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Originally Posted by npwalters
Any civil engineers on this forum?
It seems like there is a report of some part of the drainage, ponds, and/or home foundations failing in The Villages quite often. Sometimes it is in areas only a few years old.
Is this normal? My neighborhood in Tennessee was over 70 years old and we did not have similar issues. Maybe it is just reported in the local newspaper more often but I really don't know. My gut says it is due to substandard building practices but I have no information to back that up.
I'd like to hear the thoughts of others with some experience in this arena.
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First Google "Sinkhole map of Florida". You will see where they concentrate and they are much more prevalent near Tampa. I think it has much to do about the strata of shale and sand underneath this part of Florida. But people from time to time seem to think that the developer has failed somehow.