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My family and I live near Huntsville, Alabama which is a very tornado-prone area and we are considering putting in a tornado shelter. I'm wondering if there is any general guideline for how much value that adds to a house when you sell it.
Most of the homes around here do NOT have tornado shelters, but we are in an area that very likely to have tornadoes, and after the events of last year more people are getting and looking for tornado shelters.
I'll probably ask our local RE agent this at some point, but it crossed my mind today.
I'm curious, too, since the edge of the tornado caught NW GA and my house had damage. I'm reinforcing a corner basement closet with plywood and a steel door, not perfect, but might help a bit.
My subdivision has been hit twice in past 4 years-I was feeling like I'd moved to Kansas. In researching, I discovered Dixie Alley is near my home and is actually more deadly than Tornado Alley. Looking at the tornado map was pretty interesting-lots of alleys I'd never heard of.
I think thats a amazing idea! As a buyer, if I had 2 same-ish houses to choose from, I'd run, not walk to buy yours. I'm a tornado chicken and having the shelter would give me peace of mind. And yes, I'd pay extra to have it already done for me. Good luck!
redwolf fan is right, in my opinion - - if I was buying a house near Huntsville, a tornado shelter would be a BIG plus to me.
I'd still have to like the rest of the house too. But in an area where tornados are a problem, I'd want a tornado shelter. If a house already had one, then I wouldn't have to have one put in.
I'd think that a lot of people in your area are starting to think like me about these matters, since the big tornado outbreak not so long ago.
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