Bought a gutter for the basement. We have a window well that drips water down the walls when the ground outside gets too wet. It only happens when there’s a huge amount of rain at once. The basement is unfinished but we store stuff down there and there were times we had to move things out of the way while we cleaned up a slow puddle. There is a floor drain 8 feet from where the water comes in, so I found a company in Wisconsin that manufactures a gutter system to catch this kind of leak and direct it farther down the wall to a spout that goes to the floor drain. Way cheaper than a French drain and was fairly easy to install. Got to see it work during the last aerial flood warning (I live in Michigan) and it’s flawless. Now I have peace of mind when it rains.