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Old 05-13-2013, 09:17 AM
 
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Oh man, sad ... and insurance companies are refusing to cover (as usual)
Sinking Homes Cause Disaster In Lakeport, California
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Old 05-13-2013, 10:53 AM
 
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If it's not in the policy.

How many people read their policies from beginning to end.
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Old 05-13-2013, 10:58 AM
 
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If it's not in the policy.
Nothing is actually covered in any of the policies -- if you read the fine print carefully you'll realize ... and hire an attorney to interpret and confirm. My attorney buddy tells me that all an insurance policy does is convey to the holder the right to sue the company that issued it.

But how about those lawns sinking 10', huh! When I saw this I thought to myself, 'the Dawg will enjoy reading about this ... sho' 'nuff, who responds to the thread first?! Man, talk about frosting your shorts: putting in a retirement McMansion for scobs of $$ and then waking up one morning to find your Lexus in the garage is 10' down below grade ... and all your lawn flamingos toppled over ...
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:04 AM
 
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Nothing is actually covered in any of the policies -- if you read the fine print carefully you'll realize ... and hire an attorney to interpret and confirm. My attorney buddy tells me that all an insurance policy does is convey to the holder the right to sue the company that issued it.

But how about those lawns sinking 10', huh! When I saw this I thought to myself, 'the Dawg will enjoy reading about this ... sho' 'nuff, who responds to the thread first?! Man, talk about frosting your shorts: putting in a retirement McMansion for scobs of $$ and then waking up one morning to find your Lexus in the garage is 10' down below grade ... and all your lawn flamingos toppled over ...
Glad to oblige, now that your other forum buddy is........

That's any contract. Including public employee's.

Given our full speed headlong drive to year round water shortages in this state I always recommend as little lawn as possible these days.

Gotta love geology

Mother Nature can be a cruel MILF.
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:24 AM
 
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Glad to oblige, now that your other forum buddy is........

That's any contract. Including public employee's.

Given our full speed headlong drive to year round water shortages in this state I always recommend as little lawn as possible these days.

Gotta love geology

Mother Nature can be a cruel MILF.
Which is why I am always quick to point out that living in a van and on a boat has its points ....

Insurance companies are among the very worst examples of sinful pursuits ...
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:25 AM
 
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What would make the groundwater shift? Really no explanation in the article. It's a scary thought. Buying a house you think is on solid ground, only to have the bottom falling out from under it.
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:28 AM
 
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What would make the groundwater shift? Really no explanation in the article. It's a scary thought. Buying a house you think is on solid ground, only to have the bottom falling out from under it.
Well, to read some people on this forum, you'd be told it only can happen in California ... But ain't so. Groundwater changes course like everything else ... Including every good plan I ever had in life ...
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:39 AM
 
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What would make the groundwater shift? Really no explanation in the article. It's a scary thought. Buying a house you think is on solid ground, only to have the bottom falling out from under it.
Any kind of earth crust movement can change entire underwater flows. They live on an extinct volcano(they hope). Basalt happens.
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:44 AM
 
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And volcanic rock is more porous than say granite, right?
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Old 05-13-2013, 11:51 AM
 
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And often has channels running through it. It isn't necessarily solid bedrock down there.

If there was an earthquake perhaps they have coverage under an earthquake policy.

But subsidence itself is an excluded peril.

Gonna take extensive geology and engineering tests to find the true proximate cause of the subsidence I think.
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