Buying A Home - Rain, Sun And Weather Issues
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th

When buying a home, it can be easy to overlook year-aroundweather issues. You may think you are purchasing a home in asunny area, but come to find there is always a heavy cloudcover. This is just one of a number of weather issues toconsider when selecting your dream home.

Clouds...Rain...Floods

If you must have a sun deck as part of your new home, you bettermake sure it is going to be sunny! Just because a generalgeographic area has a lot of sun doesn't



mean your home will.Things to look for include fog and heavy cloud cover for a homein a valley. If the home is located on the side of a hill orvalley, make sure you know when it will get sun and shade.Temperatures can be radically different depending upon theamount of sun you get.

When it rains, it really pours! One potential nasty surprise fornew homeowners can be the condition of a neighborhood after itrains. In San Diego, for instance, the total rainfall averagesroughly 12 inches a year. Despite this low total, there arecertain beach communities that grind to a halt because offlooding issues. Even an inch of rain can flood streets to thepoint that you can't drive at all. Make sure you stop by a gasstation or local store to ask about flooding problems in thearea.

I have been known to enjoy a good boating trip and perhaps youhave as well. I am pretty sure neither of us would enjoy it inour house. Still, millions of people a year buy homes in floodplains without even knowing it. Eventually, this can lead to adisaster when heavy rains come and you find out the reason theycall it a flood plain.

Unlike streets with bad drainage, floods are much more damaging.When a river overflows, flood levels are typically measured infeet. Can you image the effect on your home of a flood thatreaches five feet in depth? Well, you probably always wanted torenovate the first floor of your home.

Mother nature has a way of doing whatever she wants. Make sureyou avoid her grumpy spells by looking into the effect ofweather on your prospective dream home.

About the author:Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - providing FSBOhomes For Sale By Owner. Visit our "sell my home" page athttp://www.fsboamerica.org/seller.cfm to list and sell your homefor free for one month. Visithttp://www.fsboamerica.org/buyer.cfm to see homes for sale byowner.

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