re: Would you buy a house that flooded

My neighbor across the street can’t sell his house b/c it flooded twice recently. It did not flood in 2016, or anytime in the previous 35 years since it was built. A culvert collapsed about a year and a half ago down the street, and the city refuses to fix it for some reason. B/c that culvert collapsed, the water isn’t draining fast enough, so during torrential downpours, he gets water collecting in his yard and it has gotten in his house twice now.

I think he should sue the city.
Some prospecting buyers have seen me outside and asked me about it and I’ll tell them, if they fix the culvert, id buy the house and not worry about flooding, but i Wouldn’t touch it until that culvert is fixed.

I wonder if the city doesn’t want to fix it b/c it’s in St George and it won’t be their problem soon, hopefully.