I've always had basements and never had a sump pump. Never needed one.That sounds completely silly. Homes with basements are built with sump pumps as standard and it is a necessary thing to have to avoid what you claim to not want. It has nothing to do with living on a "flood plane". Water WILL find its way in sooner or later, especially with the wet seasons that a sizable part of the country has been having. Every time a big rain hit I hear more stories about how someone never got any water in their sump pump until the last rain.If it were my house I would not want water coming into the basement and I would get rid of the Gazebo. Whenever I see a house for sale with a sump pump I bypass it. My sister rents and the house has a sump pump, but it is in a flood zone and can't use the basement for anything.
It's the homes without sump pumps and the right kind of foundation drainage that you should be concerned about. It sounds like you would rather look for a home without a basement which would limit your exposure to some great real estate.
-TheDDC
Statistics: Posted by gotoparks — Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:52 am — Replies 6 — Views 519