what happened to some of the bricks, mortar joints… sheesh people, lol you need to find/identify how n where the water is getting into your basement and then fix-repair-seal it and raising n sloping the grade does not fix, seal anyyyyything!
same house different corner, by porch
how about leaky GARAGE floor along this one side, they raised the grade… and so what did that do?
here, instead of playing wiFF the grade, play with this