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Originally Posted by senior citizen
I "hear you" however, in our town of 16,000 people, I'm fairly certain that our daily local newspaper would indeed write about a sinkhole swallowing up the front lawn, the porch, the backyard, the golf course, or God forbid, the house, even if it was a minor sinkhole. Now, I agree they might not cover a small thing like a power outage......but since we have volunteer firemen, they do cover a story of a clothes dryer in a home that catches on fire, etc.
It's news to some people I guess.
Again, it's nothing to lose sleep over, however, it is wise to be knowledgeable on the facts of sinkholes and those maps sort of tell the story (some areas are more vulnerable than others).
As far as getting coverage, from what I've been reading, it's near impossible to get sinkhole insurance coverage...which would mean the homeowner would lose their investment. Most people who sell their northern homes put down that "profit" onto the home in THE VILLAGES..........thus, they would lose their lifetime of equity from a fully paid up northern home.
It all boils down to.....how much is one willing to risk "if" the worse case scenario ever occurred. Only individual property owners & potential buyers know what they would do. Again, every area has "something" worth pondering..........and yet again, in some areas the good outweigh the bad.
It's all a personal preference.
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Senior. You are jumping to the wrong conclusion. You
can get coverage for sinkholes.
And the worse case scenario is on the horizon. We don't
LIVE forever. I am taking my chances on falling into the earth here before I have to...say fall into the earth. An eventuality for all of us.
THIS part of Florida. This wonderful place. This terrific time is a safe bet for ME.
