Homes were built on a landslide in SW Colorado Springs

[calico777]

Originally Posted by smdensbcs

If you look at the "interactive map" on the Gazette, the issue seems to affect roughly (I'm guestimating) 1 in every 600-800 homes in the "S/W" which isn't exactly everybody. From the media coverage and people at my office (and certain posters on this thread) wondering with not-so-subtle schadenfreude if my Skyway home is sliding down a hill, you'd think all 10,000 houses in the entire S/W part of town are falling off a cliff, when it seems like less than 100 are actually affected in various levels of severity. Homes in the S/W are selling because only a tiny fraction are affected by this, it has the highest performing school district in Colorado, mature trees, immediate access to trails and nature, is a 12 minute drive to downtown, and is pretty much the physical-beauty and nature equivalent of living in Boulder at 40% of the price (shhh, don't tell outsiders that or we'll be stampeded).

Is it a problem that ANY houses are built in slide zones? Yes, of course. Is City Council dominated by developers? Yes, of course. Do realtors give a #$%@? Of course not. Will "disclosures" tell potential buyers? Please. Do buyers seem to even care about entire neighborhoods built on toxic waste sites considered too dangerous for decades but now covered in brand new houses? Apparently not. Is the entire S/W region of Colorado Springs being destroyed by landslides. Uh, not exactly. Should the few homeowners affected by this get a federal bailout? I'm not sure, though I suspect many who are applying for it are also the standard "anti-government" political types who will conveniently set their libertarian views aside when they're the ones who stand to personally benefit.

Even less than 100 homes would actually be a lot, for several reasons, I would not trust the home next to the one that slides and the value of the neighboring homes could suffer. I only remember hearing the stories about Thames and multiple homes sliding down that street (we didn't live here at the time), I thought it was scary enough.

I still like the area (but I don't think it's like Boulder, to stiff, unless we are talking trails only and not hangouts/bars etc), my kid went to Cheyenne district and graduated. However, I do think they are now outperformed by the charter academies and D 38.

[Kar54]

There are landslide policies you can obtain, just as you can for flood. If you need more info, IM me.