[isurf505]

Hello, I am considering a move to Spring Hill and have been warned about numerous sinkholes in the area. A realtor says if a home has had sinkhole remediation then there is no need to worry about another occurrence. I'd like to get opinions on whether that is true.

[LKJ1988]

I would never touch a home like that. And the hole can come back jack.

[Fredesch]

I would think that you are more likely to see a sink hole in the future if they had one near by.

Florida has a humongous aquifer called the Floridan aquifer. In Florida we have a lot of class 1 and class 2 springs that pour out millions of gallons of water a day. We have a lot of sub surface water in Florida.

A sink hole happens when the limestone that is peninsular Florida dissolves in water and the limestone above collapses. I cannot think of how filling a sinkhole with whatever they used changes the aquifer or the surrounding limestone. There aren't enough dump trucks to change the geology and hydrology of Florida and this has been going on for millions of years.

On the other hand a realtor that gets paid when a property is sold may wish for some other reality. I would not touch a house that had sink hole remediation. This article might be helpful for https://www.iii.org/article/sinkholes-and-insurance.

[marc3565]

Some insurance companies won't even quote for certain insurances on properties that have had any sinkhole activity.. They must know something....

[CarawayDJ]

I just purchased a home in Tampa. It did not have sinkhole remediation but I happened to ask my insurance agent about a home I saw that did. It may not be as ominous as one thinks. They tightened the laws around sinkhole claims in 2016, perhaps going too far in the other direction. Prior to that lawyers were going around doing what they do and homeowners were filing "sinkhole" claims because of mild cracks in walls or foundations. You need to dig into the specific case to determine whether or not to worry. A large number of sinkhole remediation houses never had an actual sinkhole form as you and I might imagine in our heads. In fact, in many cases it's highly questionable sinkhole activity was even the cause of minor cracks, hence the reform in 2016. Again, this is just what my insurance agent explained to me about a home I saw but was not purchasing.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by CarawayDJ

I just purchased a home in Tampa. It did not have sinkhole remediation but I happened to ask my insurance agent about a home I saw that did. It may not be as ominous as one thinks. They tightened the laws around sinkhole claims in 2016, perhaps going too far in the other direction. Prior to that lawyers were going around doing what they do and homeowners were filing "sinkhole" claims because of mild cracks in walls or foundations. You need to dig into the specific case to determine whether or not to worry. A large number of sinkhole remediation houses never had an actual sinkhole form as you and I might imagine in our heads. In fact, in many cases it's highly questionable sinkhole activity was even the cause of minor cracks, hence the reform in 2016. Again, this is just what my insurance agent explained to me about a home I saw but was not purchasing.

All that fake crap was going on big time in Pasco county mounty. Most were just normal cracks jacks in the walls and such. All homes get cracks in block walls.

[gabester76]

Originally Posted by Fredesch

I would think that you are more likely to see a sink hole in the future if they had one near by.

Florida has a humongous aquifer called the Floridan aquifer. In Florida we have a lot of class 1 and class 2 springs that pour out millions of gallons of water a day. We have a lot of sub surface water in Florida.

A sink hole happens when the limestone that is peninsular Florida dissolves in water and the limestone above collapses. I cannot think of how filling a sinkhole with whatever they used changes the aquifer or the surrounding limestone. There aren't enough dump trucks to change the geology and hydrology of Florida and this has been going on for millions of years.

On the other hand a realtor that gets paid when a property is sold may wish for some other reality. I would not touch a house that had sink hole remediation. This article might be helpful for https://www.iii.org/article/sinkholes-and-insurance.

Actually not "milions" of yrs but right around 9,000. Sinkholes are not good.

[FL_Expert]

Originally Posted by gabester76

Actually not "milions" of yrs but right around 9,000. Sinkholes are not good.

It’s crazy how new Florida actually is. I read Tampa Bay didn’t even exist until around 4,000BCE.