[CSwofford147@comcast.net]

For everyone's information all that you need in Sumter County to go online and get a copy of any building permit for work done or being done is the address of the property in question. If anyone has any trouble using the system just call the Sumter County Building department and the will be happy to help you. I would like to know if other people have used this system and if the have used this system to identify sinkhole remediation work. It is very simple to use.

[perrjojo]

Originally Posted by CSwofford147@comcast.net

For everyone's information all that you need in Sumter County to go online and get a copy of any building permit for work done or being done is the address of the property in question. If anyone has any trouble using the system just call the Sumter County Building department and the will be happy to help you. I would like to know if other people have used this system and if the have used this system to identify sinkhole remediation work. It is very simple to use.

I am curious...do you live in TV? If so for how long? Are you happy here? Again, just curious.

[OBXNana]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

I am curious...do you live in TV? If so for how long? Are you happy here? Again, just curious.

You read my mind!

[ilovetv]

Originally Posted by OBXNana

You read my mind!

Ditto.

There's a fine line, I think, between staying personally informed on this and broadcasting a constant drumbeat of publicity that ruins the reputation of a neighborhood and its neighbors by pitting people against each other when they really need a unified, harmonious approach.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by ilovetv

Ditto.

There's a fine line, I think, between staying personally informed on this and broadcasting a constant drumbeat of publicity that ruins the reputation of a neighborhood and its neighbors by pitting people against each other when they really need a unified, harmonious approach.

I'll Say!!!!!!!!!

[buggyone]

Could it be the work of a malcontent troll - or (gasp) a Stonecrester?

[DougB]

Or a lawyer from the law firm Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe trying to drum up some business.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by DougB

Or a lawyer from the law firm Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe trying to drum up some business.

My line of thought completely.

[JourneyOfLife]

I thank the OP for posting the information.

What prospective buyer would not want to know about something like that?

[Moderator]

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[senior citizen]

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/feedback/faq.htm

Florida's Department of Environmental Protection

Great website with commonly asked questions............many of which have been asked most recently with regard to the sinkhole problem. Many other subjects, not yet addressed.....

Scroll down below the 26 hyperlinks/questions.....
The answers are below, so you do not have to constantly click the hyperlinks......

Below that are yet more questions re Florida. All educational.

Question 15:
Is there a safe area of Florida in which to live with no chance of sinkholes? back to topTechnically, no. Since the entire state is underlain by carbonate rocks, sinkholes could theoretically form anywhere. However, there are definite regions where sinkhole risk is considerably higher. In general, areas of the state where limestone is close to surface, or areas with deeper limestone but with a conducive configuration of water table elevation, stratigraphy, and aquifer characteristics have increased sinkhole activity.
The only way to ensure that you don’t purchase property that might be prone to sinkhole activity is to not buy property in a karst region. Karst refers to landforms that develop due to the dissolving away, over geologic time, of geologic materials near the surface. In most cases that material is limestone. Learn about the local geology in an area you are considering purchasing land in and find out if it is a karst region.

[CassieInVa]

As a prospective buyer in the next 6 months, this is information I'm definitely looking at. Yes things can happen anywhere, but if I can hedge my bets and stay in an area where there is not a lot of sinkhole activity, I don't think that's such a bad thing. Does anyone know if this is something that has to be divulged if you are buying one of these houses?

[jbdlfan]

Soooooooo. Getting all the information you can on a property before you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars is now a bad thing????? This is great access to information that is in place to protect us. I applaud the OP and by the way, I believe they live in Glenbrook.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by CassieInVa

As a prospective buyer in the next 6 months, this is information I'm definitely looking at. Yes things can happen anywhere, but if I can hedge my bets and stay in an area where there is not a lot of sinkhole activity, I don't think that's such a bad thing. Does anyone know if this is something that has to be divulged if you are buying one of these houses?

It may make good sense to put a clause in your purchase contract of a home that you will pay for a company to test for sinkholes for that house. I think it usually costs around $150. If sinkhole is found, you would have option of backing out of the contract with no penalty.

Naturally, any known or repaired sinkhole must be divulged by the seller.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/feedback/faq.htm

Florida's Department of Environmental Protection

Great website with commonly asked questions............many of which have been asked most recently with regard to the sinkhole problem. Many other subjects, not yet addressed.....

Scroll down below the 26 hyperlinks/questions.....
The answers are below, so you do not have to constantly click the hyperlinks......

Below that are yet more questions re Florida. All educational.

Question 15:
Is there a safe area of Florida in which to live with no chance of sinkholes? back to topTechnically, no. Since the entire state is underlain by carbonate rocks, sinkholes could theoretically form anywhere. However, there are definite regions where sinkhole risk is considerably higher. In general, areas of the state where limestone is close to surface, or areas with deeper limestone but with a conducive configuration of water table elevation, stratigraphy, and aquifer characteristics have increased sinkhole activity.
The only way to ensure that you don’t purchase property that might be prone to sinkhole activity is to not buy property in a karst region. Karst refers to landforms that develop due to the dissolving away, over geologic time, of geologic materials near the surface. In most cases that material is limestone. Learn about the local geology in an area you are considering purchasing land in and find out if it is a karst region.

I am posting this map again, in the hopes that people will see where reported sinkholes are and they are not. Hoping. They will SEE.