TheOkGazoo t1_iu0xub4 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:06 PM

Reply to comment by ElderberryExternal99 in New Jersey considering bill to warn tenants, homebuyers of flood risks on properties by vprasad1

I lived in a house in a flood zone. A realtor told a potential buyer it wasn't in a flood zone. I laughed and explained how the basement used to be a finished basement until the umpteenth flood. Didn't see those buyers again.

beowulf92 t1_iu1jmzx wrote on October 27, 2022 at 9:27 PM

That happened to my mom in the early 2000s, they told her oh yeah it barely floods, just get the insurance don't worry. Yeah, 200 ft from the Passaic River isn't, "barely floods" - we moved right before the March 2010 floods and my mom told the guy, don't put anything in the basement, a flood is coming. He said, yeah sure lady, whatever. And about 2 weeks later, water filled the basement and went up the the first floor for the first time. Irene the next year put I believe 7 ft of water on the street.