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Building homes in flood zones
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:22 pm
Why? Why do people do this? My aunt in 2010 built her house on the Northeast side of Gulf SHores in old farm land. My aunt spent around 210K on the house which was about 500 yards from a creek and her house was in an obvious downward slope piece of land. When I saw her house, I even said "You know you are going to flood right?" She had the slab right smack dab on the ground with the front door threshold maybe 4 inches from ground level. Fast forward to April 2014 and what happens? She got 22 inches in her home which ended up costing over 40K to fix and restore her home.
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Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:24 pm to moffettduck
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Why? Why do people do this? My aunt in 2010 built her house on the Northeast side of Gulf SHores in old farm land. My aunt spent around 210K on the house which was about 500 yards from a creek and her house was in an obvious downward slope piece of land. When I saw her house, I even said "You know you are going to flood right?" She had the slab right smack dab on the ground with the front door threshold maybe 4 inches from ground level. Fast forward to April 2014 and what happens? She got 22 inches in her home which ended up costing over 40K to fix and restore her home.
why do people build houses in tornado alley?
Or southern California?
or the midwest with blizzards and shite?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:24 pm to moffettduck
Going back to Noah, everywhere is in a flood zone.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:24 pm to moffettduck
Didn't read ^. If you build your pos house in a flood zone, it deserves to get wiped off the face of this earth.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:24 pm to moffettduck
I don't get it either. Other than lake houses and such. I can't tell you how many times I sold mortgages to people basically in the damn marsh. I'll never understand it.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:24 pm to moffettduck
A flood elevation wasn't shot prior to getting a permit???
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:25 pm to moffettduck
Everyone builds in a flood zone
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:25 pm to moffettduck
Because the 1% owns all the rocks.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:27 pm to gaetti15
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why do people build houses in tornado alley?
Or southern California?
apples/oranges
quote:
or the midwest with blizzards and shite?
wat?
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:27 pm to gaetti15
Its not that.. its that if I am spending a couple of hundred thousand dollars on a home/investment, one would think how easy it is to build your home up before the real construction begins on the rest of it. I just don't get why people leave their homes on the ground.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:28 pm to Chuker
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why do people build houses in tornado alley?
Or southern California?
apples/oranges
lol whatever baw.
Everywhere people move have an inherent risk of natural disasters.
If you have insurance, everything is all good.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:29 pm to PrivatePublic
When it floods, the poors are the ones who get plucked off their rooftops. The rich get to pick out new baseboards and flooring.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:33 pm to moffettduck
I live in a flood zone. The entire neighborhood is 2 ft above base flood. I like the neighborhood.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:35 pm to moffettduck
I built a house in a flood zone in Central. I had an elevation shot 1' over the flood plane. I then built my house another foot higher. I never had standing water in my yard much less flooding. In saying that the elevation is 1' over the 100 year flood plane what if we had the rain what Shreveport had which was a 500 year flood? Almost all of BR and surrounding area would have flooded.
BUY FLOOD INSURANCE!!
BUY FLOOD INSURANCE!!
Posted on 3/10/16 at 7:36 pm to Eightballjacket
Or in my case, it cost me $8,500 to raise my home about 2 1/2 feet off the ground when it was built. And in the 4 years I have been here, there were two weather events that easily would have put water in my home had I not built up. as my yard went under around 5 to 6 inches.
Posted on 3/10/16 at 8:00 pm to Chad504boy
Just put fill dirt in to raise it.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
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