I have seen a couple of those pictures from your last link before. did they
ever move that pipe? I think you were considering a future basement finish.
That's where the water will kill you. The BEST way to avoid water problems
is to keep the water away from the foundation to begin with. Does the ground
slope away? Is there a culvert or a swale to drain off surface water? Think
about it, water will naturally go to the lowest point available, Is your
basement that point or is it ultimately the ocean? Get my drift? I hope you
also used an exterior foundation waterproofing system.
From the looks of this picture
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay...f6.jpg&.src=ph
it seems you are sort of on a slope. That slope MUST not end at your
foundation wall. The ground must slope away from you house for 6 to 10 foot
at least. The more the better, but in your case, It looks like the more you
slope away, the more you will have to cut into the hill behind.
Building a house, or watching yours being built, is exciting and stressful.
Mine was finished last August. I am pretty satisfied overall. I had a good
builder. It looks like a pretty lot. Does your property go to or past the
tree line?
Anyway - I'm not sure, and cant tell for sure, about actual flood issues. Is
there a creak, stream, river nearby or was this just a low area that
collected water in heavy rains?
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Take a look at these pics and let me know what you think. Since the
flood photos were taken in 2003, they have extended a flood pond up
above the land by 2 feet. Before they built the house, they put 500
dump trucks of fill dirt where they were going to built the 9 houses.
They let it set for 8 or 9 months, then built the houses in 3 months.
Do you think there is a chance of these houses flooding? And it is not
in a flood zone, and people that have already bought the houses say
their mortgage companies did not say anything about it being flood
prone or needing flood insurance.
Flood Pics from 2003:
Last house on the lot:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay...87.jpg&.src=ph
Middle of the "field" where the houses were built. They were build up
near were the pics was taken, so with this being a bad flood, it still
doesn't look like it got near the house area:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay...57.jpg&.src=ph
This is about the area my house was built:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay...6f.jpg&.src=ph
The first lot on the field - probably the worst. I'm 4 lots down from
him.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay...4b.jpg&.src=ph
This is the area that the water goes to drain. It's no where near the
houses, but it's the reason the water builds up.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay...dd.jpg&.src=ph
Now, here are the pictures of my house. The last pictures are the
newer ones, and the ones I took to show how they raised the ground.
Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/utseay/album?.dir=1602