[skyguy79]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

If there was sinkhole activity near your home it very well may not be reported here by the homeowner. However, it would seem that legally that you would have to make that disclosure on selling unless it happened in an easement nearby.

To the person who said there had been sinkhole activity in two places in the village of Caroline, which is pretty close to LSL, (for those not familiar to the area,) how bad was the damage, and was it repaired and how was it repaired? It helps to know this for those who worry. Also IF there is activity in your village, does it make sinkhole insurance go up or become unavailable? Does anyone know about the insurance issue?

When the ground is prepared for construction, huge pipes are placed underground and there is always some settling to the ground that has been disturbed during construction. Sand is a new element for many of us. Can an engineer tell us exactly how sinkholes are fixed? (unrelated parts of this post were removed)

Gracie, I can't answer all your questions, but would like to give some input. First, I don't know if it's the same in FL as it is in NY, but when we closed on our home up there a few months back, there was a place on the paperwork where we had to disclosure or indicate any problems. You didn't have to specify anything if you haven't had any problems, but you did if you had. We didn't have any sinkhole problems be we did have slight flooding last summer from storm drain backup, coming from river rising caused by a hurricane followed up the coast from Florida that passed through our area. The waters were from the run in the mountains where the hurricane made it's deposits. As a result we also had to have an engineer's elevation report done or the buyer wouldn't have bought the house. Your having closed on your house in Hadley, you might recall if you had to sign or initial any similar declarations like I've described.

I'm not an engineer and not an expert on fixing sinkholes, but I did see a site that showed how it's done a while back. I didn't book mark the site, but here's a web page that does describe two procedures: SINKHOLE REPAIR PROCESS

Here is also a good post on the subject of sinkhole insurance that was posted by 784caroline last summer: https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...328-post1.html