Should You Buy a Home With a Wet Basement?
Shortly after I bought an 1898 Victorian in Minneapolis, my basement flooded. It was a hard July rain, the kind of rain that pelts Mexican sunflowers to the ground and soaks your skin to the bone while running six feet to shelter.
Water poured in my basement windows and out the chimney spouts. I could do nothing but hug my husband and watch the water overflow the floor drain.
And this wasn’t the first time it flooded, because the sellers — we found out later from the neighbors — purposely withheld that information. Did we sue? No, besides, it was a freak storm. Kids were surfing down Nicollet Avenue. Everybody's house was flooded. To fight a lawsuit just wasn’t worth the hassle. But I did learn a lot about dealing with a wet basement. I’ll tell you this, I wouldn’t buy a house with a wet basement again . . . read more about Wet Basements.
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Water in basements or a very damp basement is the perfect place that mold can grow in a home. I would have never thought that mold could effect my breathing until it actually did. At first I had no idea that my breathing problems were a direct result of mold in basement, but once discovered and removed my breathing returned to normal. All I can say is that if you live in a moist damp area you should have your home checked for mold. I live in the New York 5 Boros and a good mold removal directory to use http://www.moldinspectionandremoval.com .