first floor, which is vented to/from the basement. Just another thought.
thank you for that suggestion
i was thinking the same thing.
a wall separates the bedroom from the bathroom which happens to have a small basement style window in it.
Maybe i could set up some kind of vent system or even cut a hole in the wall for one of those portable ac units.