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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I think the title to this thread is unfairly upsetting. Nearly all of Florida is very close to sea level and "they" have placed "flood plains" and other plans to handle most of the problems. The Villages showed how well during Hurricane Irma three years ago when we received what would have been harsh flooding to homes, but it was diverted by their pumping the ponds down, sending the water to the common areas and pumping the run off onto their own golf courses in order to spare people's homes. The only generalized area that I saw flooded was in the historic part. It seems as they build areas they take into consideration the possibility of flood and regrade first.
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No Gracie, the title is 100% accurate. Yes, you always defend the Morse family and surely their business practices which make life here perfect need no criticism, even honest accurate criticism. All of Florida is not classified by FEMA as being in a flood zone. And it has nothing to do with how well the golf courses handled the last hurricane. The classification is based on maps, linked in earlier posts, created to assess flood risk and that information is certainly well known to the land development company. And the Morse corporation which is building and selling the homes also is certainly aware of the flood risk classification of every plot on which they build. And they know that if you buy on a high risk piece of land that a mortgage company will check for the flood risk and demand coverage before they grant a mortgage.
But the Morse run corporation did not pass this information, which they knew, to a prospective buyer. They were not required to do so but they could have done it if they were fine honest decent businessmen. Just because a law doesn't require an action does not mean it is honorable to not pass on an important factor in the home buyers decision.
The OP was surprised to find the lot he bought is in a flood zone. His title is accurate. His warning to others looking to buy here is worthwhile even if it indirectly criticized the Morse family.